Plot – “Admitted”
Davis and Alessandra do everything together. They have the same classes, same grades and even the same SAT scores. For as long as they can remember they have had one plan - get into the University of Miami together. That’s all they want, so they don’t apply to any backup or "safety schools." It had to be just them, at UM, living their best lives.
When Decision Day comes, they agree to face time with each other so that they can find out their decisions together. They are each in their rooms, hyping each other up while also pretending like this wasn’t the biggest moment of their lives. Davis is making jokes and Alessandra is laughing too much.
They count down…they click…and…only one of them gets in. Confetti bursts onto Alessandra’s screen. Davis gets a "Thanks for applying, try again never."
Silence. The audience is aware of what happened, but the characters do not know each other’s fate just yet. Alessandra looks at Davis’ face and realizes he didn’t get in. She panics. Instead of just telling him she got in, she pretends she doesn’t know her decision. She says that she forgot her password and that her Wi-Fi just crashed. She even hints at possible identity theft.
Davis isn’t an idiot. He laughs, but not in the same way. He’s overly calm because he’s trying to shove his feelings into a deep, dark hole. Alessandra scrambles to come up with reasons why this happened to him. Maybe it’s a glitch? Maybe admissions made a mistake? Maybe Carol from the admissions office (running joke) has terrible judgment?
Davis just shakes his head and asks her to stop, and she does. The weight of what just happened finally sinks in. Davis then asks what they both know is coming: "So… are you going to accept?"
Alessandra hovers over the button. She doesn’t click…yet. Just like that, their whole plan, their whole friendship, everything they dreamed about is suddenly up in the air.
END OPENING SCENE.
Plot of whole movie (what happens after the opening): At first, they pretend nothing’s changed—Alessandra acts like she’s fine going without him, and Davis plays it cool, like he never really cared. Little by little, things change. There are missed texts and awkward conversations. As college creeps closer, the real question isn’t whether they’ll end up at the same school, it’s whether their friendship can survive not ending up in the same place at all. In the end, she goes to UM and Davis doesn’t. The movie shows that this isn’t the end, just a new version of them.
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