Second-batch admission results are due but this group of honors students hasn't received their notices. A student with a 1306 score panics at the thought of missing a second-tier school. Suspicion falls on Marian, who filled in everyone's applications, and classmates press her for answers. Rumors about a delivery truck fire circulate while some try to soothe the group and others spiral—"my dad will beat me"—as Hilary sneers. They take uneasy group photos and wait for schools to reissue notices; Marian remains under scrutiny and the final admissions fate is still unresolved.