Riverdale apparently has high hopes for its high school students

Riverdale apparently sees big things in the future for its students, including talk of Yale and Harvard. And I don’t know about you, but I have questions.

Riverdale finally realized that their students need some counseling in the latest episode of the series, “In Treatment.” And while we totally agree with this assessment, that’s not what stuck with us. Instead, it was the high hopes the show has about sending its students off to college.

In this episode we got to see exactly where Betty and Veronica want to go to school. And not only were Yale and Harvard discussed, but it seems that Veronica actually did get accepted to Harvard.

And I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of questions.

Like, when did Veronica even have time to go to class to earn the grades she would need for a school like Harvard? And not only that, but it sure seems like the admissions process is a lot more rigorous than just going to school.

Also, if I knew a bottle of rum was enough to get me admitted to an Ivy League school, you better believe I would have tried that. I know this show is fictional, but it needs to be grounded in some form of reality to make us accept the fantasy of it all.

But with “In Treatment,” it really felt like Riverdale forgot all about making the college acceptance process seem realistic. And sure, Betty got a rejection letter, but that felt like more of a token acknowledgement of how hard it is to get into an Ivy League college than anything else.

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Seriously, when did these people even have the chance to apply to college, write their personal essays, do their admissions interviews, and all of the other things that go into this process? Between all the murders, mysteries, and business deals, when did Veronica and Betty actually have time for more than pretending they even care about school?

Maybe it is just me, but it really felt like Riverdale was just trying to make us believe that these guys and gals are real high school students. For me, the most realistic thing was Jughead having not applied to any colleges, because I remember doing the same thing. I procrastinated on my applications until my counselor sat me down and had a nice long talk about my options, so seeing Jughead doing the same thing was something that felt realistic in the moment.

Honestly, Riverdale is my guilty pleasure in many ways because I often say I am going to stop watching it when it jumps the shark, but every episode I get pulled back in. I need to know what absurdity is going to happen next. And I’m definitely invested in these characters, especially Jughead, who has always been a favorite character, even in the comics.

What did you think of “In Treatment?” What were your thoughts about the entire college admissions storyline? Do you think Veronica has what it takes to go to Harvard or Yale? Tell us what you think in the comments.