Alex Wolff stars as Tom, a scholarship student desperate to break free from his working-class background and lured by the promise of elevated social status and alumni connections at the prestigious KNA fraternity. But after he begins a romance with Annabelle (Halle Bailey), a classmate from outside his social circle, and the manipulative schemes of his fraternity president (Lewis Pullman) come to light during the new member hazing, Tom finds himself caught in a dangerous game of ambition and loyalty.