Blair nearly choked on her own words. She? Went to Hampden College? Blair offered a forced, entirely fake smile, probably one entirely pitying. Can you say 'charity case'?

"Blair Waldorf," she returned, clasping Judy's hand and shaking firmly, without backing down at the... rather bright nails. "Hampden College, you say? Really? I've heard of it. My mother suggested it as a backup school." As if she needed a backup for Yale. She was a shoe-in.