However, Camille decided to attend The College of William & Mary in the fall of 2010 to join the class of 2014.

[5] Jessica Leavitt is a graduate of the Dwight School on the Upper West Side of New York City.

Kelli Brooke Tomashoff is a student at the Birch Wathen Lenox School on the Upper East Side of New York City.

Peter Cary "PC" Peterson is a resident of the Upper West Side in New York City.

[11] Jezebel's Margaret Hartmann found the show "tame" comparatively to Gossip Girl, "Though each of the cast members fits an obvious Gossip Girl stereotype, real teens can't be shown having sex or taking drugs.

[12] Los Angeles Times noted "Chuck and Blair may be prone to saying things like "That's what New York is: Money is power" and "I treat my clothing like children," but somehow the charm is lost when it's coming out of real teenagers' mouths.

"[14] Brian Lowry from Variety criticized the fact that parents are about as present as those in the Charlie Brown cartoons and said the main problem is that "the show never gets better than its title -- lacking the sociological insight to score as a documentary or the hyper-real situations and "characters" that would make it sizzle as a soap.

"[15] However, Anne Becker from The Daily Beast said "NYC Prep trumps its scripted predecessor, Gossip Girl, in terms of quality guilty-viewing pleasure.

"[16] New York Daily News's David Hinckley gave the show a 3 stars rating out of 5, writing, "underneath, we also see kids.