Ok, take say, oh any arbitrary number, 10 ivy league hopefuls. Have them fill out application after application loaded with both ridiculous and enormously revealing questions. Submit them to the colleges along with hefty sums of money in hopes of getting in. 9 of them get into one of their choices, the 10th is eliminated and forced into the cliche “burger-flipper” career.
Year 1:
Send them to their individual institutions of higher education. One will be tempted into joining a frat where he will inevitably land himself in a hospital for alcohol poisoning. 8 of them will remain.
Year 2:
1 will not be able to cut it academically and will be forced to drop out and question his very existence, eventually leading to employment in some unsavory establishment or admission into a mental institution. 7 will remain.

Year 3&4:
2 will have an existential crisis and end up becoming hippie-hermits. 5 will graduate and attempt to find a job.

Post-grad:
1 will be in financial ruin by age 23 and have to file for bankrupcy. 1 will be unable to find a job and be forced to choose between grad school (leading to financial ruin) or working in some unsavory establishment (stripping?). 1 will marry rich to avoid the perils of adult life. 1 will find some entry level position where every penny will be spent on rent in an over priced neighborhood with a craptastic roommate. The last will utilize his connections, get a fancy job where every spare moment of his life will be occupied by work and inevitably die an early death at age 25.

I call it “Your 20′s”

The celebrity panel of Ryan Seacrest, Wink Martindale, and Charo judges contestants in various categories such as Most Optimistic, Shiniest Teeth, Best Hair, and Most Accurate Teleprompter Reading without Comprehension.

The first season’s contestants will include Mitt Romney and John Edwards.

Use the worn out concept of putting a bunch of different people in a house together, but make ‘em all Dissociative Identity Disorder patients. Call the show, “Guess who’s home?”

BTW, I can’t stand (un)reality TV.