*Spoilers for The Sex Lives of College Girls below!*

The Sex Lives of College Girls is officially back for its highly anticipated second season and we already can't get enough. We're reunited with our favorite suitemates, Bela, Whitney, Kimberly, and Leighton, as they take on their next semester at Essex College, a prestigious school in Vermont. While Kimberly lost her scholarship after cheating on her economics exam in the season one finale, Bela is starting a new all-female comedy magazine, Leighton is exploring her sexuality, and Whitney is figuring out who she is outside of soccer season.

Essex College is known for its killer themed parties and top-notch extracurriculars, but it doesn't even exist IRL (bummer, we know). Ahead, find everything we know about The Sex Lives of College Girls' filming locations and what college campuses we actually see on the show.

Is Essex College from The Sex Lives of College Girls real?

The prestigious college we see in The Sex Lives of College Girls isn't a real school, so if you were hoping to file an application, we send our sincerest apologies. On the show, Essex College is a prestigious school in Vermont but in real life, it's actually filmed in several universities across the U.S.

Where is The Sex Lives of College Girls filmed?

Per IMDb, The Sex Lives of College Girls' first season was filmed at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California, in June 2021. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that the show featured "exterior shots on and around campus extensively through its first season."

Showrunner Mindy Kaling even gave the publication a shoutout on Twitter, writing "We loved shooting in beautiful ⁦Poughkeepsie! The town and people in it are the best. Our cast and crew loved every minute of our stay there."

For season two, however, the show was filmed across the University of California in Los Angeles and the University of Washington from June to August 2022. According to a report by the University of Washington, filming took place on their Seattle campus, "primarily in the Quad." The university also revealed that around 100 students were hired as extras and that the crew was made up of local artists, vendors, and freelancers.

Want to know more about The Sex Lives of College Girls, including exclusive cast interviews and behind-the-scenes intel from showrunners? Stay tuned to Seventeen Watch Club for the latest on the series.

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