With ''Gossip Girl'' back, we look at the high schools we're glad we didn't attend (hello, Sunnydale) and the ones we wish we did (Hogwarts, here we come!)
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The high schools we're glad we didn't attend... SUNNYDALE HIGH
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
No one ever said high school was easy. But at Sunnydale High, students have to battle actual demons on a weekly basis. Gangs of vampires, boyfriends who turn evil after sex, vicious hellhounds trained to kill prom-goers...man, whatever happened to good old fashioned bullies? As much as I wanted to be a part of the Scooby Gang, I don't think I would have lived long enough to make it to graduation...which, of course, would have been marred by gangs of demons and a giant principal-eating snake. Just another day in Sunnydale.
WORST
THE CONSTANCE BILLARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
THE ST. JUDE SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Gossip Girl
These aren't so much centers of academia as they are glamorous pit stops on the gold plated road to an Ivy League college. Sure, the students wear uniforms (the length of those skirts and the untucked shirts would never fly at a real private school) and occasionally mention homework. But do these kids go to class? Or, more likely, do they sit in desks updating their Blackberrys for the latest gossip from their favorite blogger? Still, the strict new headmistress, Queen Bee Blair, and the threat of internet slander make school for these kids a high-tuition hell.
CHILTON ACADEMY
Gilmore Girls
Hartford, Connecticut's most prestigious, fictional prep school is for overachievers only. The kind of student who is eternally asking, ''Will this look good on my college application?'' The type of kid who runs for student council while organizing a bake sale and writing a newspaper editorial, in between studying for a midterm, filling out applications to Harvard and Yale, and attending school-sponsored Shakespeare festivals. It's a miracle that Rory Gilmore manages to maintain her sanity and snag the title of class valedictorian. I wouldn't last very long if my classmates were only interested in comparing grade point averages.
WORST
McKINLEY HIGH
Freaks and Geeks
You would think that going to school with James Franco and Seth Rogen would be a blast, but McKinley High was rough for the burned out or good at biology. Alas, even Judd Apatow couldn't make us want to be back in high school.
WORST
VINCE LOMBARDI HIGH
Rock 'N' Roll High School
Everything is freakin' great at Vince Lombardi High until the arrival of uptight commandant Miss Togar, the latest in a succession of principals driven nuts by the students' love of rock & roll (they play music and dance every chance they get). She rules with an iron fist, confiscating all the tickets to the Ramones show (which really teed off Riff Randell, the mop-topped punkers biggest fan) and planning a record burning bonfire. The only choice left is to rebel, with the Ramones leading the charge. Hey ho, let's go!
(EW.com)
The high schools we're glad we didn't attend... SUNNYDALE HIGH
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
No one ever said high school was easy. But at Sunnydale High, students have to battle actual demons on a weekly basis. Gangs of vampires, boyfriends who turn evil after sex, vicious hellhounds trained to kill prom-goers...man, whatever happened to good old fashioned bullies? As much as I wanted to be a part of the Scooby Gang, I don't think I would have lived long enough to make it to graduation...which, of course, would have been marred by gangs of demons and a giant principal-eating snake. Just another day in Sunnydale.
WORST
THE CONSTANCE BILLARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
THE ST. JUDE SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Gossip Girl
These aren't so much centers of academia as they are glamorous pit stops on the gold plated road to an Ivy League college. Sure, the students wear uniforms (the length of those skirts and the untucked shirts would never fly at a real private school) and occasionally mention homework. But do these kids go to class? Or, more likely, do they sit in desks updating their Blackberrys for the latest gossip from their favorite blogger? Still, the strict new headmistress, Queen Bee Blair, and the threat of internet slander make school for these kids a high-tuition hell.
CHILTON ACADEMY
Gilmore Girls
Hartford, Connecticut's most prestigious, fictional prep school is for overachievers only. The kind of student who is eternally asking, ''Will this look good on my college application?'' The type of kid who runs for student council while organizing a bake sale and writing a newspaper editorial, in between studying for a midterm, filling out applications to Harvard and Yale, and attending school-sponsored Shakespeare festivals. It's a miracle that Rory Gilmore manages to maintain her sanity and snag the title of class valedictorian. I wouldn't last very long if my classmates were only interested in comparing grade point averages.
WORST
McKINLEY HIGH
Freaks and Geeks
You would think that going to school with James Franco and Seth Rogen would be a blast, but McKinley High was rough for the burned out or good at biology. Alas, even Judd Apatow couldn't make us want to be back in high school.
WORST
VINCE LOMBARDI HIGH
Rock 'N' Roll High School
Everything is freakin' great at Vince Lombardi High until the arrival of uptight commandant Miss Togar, the latest in a succession of principals driven nuts by the students' love of rock & roll (they play music and dance every chance they get). She rules with an iron fist, confiscating all the tickets to the Ramones show (which really teed off Riff Randell, the mop-topped punkers biggest fan) and planning a record burning bonfire. The only choice left is to rebel, with the Ramones leading the charge. Hey ho, let's go!