Back to school 101: Watch these flicks

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School flicks
From 'Animal House' to 'Superbad,' these movies show there's more to school than reading, writing and arithmetic. Vote for your favorite school movie.

EXTRA CREDIT:
Remember, a huge portion of your college admission tests are based on pattern recognition. Train yourself by watching all these worthwhile movies set in colleges and high schools, and see if you can figure out what they have in common.

‘X-Men’ (2000): A group of students at a school for kids with mutant powers get into all kinds of adventures.

‘Harry Potter And The Sorceror’s Stone’ (2001): A group of students at a school for kids with magical powers get into all kinds of adventures.

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‘Sky High’ (2005): A group of students at a school for kids with superpowers get into all kinds of adventures.

‘Real Genius’ (1985): Scientific research is always more fun when when it involves filling up your professor’s house with popcorn.

‘Re-Animator’ (1985): Scientific research is always creepier when it involves bringing your professor back from the dead.

‘Clueless’ (1995): Jane Austen’s “Emma” in a high school.

‘O’ (2001): “Othello” in a high school.

‘She’s All That’ (1999): “My Fair Lady” in a high school.

‘Cruel Intentions’ (1999): “Dangerous Liaisons” in a high school.

‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ (1989): “Dr. Who” in a high school.

‘Three O’Clock High’ (1987): “High Noon” in a high school.

‘Donnie Darko’ (2001): “Harvey” in a high school, if the invisible rabbit were actually a harbinger of the apocalypse.

‘Election’ (1999): The trouble with democracy in a nutshell, in a high school.

‘Mean Girls’ (2004): A bitchy clique of popular girls terrorizes a high school until beautiful misfit Lindsay Lohan shows up.

‘Heathers’ (1989): A bitchy clique of popular girls terrorizes a high school until beautiful misfit Winona Ryder and her homicidally angry boyfriend show up.

‘Carrie’ (1976): A bitchy clique of popular girls terrorizes a high school until homicidally angry, telekinetic misfit Sissy Spacek shows up.

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