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High School

  1. scene report
    ‘I Just Felt Pressure’At a performance of Milo Cramer’s School Pictures, teens and teachers talk about the torturous process of applying to New York’s selective schools.
    By Rachel Sklar
  2. torn up and apart
    How New York High-School Students Are Processing the WarTeenagers looking for answers.
    By Anya Kamenetz
  3. us news & world report
    A Real Ranking of Fake Prep SchoolsWould you rather attend Chilton (great academics, no dateable boys) or Horace Green (an unaccredited teacher makes you a rock star)?
    By Rachel Simon
  4. artificial intelligence
    A New Jersey High School Is Investigating AI-Generated NudesStudents at Westfield High reportedly shared deep-fake images of female classmates via text.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  5. vulture lists
    8 Essential Movies About the End of High SchoolWe tip our graduation caps to these senior-year films.
    By Brian Boone
  6. healthcare
    Florida Wants to Force Student Athletes to Share Their Menstrual HistoryThe move raises concerns about potential legal repercussions for students suspected of having abortions.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  7. year in review
    Y2K Style Is My Back-to-School NightmareIt’s impossible for me to untangle early-aughts style from the mortifications of being a teen.
    By Claire Lampen
  8. power
    Canceled at 17When kids make mistakes and classmates never forgive.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  9. nostalgia
    Reuniting With Romy and MicheleIt’s the kind of friendship found in the buddy rom-com classic — which turns 25 this week — that makes high school worth it.
    By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
  10. first person
    What I Learned From Pretending to Be Rich and Cool OnlineAs a new student at a mostly white, affluent school, I didn’t have a community. Until I found the message board.
    By Abby Adesanya
  11. prequels
    Call Stockard Channing Because the Grease Prequel Is Revving Up at Paramount+They oughta pull a Wet Hot American Summer and cast the Pink Ladies even older, this time.
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. way too close reads
    All the Olivia Rodrigo Lyrics From Sour You Could’ve Used in High School“Screw you.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  13. adaptations
    Tegan and Sara’s High School Series Enrolls at IMDb TVThe duo’s memoir will become a half-hour comedy helmed by Happiest Season’s Clea DuVall.
    By Justin Curto
  14. adults playing teens
    Nasim Pedrad Is an Awkward Little Teen Boy in the Trailer for Chad“Now get on your jammies, put on a better attitude, and let’s spend some quality time together.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  15. fixations
    I Think About Zac Efron Dropping a Condom on the Red Carpet a LotThe fact that no one batted an eye made me realize we’re both adults now.
    By Paulina Jayne Isaac
  16. movies
    PTA Is Making a 1970s-Set High-School Movie, Film Boys Frantically Call AgentsAbout a high-school student who is also a successful child actor.
    By Hunter Harris
  17. talking to
    8 Stories of Betrayal and Corruption … From High-School PoliticiansIncluding Stephen Miller getting booed onstage.
    By Anna Silman
  18. gen z
    Here I Am, an Old Woman Crying at the Genius of Teens, AgainIn appreciation of these Michigan high-school seniors and their ID-photo costumes.
    By Bridget Read
  19. send-offs
    Teen Eviscerates Negligent Teachers in Scorching Valedictorian Speech“To the teacher who was regularly intoxicated during class this year…”
    By Claire Lampen
  20. prom
    Khloé Kardashian Attended a High School Prom of Her Own Free WillWell, that was awkward.
    By Hannah Gold
  21. look book
    The Look Book Goes to the High-School Track-and-Field Championships“The girls are more competitive. In my opinion.”
    By Katy Schneider and Jane Drinkard
  22. theater
    High School That Staged Alien: the Play Should Be in Charge of the Next SequelMeanwhile, your class is stumbling and bumbling through the Oklahoma dream ballet.
    By Halle Kiefer
  23. white supremacy
    Racism Is Good at Hiding. Just Ask This White Nationalist Police Officer.A school resource officer in Virginia is also a member of Identity Evropa. His job? To help bigots conceal their bigotry from the public.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  24. sexism
    High-School Cheerleading Team Under Fire for ‘Big Booty’ and ‘Big Boobie’ AwardsThe school has apologized after an ACLU investigation.
    By Amanda Arnold
  25. high school
    Unpacking the Strangest Scene in Esquire’s Cover StoryWhat was up with those songs Ryan and his classmates sang?
    By Anna Silman
  26. lawsuits
    Student Was Told Her Skin Was ‘Too Dark’ to Perform With Dance Team: LawsuitA black student says she was told her skin would clash with the team’s costumes.
    By Amanda Arnold
  27. #letherspeak
    High-School Valedictorian’s Mic Cut After Bringing Up Sexual AssaultLulabel Seitz says she was sexually assaulted on campus, and that the administration failed to take appropriate action.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  28. commencement speeches
    Jimmy Fallon Stopped by Stoneman Douglas to Give This Year’s Commencement Speech“You’re not the future. You’re the present.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  29. mark your calendars
    Which Month Do You Like Best From Ansel Elgort’s High-School Calendar?When Timothée Chalamet and Ansel Elgort bantered about who was more popular in high school, Vulture decided to investigate.
    By Hunter Harris
  30. high school
    Classmates Ansel Elgort and Timothée Chalamet Insist the Other Was More PopularA check-in with some LaGuardia alumni.
    By Jackson McHenry
  31. it’s complicated
    What Happened When I Got All of My Dating Advice From My Evangelical ChurchI thought God was intervening to save my love life.
    By Dani Fankhauser
  32. education
    Parents Would Rather Pull Their Kids Out of School Than Have Them Meet IvankaIvanka Trump’s visit to a Connecticut school was an unwelcome surprise.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  33. it’s complicated
    Going Out With My High-School Crush Reignited All My Old InsecuritiesI felt like a teenager again — but not in a good way.
    By Katie Fustich
  34. high school
    Watch Timothée Chalamet, Hip-Hop Prodigy, Rap About Statistics for Two MinutesWho among us hasn’t dropped an educational rap for extra credit?
    By Hunter Harris
  35. This Principal Told Teens Not to Wear Leggings Unless They’re a ‘Size 0 or 2’“Unless you are a size 0 or 2 and you wear something like that, you look fat.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  36. gallery
    Blind Students in the Bronx Celebrate PromPhotographer Vincent Tullo captured a memorable evening in the Bronx.
    By Vincent Tullo and Hyunjee Lee
  37. Reports of Campus Sexual Assault Have Tripled in the Past DecadeAccording to a new federal report.
    By Lisa Ryan
  38. the boy/girl sleepover
    Do You Remember Your Prom’s After-Party?Reckoning with the drama of the first “Boy/Girl Sleepover.”
    By Allie Jones
  39. must-haves
    All the Cool Girls Had One: 16 Women on Teen Status SymbolsTalking to Molly Ringwald, Judy Blume, Aly Raisman, Marilyn Minter, and more.
    By Alex Ronan
  40. popular
    I Was the Queen Bee: 3 High School Bullies on Their Reigns of Terror“You feel invincible when you know you’re popular.”
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  41. popular
    Why Everyone Loves the Alpha GirlPsychologists deconstruct the power of the most popular girl in school.
    By Melissa Dahl
  42. popular
    I Faked Being Christian to Be CoolSocial climbing in the Bible Belt.
    By Lisa Ryan
  43. WATCH: See 25 Celebrities’ High-School Yearbook PhotosFact: Mila Kunis has not aged.
    By Bailey Malone Kircher
  44. politics
    High School Students Stop Selling Pink Pussy Hats After Receiving ComplaintsA parent told officials she didn’t want politics in the school.
    By Theresa Avila
  45. look book
    The Tenth-Grader Who Says ’80s Fashion Is ‘Extremely In’“Patches, pins, and embroidery are huge — I recently embroidered an eye onto the back pocket of my jeans.”
    By Alexis Swerdloff
  46. teens (who run the world)
    Teens Tell Us Why They Marched“For the kids in the community that didn’t have the opportunity to go, I want to be able to represent them and break the stereotypes held against us.”
    By Anna Silman
  47. This High School Gave Students an Offensive Math Problem About Sexual AssaultBad math.
    By Lisa Ryan
  48. everyday sexism
    This Utah High School’s Class Assignment Is Ridiculously SexistThe date’s instructions for the female students included gems like, “Don’t waste his money.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  49. select all
    This Teacher, Whose Students Chipped In to Buy Him Sneakers, Is the Most HappyA California teacher mentioned he liked a student’s shoes on the first day of school, so the class bought him the same pair for Christmas.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  50. advice
    Ask Polly: I Was Roofied at My High School Reunion!What you experienced is a very personal form of terrorism.
    By Heather Havrilesky
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