Gossip Girl,” entering its third season on the CW this fall, will attempt a feat more risky than one of bad boy Chuck Bass’ velvet suits: transitioning its crew of scheming prepsters from the privileged halls of Constance Billard and St. Jude’s to the city campuses of NYU and Columbia. It remains to be seen whether college can be any more sordid than high school for the “Gossip” gang, but plenty of other TV teens have made the jump from high school to university - with decidedly mixed results. Here’s a look at shows that made the grade, and some that were forced to drop out.
