Thread:Mikex20/@comment-24652145-20180309032446/@comment-24652145-20180322224629

New Mutants are considered the "junior X-Men" in most realities. Sort of like, 'have undergone some training but aren't quite X-Men material just yet".  As far as I know, the X-Men are considered graduates while the New Mutants are Xaviers' version of the Seniors Class or something similar.

And they are actually quite a few incarnations of the team lurking around in the X-Men franchise; they popped up in the Evolution universe and I think I heard a while back that they're coming out with a "New Mutants" movie in a year or so. Unless actually proclaimed as a member of the "New Mutants", I think "Xavier's Gifted Youngsters" is our best unambigious term for the varied students.