Data Scale: FindingSchool leverages an extensive data set that exceeds that of similar rankings, ensuring accurate and relevant evaluations through well-defined weight distributions and scoring mechanisms.
Weight Distribution: We gathered feedback from thousands of families and consulted over 50 industry experts to create ranking weights tailored to the needs of Asian students.
Scoring Mechanism: Each of the 46 distinct data points is evaluated using unique mathematical models, scoring based on its position within the overall data distribution.
Basis for Ranking: Instead of absolute values, we focus on relative differences in data. There is no fixed score threshold for separating schools; instead, the “admission cutoff” is adjusted annually based on data trends, similar to college entrance exams.
The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included
The data used for evaluations and rankings comes from three primary sources: official school data, public data, and user-submitted data on FindingSchool.
The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.
In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.
In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.
1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension] : Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.
2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.
3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.
4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews] : FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.
5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.
| Ranking | University/College | Students |
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| #9 | Duke University | 1 |
| #14 | Brown University | 1 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 4 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 3 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 3 |
| #42 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 4 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 |
| #49 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #49 | Villanova University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #57 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 6 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 2 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #63 | Lawrence University | 1 |
| #63 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #68 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 |
| #75 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #76 | Allegheny College | 1 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 |
| #103 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 |
| #103 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| LAC #26 | Colorado College | 1 |
| #136 | University of New Hampshire | 2 |
| LAC #30 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
| SUNY University at Albany | 1 | |
| #176 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 |
| #182 | University of Rhode Island | 1 |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 1 |
| #234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
| #285 | University of New England | 2 |
| American Musical Dramatic Academy | 1 | |
| Assumption College | 3 | |
| Bentley University | 2 | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 | |
| Bryant University | 2 | |
| Dean College | 1 | |
| Endicott College | 1 | |
| Florida Southern College | 1 | |
| Franklin Pierce University | 1 | |
| High Point University | 2 | |
| Johnson & Wales University: Providence | 1 | |
| Keio University | 1 | |
| Loughborough College | 1 | |
| Lynn University | 1 | |
| McGill University | 1 | |
| Merrimack College | 2 | |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | 1 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
| Saint Anselm College | 1 | |
| Salisbury University | 1 | |
| Southern New Hampshire University | 1 | |
| Stevenson University | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 4 | |
| University of Akron | 1 | |
| University of Stirling | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 | |
| University of Windsor | 1 | |
| Western University | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 63 | 58 | 53 | 32 | 72 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 2 + | 3 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 2 + | 3 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 + | 6 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 1 | 2 + | 5 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 4 | 3 | 2 + | 9 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 2 + | 5 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 4 | ||
| #40 | University of Washington | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 6 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 2 + | 9 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 2 + | 3 | |||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 + | 8 | |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 2 | 2 + | 5 | ||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 2 | 2 + | 5 | ||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Florida State University | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 + | 12 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 2 + | 3 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 7 | |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 + | 2 + | 15 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 4 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 2 + | 3 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #85 | University of California: Riverside | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 2 + | 3 | |||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 5 | |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 4 | ||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 2 + | 3 | |||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 2 | 2 + | 4 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 2 + | 6 | |
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Wyoming | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | University of New England | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | University of Indianapolis | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 34 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #18 | United States Military Academy | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 | 1 | 2 + | 5 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 5 | |
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 2 + | 5 | |
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 4 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 2 | 3 | 1 + | 2 + | 8 | |
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | 2 + | 4 | ||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Susquehanna University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Hanover College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | University of Waterloo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #10 | Western University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #29 | University of Windsor | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | University of Stirling | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Computer Science A
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Computer Science A
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European History
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Macroeconomics
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Chinese Language and Culture
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Physics 1
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Physics C: Mechanics
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Chemistry
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Psychology
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Microeconomics
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Skiing
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Soccer
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Softball
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Art Club
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C-Tones (Chorus)
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Animation Club
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Badminton Club
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Black Student Union (BSU)
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CA Business Club
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Art Club
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C-Tones (Chorus)
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Animation Club
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Badminton Club
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Black Student Union (BSU)
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CA Business Club
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Chamber Music
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Community Service Club
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Cushing Agriculture and Climate Club
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Dance Club
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Esports
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Ethics Committee
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Extreme Baseball League
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Figure Skating
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Flag Football
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Food Allergy Network
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Instructional Ice Hockey
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Instructional Tennis
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Instrument Ensemble
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Jewish Student Organization
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Kindess Club
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Kuyi Songwriting Club
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Model U.N.
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Patchwork (Literary Magazine)
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Peer Tutoring
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Pickleball
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Pioneers (Math Club)
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PRIDE!
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Prom Committee
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Psychology Club
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Racing Club
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Recreational Skiing and Snowboarding
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Robotics
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Science Journal
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Spring Theatre Workshop
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Student Weekend Activities Team (SWAT)
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Service Learning STEAM Club
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Student Government
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Technical Theatre
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Sustainability ClubThe International Club
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Yearbook
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Winter Musical
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Acting
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Chorus
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Theory
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Acting
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Chorus
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Theory
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Art History
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Drawing
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Glass
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Painting
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Photography
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Directing
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Ceramics
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Portfolio
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Design
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