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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| #13 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 2 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| LAC #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 |
| #62 | Rutgers University | 1 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 |
| #84 | Bennington College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Smith College | 1 |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 4 |
| #148 | University of Cincinnati | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 3 |
| LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 2 |
| Guilford College | 1 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| Penn State U Abington | 1 | |
| Roger Williams University | 2 | |
| Salisbury University | 1 | |
| Savannah Coll of A&D | 2 | |
| The College of New Jersey | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 16 | 21 | 69 | 12 | 30 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #97 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of St. Thomas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 2 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 14 | 12 | 55 | 12 | 23 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | ||
| #9 | Carleton College | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Bates College | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #33 | Colorado College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #121 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #135 | Birmingham-Southern College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #167 | Guilford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #180 | Sweet Briar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Doodling at Dublin
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Outing Club
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