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 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #76 | Muhlenberg College | 1 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 1 |
| SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | |
| #81 | Earlham College | 1 |
| #85 | Washington College | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 |
| #89 | Juniata College | 1 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| #105 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 |
| #111 | Goucher College | 1 |
| #111 | Susquehanna University | 1 |
| #120 | Roanoke College | 1 |
| #137 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 |
| #137 | University of Kentucky | 1 |
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
| #151 | James Madison University | 1 |
| #166 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 |
| #166 | Xavier University | 1 |
| #194 | Chatham University | 1 |
| #219 | University of Maine | 1 |
| LAC #45 | DePauw University | 1 |
| #234 | West Virginia University | 1 |
| #285 | University of Montana | 1 |
| #317 | Morgan State University | 1 |
| Appalachian State University | 1 | |
| Arcadia University | 1 | |
| Brevard College | 1 | |
| Butler University | 1 | |
| Columbia College Chicago | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Emory & Henry College | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| Jacksonville University | 1 | |
| Johnson & Wales University: Providence | 1 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1 | |
| McDaniel College | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
| Stevenson University | 1 | |
| Sweet Briar College | 1 | |
| Towson University | 1 | |
| University of Lynchburg | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: Baltimore County | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | |
| University of Montana: Western | 1 | |
| University of Tampa | 1 | |
| University of Tennessee: Chattanooga | 1 | |
| Warren Wilson College | 1 | |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019 | 2013-2017 | 2013-2016 | 2008-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 21 | 15 | 38 | 39 | 26 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 9 | |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #41 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 5 | ||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Penn State University Park | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #49 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 + | 10 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 4 | 3 | 1 + | 8 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #82 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #96 | University of Alabama | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Chatham University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #332 | Morgan State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #361 | University of Montana | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019 | 2013-2017 | 2013-2016 | 2008-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 12 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | DePauw University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 5 | ||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Juniata College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Earlham College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Susquehanna University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #180 | Sweet Briar College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| Warren Wilson College | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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Statistics
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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Statistics
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United States History
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English Language and Composition
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Badminton
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Riding
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Badminton
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Riding
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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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Asian Culture Club
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Baltimore Girls' School Leadership Coalition (BGSLC)
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Black Awareness Club
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Black Awareness Steppers
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Book Club
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Art Club
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Asian Culture Club
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Baltimore Girls' School Leadership Coalition (BGSLC)
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Black Awareness Club
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Black Awareness Steppers
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Book Club
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Calorie Gallery
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Discipline Committee
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Drama Club
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Dubious Dozen (a capella)
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Environmental Club
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F.O.C.U.S.
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Global Awareness Club
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Images (a capella)
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Jewish Culture Club
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Model UN
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NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute)
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Outing Club
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Playmakers
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Resident Assistants
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Riding Club
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Student Council
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Tidbit (literary magazine)
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Tour Guides
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Varsity Club
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Volunteer Program
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