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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| #1 | Princeton University | 1 + |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + |
| #3 | Yale University | 1 + |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 + |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 + |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 + |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 1 + |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 + |
| #15 | Rice University | 1 + |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 1 + |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 + |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 + |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + |
| #25 | New York University | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 + |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 + |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 + |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 + |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 + |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 + |
| #51 | Villanova University | 1 + |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 1 + |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 + |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
| #72 | American University | 1 + |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 + |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 + |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 + |
| #76 | Muhlenberg College | 1 + |
| #83 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 + |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 + |
| #89 | Ursinus College | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 1 + |
| #105 | Drexel University | 1 + |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 1 + |
| #121 | Temple University | 1 + |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 1 + |
| #137 | Seton Hall University | 1 + |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
| LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 1 + |
| LAC #33 | Scripps College | 1 + |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 + |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 + |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 + |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 1 + |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 + |
| Babson College | 1 + | |
| College of William and Mary | 1 + | |
| Emerson College | 1 + | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | |
| McGill University | 1 + | |
| Oberlin College | 1 + | |
| Rutgers University | 1 + | |
| The College of New Jersey | 1 + | |
| Union College | 1 + | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 + | |
| University of Edinburgh | 1 + | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | |
| University of New Brunswick | 1 + | |
| University of St. Andrews | 1 + | |
| University of Toronto | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 53 | 83 | 91 | 100 | 81 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #48 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #57 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| #89 | Temple University | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #96 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #147 | University of Texas at Dallas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #185 | University of Detroit Mercy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #227 | Georgia State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 31 | 36 | 29 | 31 | 24 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #174 | Bryn Athyn College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #26 | University of New Brunswick | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #5 | University of Edinburgh | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Art History
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Environmental Science
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Studio Art: Drawing
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Latin
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Academic Advancements
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Amnesty International
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Artivism
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Botany/Gardening Club
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Chess Club
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Computer Science Club
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Creative Writing Club
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Debate Club
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Desi Club
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Digital Art Club
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Feminist Club
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Film Club
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Food Club
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For Girls
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Hwa Magazine
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Japanese Culture Club
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Late Night at Peddie
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Lettuce Club
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Life Sciences
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Marine Club
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Marty Lyons Foundation Club
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Math Club
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Medicine at Peddie
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Mental Health Club
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Neurodivergent Student Alliance (NSA)
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Nutrition Club
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Origami Club
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Peddie Spirit Club
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Philosophy Club
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Poetry Club
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Quiz Bowl
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Red Cross Club
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Sense for Humanity
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Slavic Literature Club
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Sneaker Club
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Spanish Club
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Sports Analytics Club
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Star Watch
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Terrapin Club
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Women In Stem
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Young Entrepreneurs Club
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Music Theory
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Music Theory
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