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.
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| #1 | Princeton University | 3 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 12 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 11 |
| #3 | Yale University | 12 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 5 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 21 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 2 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 7 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 3 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 3 |
| #13 | Brown University | 10 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 3 |
| #15 | Rice University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 6 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 8 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 5 |
| #22 | Emory University | 4 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 8 |
| #25 | New York University | 8 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 3 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 3 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 7 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 4 |
| #29 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 4 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 3 |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 3 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 4 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 3 |
| #36 | Boston College | 5 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 3 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 |
| #41 | Boston University | 10 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 10 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 4 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 5 |
| #55 | Florida State University | 1 |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 2 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 3 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 6 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 3 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 3 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 4 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 2 |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 1 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 3 |
| #121 | Temple University | 2 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 3 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 3 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 3 |
| #176 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 |
| #182 | University of Rhode Island | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 3 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 2 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 2 |
| #299 | Campbell University | 1 |
| LAC #60 | Bard College | 1 |
| Babson College | 3 | |
| College of William and Mary | 2 | |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 1 | |
| Imperial College London | 1 | |
| McGill University | 3 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 | |
| Rutgers University | 3 | |
| Union College | 2 | |
| University College London | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 2 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 4 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 258 | 230 | 215 | 204 | 196 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 36 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 57 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
| #5 | Yale University | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 58 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 36 |
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 35 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 21 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 80 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 6 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 45 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 39 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| #24 | Emory University | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 32 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| #43 | Boston University | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| #58 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Villanova University | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #73 | Tulane University | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #83 | University of California: Riverside | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| #89 | Fordham University | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| #89 | Temple University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #97 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #185 | Oklahoma State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Campbell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #369 | Mississippi College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | |||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 52 | 51 | 59 | 64 | 74 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| #2 | Amherst College | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Carleton College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #18 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| #24 | Bates College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #33 | Colorado College | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Scripps College | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Oberlin College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| #5 | University of Alberta | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #3 | University College London | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Imperial College London | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #5 | University of Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
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