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 + |
| #2 | Columbia University | 1 + |
| #9 | Duke University | 1 + |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 + |
| #14 | Brown University | 1 + |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| #28 | New York University | 1 + |
| #28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 + |
| #42 | Boston University | 1 + |
| #42 | Brandeis University | 2 + |
| #42 | Tulane University | 2 + |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 + |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 + |
| #49 | Villanova University | 1 + |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + |
| #63 | George Washington University | 4 + |
| LAC #13 | Davidson College | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 1 + |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + |
| #76 | College of Wooster | 1 + |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 + |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 2 + |
| #89 | Stonehill College | 1 + |
| #94 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 + |
| #103 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 + |
| LAC #22 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 3 + |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 2 + |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 + |
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 + |
| LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 + |
| LAC #35 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 + |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 + |
| LAC #38 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + |
| #194 | Mississippi State University | 1 + |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 2 + |
| Assumption College | 1 + | |
| Babson College | 1 + | |
| Bryant University | 1 + | |
| College of Charleston | 1 + | |
| Elmira College | 1 + | |
| High Point University | 1 + | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1 + | |
| McGill University | 1 + | |
| Merrimack College | 1 + | |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 + | |
| Providence College | 1 + | |
| Rhode Island College | 1 + | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 + | |
| Rivier University | 1 + | |
| Roger Williams University | 2 + | |
| Salve Regina University | 1 + | |
| St. John's College | 1 + | |
| SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 1 + | |
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | |
| University of Navarra | 1 + | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 39 | 194 | 48 | 47 | 32 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 + | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #24 | Emory University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 17 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 32 |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 4 + | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| #93 | Baylor University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #98 | Drexel University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | Florida International University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 3 + | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 + | 1 | 3 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 2 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 15 | 3 | 3 | 21 | ||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #216 | Mississippi State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Texas Tech University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #304 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #382 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 19 | 77 | 20 | 8 | 10 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #16 | Smith College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 2 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 + | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #39 | Denison University | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 2 + | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #56 | soka university of america | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Wofford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #75 | St. John's College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #82 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 + | 4 | 5 | |||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #93 | Whittier College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 | 1 | ||||
| United States Military Academy | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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European History
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Art History
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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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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Statistics
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Chemistry
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Music Theory
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United States History
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World History
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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English Literature and Composition
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Latin
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Latin Literature
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Physics C: Mechanics
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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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American Football
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Golf
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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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American Football
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Sailing
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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Equestrain
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Strength and Conditioning
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Chess Club
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Creative Writing Workshop
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Humanities Forum
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Model United Nations
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New England Math League
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Peer Tutors
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Chess Club
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Creative Writing Workshop
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Humanities Forum
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Model United Nations
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New England Math League
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Peer Tutors
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Social Committee
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Student Athletic Advisory Board
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Astronomy & Photography Club
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The Beacon Student Newspaper
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Coffee Club
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Cultural Club
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Current Events Club
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Dessert Club
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Eco Reform Club
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Environmental Club
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Exploring Arts Club
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Fashion Club
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Film Club
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French Club
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Greek Club
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Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA)
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Mental Health Club
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Mind & Market Club
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Operation Smile
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Pickleball Club
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Portsmouth Abbey Wildlife Society (PAWS)
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Pool of Siloam (Community Service)
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Raven for Others Community Service Club
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Red Cross Club
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Robotics (Botball) Club
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Science Club
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Science Magazine (Ars Scientia)
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Sensory Club
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Ski Club
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Spirtual Life/Lectio Divina Club
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St. Bede's Historical Society
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Yoga Club
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The Raven (literary magazine)
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Horseback Riding
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Radio Station
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Red Key campus tour guides
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The Gregorian (yearbook)
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TLC Teens Leading Children
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Dance
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After School Art Club
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Athletic trainer assistant
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Ceramics
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Photography
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Drama
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Jazz
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Ceramics
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Photography
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Drama
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Theory
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Singing
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Digital Media
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Art
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Writing
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