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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| #2 | Harvard College | 2 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #19 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| LAC #4 | Pomona College | 1 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| #23 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 1 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #28 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 2 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 2 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 1 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 3 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #49 | Villanova University | 1 |
| #55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 1 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| #68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #68 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 2 |
| #70 | Wofford College | 1 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| #81 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 |
| #83 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 |
| #127 | DePaul University | 1 |
| #136 | Simmons University | 1 |
| LAC #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 |
| #202 | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | 1 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 1 |
| Canisius College | 1 | |
| Curtin University | 1 | |
| Ecofac Business School Rennes | 1 | |
| Franklin Pierce University | 1 | |
| Hamline University | 1 | |
| Iowa Western Community College | 2 | |
| Mercyhurst University | 1 | |
| Nazareth College | 1 | |
| Nichols College | 1 | |
| Princeton College | 1 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| Queen's University | 1 | |
| Radford University | 1 | |
| Tiffin University | 1 | |
| Trine University | 1 | |
| Université dAvignon | 1 | |
| University of British Columbia | 1 | |
| University of Calgary | 1 | |
| University of Canterbury | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Duluth | 1 | |
| University of Northern Iowa | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 2 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 1 | |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 1 | |
| Western University | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 38 | 61 | 53 | 54 | 150 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 21 | |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #118 | Iowa State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Creighton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Dayton | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| #147 | University of Texas at Dallas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | University of St. Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Drake University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | La Salle University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | North Dakota State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Regis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #269 | Seattle Pacific University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | University of Memphis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #269 | University of South Dakota | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Radford University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #320 | Campbell University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #332 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #342 | Missouri State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #361 | Clark Atlanta University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 30 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Union College | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | St. Olaf College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #59 | Wofford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | College of St. Benedict | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Coe College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #139 | Presbyterian College | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | University of Calgary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #10 | Western University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Queen's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Environmental Science
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English Literature and Composition
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Calculus BC
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Environmental Science
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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English Literature and Composition
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Psychology
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United States Government and Politics
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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English Language and Composition
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Latin
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Microeconomics
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Basketball
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Golf
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Volleyball
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Art Club
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Chess Club
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Debate
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Fat Tire Biking
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Interscholastic Basketball - Boys
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Art Club
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Chess Club
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Debate
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Fat Tire Biking
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Mountain Biking
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Photography Club
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Quiz Bowl
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Yearbook
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