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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| #3 | Yale University | 1 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #29 | University of Florida | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #111 | Drew University | 1 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 1 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| #124 | Morehouse College | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| #127 | Clarkson University | 1 |
| #137 | Seton Hall University | 1 |
| #137 | University of New Hampshire | 1 |
| LAC #29 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 |
| #166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
| #234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 |
| LAC #60 | Bard College | 1 |
| Babson College | 1 | |
| Bentley University | 1 | |
| Bryant University | 1 | |
| City University of New York: Baruch College | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 1 | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 1 | |
| Iona College | 1 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| Manhattanville College | 1 | |
| Marist College | 1 | |
| Merrimack College | 1 | |
| Monmouth University | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| Radford University | 1 | |
| Rutgers University | 1 | |
| St. John's University | 1 | |
| Union College | 1 | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2016-2018 | 2016 | 2015 | Total |
| All schools | 47 | 33 | 18 | 1 | ||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | |||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 5 +admitted | 3 + | 9 | |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 3 + | 4 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 2 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 2 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #304 | Radford University | 1 | 1 | |||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 2 +admitted | 3 | |||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 7 +admitted | 4 + | 12 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2016-2018 | 2016 | 2015 | Total |
| All schools | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | |||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
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