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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#34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
#34 | University of Rochester | 1 + |
#36 | Boston College | 1 + |
#36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + |
#38 | University of California: Davis | 1 + |
#42 | Boston University | 1 + |
#42 | Brandeis University | 1 + |
#42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 + |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + |
#49 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
#49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + |
#59 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
#59 | University of Washington | 1 + |
#63 | Lawrence University | 1 + |
#63 | University of Connecticut | 1 + |
#68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
#68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + |
#70 | Wofford College | 1 + |
#72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + |
#72 | Knox College | 1 + |
#76 | College of Wooster | 1 + |
#76 | Muhlenberg College | 1 + |
#83 | University of California: Riverside | 1 + |
#83 | University of Iowa | 1 + |
#85 | Lake Forest College | 1 + |
#85 | University of Puget Sound | 1 + |
#89 | Stonehill College | 1 + |
#93 | University of Denver | 1 + |
#94 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 + |
#103 | Temple University | 1 + |
#111 | Drew University | 1 + |
#111 | Goucher College | 1 + |
#117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#117 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 1 + |
#136 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + |
LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
#151 | Florida International University | 1 + |
#166 | Hofstra University | 1 + |
#166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 + |
#182 | University of Houston | 1 + |
#182 | University of Rhode Island | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
#202 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 + |
LAC #42 | Denison University | 1 + |
#219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 + |
#219 | University of Maine | 1 + |
#219 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 + |
LAC #46 | Furman University | 1 + |
#234 | Suffolk University | 1 + |
#234 | University of Hartford | 1 + |
#234 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 + |
#234 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 + |
#263 | Azusa Pacific University | 1 + |
#263 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 + |
#285 | University of New England | 1 + |
#299 | Middle Tennessee State University | 1 + |
LAC #60 | Bard College | 1 + |
#317 | Northern Arizona University | 1 + |
Arizona Christian University | 1 + | |
Assumption College | 1 + | |
Barry University | 1 + | |
Bentley University | 1 + | |
Berklee College of Music | 1 + | |
Bryant University | 1 + | |
California Baptist University | 1 + | |
California State University: Monterey Bay | 1 + | |
Champlain College | 1 + | |
Coastal Carolina University | 1 + | |
College of Charleston | 1 + | |
Colorado Christian University | 1 + | |
Community College of Rhode Island | 1 + | |
Dean College | 1 + | |
Emerson College | 1 + | |
Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 + | |
Endicott College | 1 + | |
Evergreen State College | 1 + | |
Flagler College | 1 + | |
Florida Memorial University-Miami Gardens-FL | 1 + | |
Franklin Pierce University | 1 + | |
Grand Canyon University Traditional Campus | 1 + | |
High Point University | 1 + | |
Ithaca College | 1 + | |
Lawrence Technological University | 1 + | |
Lynn University | 1 + | |
Manhattan College | 1 + | |
Manhattanville University | 1 + | |
Marist College | 1 + | |
McGill University | 1 + | |
Merrimack College | 1 + | |
Molloy University | 1 + | |
Oglethorpe University | 1 + | |
Pennsylvania State University Penn State Main Campus | 1 + | |
Point Loma Nazarene University | 1 + | |
Providence College | 1 + | |
Queen's University | 1 + | |
Roger Williams University | 1 + | |
Rollins College | 1 + | |
St Leo University | 1 + | |
Stetson University | 1 + | |
stony brook university, state university of new york | 1 + | |
The Citadel | 1 + | |
University of Maryland: Baltimore County | 1 + | |
University of New Haven | 1 + | |
University of Scranton | 1 + | |
University of South Carolina: Aiken | 1 + | |
University of Tampa | 1 + | |
Wentworth Institute of Technology | 1 + | |
Wheaton College | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2018-2020 | 2013-2018 | Total |
All schools | 44 | 17 | 28 | 32 | 36 | ||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 +admitted | 2 | ||||
#35 | New York University | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 + | 13 | |
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#39 | Boston College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#40 | Tufts University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#43 | Boston University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 + | 10 |
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 +admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 7 |
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
#83 | University of California: Riverside | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#89 | Temple University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#115 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#124 | Florida International University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Houston | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#142 | Clark University | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
#151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 +admitted | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | ||||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 +admitted | 2 | 3 | |||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
#209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#216 | Mississippi State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
#216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#236 | Azusa Pacific University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | University of Maine | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#260 | University of New England | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | University of Hartford | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | Middle Tennessee State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
American International College | 1 | 1 | |||||
Barry University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2018-2020 | 2013-2018 | Total |
All schools | 20 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | ||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#21 | Colgate University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#39 | Denison University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#46 | Furman University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#56 | Wheaton College | 1 +admitted | 3 | 4 | |||
#59 | Wofford College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#72 | Bard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#73 | Lake Forest College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Lawrence University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Knox College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | 1 | ||||
#86 | Stonehill College | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Whittier College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#93 | Drew University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#163 | Oglethorpe University | 1 +admitted | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2018-2020 | 2013-2018 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#3 | McGill University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Queen's University | 1 +admitted | 1 |
IB Spanish A: Language and Literature
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IB Biology
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IB Physics
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IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science
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IB Analysis and Approaches
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IB Mathematics
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IB Spanish A: Language and Literature
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IB Biology
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IB Physics
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IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science
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IB Analysis and Approaches
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IB Mathematics
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IB Visual Arts
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IB French A: Language and Literature
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IB Language B
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IB History
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IB Psychology
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Squash
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Tennis
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STAMP
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SAAD
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Table Top Club
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ESports Club
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Crypto Club
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Chess Club
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STAMP
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SAAD
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Table Top Club
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ESports Club
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Crypto Club
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Chess Club
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Bible Club
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SHIELD
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Hear Me & Hear You
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Spirit Squad
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Super Smash Bros Club
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Chemistry Club
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National Arts Honor Society
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National Honor Society
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Prom Committee
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Yearbook
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Chorus
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Dance
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Piano
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Theater
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Art History
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Ceramics
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Chorus
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Dance
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Piano
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Theater
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Art History
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Ceramics
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Digital Art
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Drawing
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Painting
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Portfolio
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Printmaking
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Sculpture
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Studio Art
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Wheelworking
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Design
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Tech Theater
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