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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| #22 | Emory University | 1 + |
| #25 | New York University | 1 + |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 + |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 + |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 + |
| #44 | Tulane University | 1 + |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 + |
| #55 | Rhodes College | 1 + |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 + |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
| #72 | American University | 1 + |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 + |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 + |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #105 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 1 + |
| #105 | University of Utah | 1 + |
| #107 | Whittier College | 1 + |
| #115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 + |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 + |
| #137 | Seton Hall University | 1 + |
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 + |
| #151 | Florida International University | 1 + |
| #151 | Gordon College | 1 + |
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 + |
| #202 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #219 | University of Maine | 1 + |
| #234 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 + |
| #263 | University of North Florida | 1 + |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 + |
| Babson College | 1 + | |
| Berkeley City College | 1 + | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 + | |
| California College of the Arts | 1 + | |
| Calvin College | 1 + | |
| Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios | 1 + | |
| Champlain College | 1 + | |
| City University of New York: Hunter College | 1 + | |
| Colby-Sawyer College | 1 + | |
| Colorado Mesa University | 1 + | |
| Community College of Vermont | 1 + | |
| Curry College | 1 + | |
| Davis and Elkins College | 1 + | |
| Emerson College | 1 + | |
| Endicott College | 1 + | |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 + | |
| florida polytechnic university | 1 + | |
| Husson University | 1 + | |
| IE University Spain | 1 + | |
| Keene State College | 1 + | |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 + | |
| Loyola University Maryland | 1 + | |
| Lynn University | 1 + | |
| McGill University | 1 + | |
| Norwich University | 1 + | |
| Paul Smith's College | 1 + | |
| Plymouth State University | 1 + | |
| Providence College | 1 + | |
| Saint Michael's College | 1 + | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 + | |
| St. John's College | 1 + | |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 1 + | |
| University Center for Technology Digital Art Mexico | 1 + | |
| University of Edinburgh | 1 + | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | |
| University of Northern Iowa | 1 + | |
| University of Southern Maine | 1 + | |
| University of Tampa | 1 + | |
| University of Toronto | 1 + | |
| University of Victoria | 1 + | |
| Vermont Technical College | 1 + | |
| Warren Wilson College | 1 + | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 1 + | |
| Westminster College | 1 + | |
| White Mountains Community College | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 30 | 77 | 52 | 69 | 40 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 2 admitted | 7 | |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 3 | 2 admitted | 6 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 4 | 2 | 1 admitted | 7 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 | 3 admitted | 5 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 5 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 2 | 1 admitted | 4 | ||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 4 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #70 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #79 | Brigham Young University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 2 admitted | 6 | |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #115 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Florida International University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 16 | 15 | 22 | 10 admitted | 64 |
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | |||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | Adelphi University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #185 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #201 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #236 | University of North Florida | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | University of New England | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #361 | University of Montana | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #361 | Husson University | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #361 | Arkansas State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #389 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Liberty University | 3 | 3 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 13 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 8 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 2 | 1 admitted | 4 | ||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 1 | 4 | 3 admitted | 9 | |
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #75 | St. John's College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Whittier College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Hope College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #156 | College of the Atlantic | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #163 | Gordon College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #180 | Sweet Briar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Warren Wilson College | 1 + | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #13 | University of Victoria | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #5 | University of Edinburgh | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Environmental Science
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Japanese Language and Culture
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Music Theory
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Psychology
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Computer Science Principles
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Latin
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Microeconomics
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Physics 1
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Physics 2
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Studio Art: Drawing
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World History
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Research
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Seminar
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Human Geography
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Cheerleading
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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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Soccer
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Cheerleading
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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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Soccer
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Volleyball
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Band
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Chess Club
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Dance Club
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Intaglio Society
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National Honor Society
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Robotics
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Band
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Chess Club
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Dance Club
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Intaglio Society
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National Honor Society
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Robotics
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Student Government
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Yearbook
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Clay Club
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Fashion Club
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Model United Nations
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Outing Club
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Skills USA
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Spanish Club
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Yoga Club
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Academy Theatre
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Community Service
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Dorm Council
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Environmental Club
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Future Business Leaders of America
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Gay/Straight Union
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Hilltones (Chorus)
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Knitting Club
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Photographic Society
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String Ensemble
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Student Art League
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Trail Crew
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Badminton/Ping Pong
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Basketball
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Bells Angels
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Book Club
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Bowling
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Breathing Room
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Cancer Stoppers
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Code-craft
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Community Art
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Japan Club
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Math Club
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Scholars Bowl
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Science Olympiad
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Soccer
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Swimming
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Tennis Club
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Unified Club
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Writer’s Block
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Acting
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Dance
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Music
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Drawing
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Fashion Design
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Filmmaking
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Acting
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Dance
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Music
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Drawing
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Fashion Design
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Filmmaking
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Oil Painting
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Painting
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Photography
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Portfolio
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Printmaking
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Ballet
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Band
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Chorus
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Guitar
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Jazz
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Music Theory
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