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 + |
#17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
#18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + |
#25 | New York University | 1 + |
#25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 + |
#38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
#44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 + |
#51 | Villanova University | 1 + |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + |
#72 | Fordham University | 1 + |
#72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 + |
#77 | Clemson University | 1 + |
#77 | Michigan State University | 1 + |
SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 + | |
#89 | Elon University | 1 + |
#97 | Clark University | 1 + |
#97 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#105 | University of Utah | 1 + |
#107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 + |
#120 | Roanoke College | 1 + |
#127 | Clarkson University | 1 + |
#137 | Seton Hall University | 1 + |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
#166 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 + |
LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 + |
#219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 + |
LAC #45 | Furman University | 1 + |
#234 | Bellarmine University | 1 + |
#234 | University of Hartford | 1 + |
#263 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 + |
LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 + |
Assumption College | 1 + | |
Bentley University | 1 + | |
Central Connecticut State University | 1 + | |
Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 + | |
Endicott College | 1 + | |
Franklin Pierce University | 1 + | |
High Point University | 1 + | |
Marist College | 1 + | |
Merrimack College | 1 + | |
Penn State University Park | 1 + | |
Southern Connecticut State University | 1 + | |
SUNY Maritime College | 1 + | |
SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | |
Union College | 1 + | |
University of Lynchburg | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | Total |
All schools | 30 | 36 | 38 | 22 | 17 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
#7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | ||||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 5 | |
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | ||||
#41 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#51 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#58 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
#58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
#76 | Pepperdine University | 2 | 2 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
#86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#86 | Clemson University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#86 | Marquette University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
#105 | American University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#115 | University of Arizona | 2 | 2 | ||||
#115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Vermont | 2 | 6 | 1 + | 9 | ||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#142 | Clarkson University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#142 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#151 | Seton Hall University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#185 | University of Detroit Mercy | 1 | 1 | ||||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#185 | Samford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#227 | Misericordia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | ||||
#249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#269 | Wilkes University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#280 | Bellarmine University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#304 | University of Hartford | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#320 | East Tennessee State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#369 | long island university-liu post | 1 | 1 | ||||
Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | Total |
All schools | 10 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 8 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#11 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | ||||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 6 | |
#45 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#46 | Furman University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | ||||
#59 | Wofford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#107 | Susquehanna University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#121 | Hartwick College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#130 | Roanoke College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 |
Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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Environmental Science
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European 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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Environmental Science
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European History
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Microeconomics
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Music Theory
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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United States History
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Computer Science Principles
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Macroeconomics
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Physics 1
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Physics 2
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Psychology
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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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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Mountain Biking
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Soccer
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Squash
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Wrestling
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AFRICANA CLUB
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ALLIES (LGBTQ)
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AMEN BOYS
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ASIAN SOCIETY
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BAKING CLUB
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BRIDGE CLUB
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AFRICANA CLUB
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ALLIES (LGBTQ)
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AMEN BOYS
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ASIAN SOCIETY
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BAKING CLUB
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BRIDGE CLUB
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CHAPEL ACOLYTES
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CHEESE CLUB
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CHESS CLUB
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COFFEE AND TEA CLUB
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COOKING CLUB
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CRIBBAGE CLUB
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DEANS ADVISORY COUNCIL
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DIVERSITY CLUB
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DOG WALKING CLUB
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DRAMA CLUB/TECH CREW
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB
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ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB
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FINANCE CLUB
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FISHING CLUB
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FUTSAL CLUB
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FUTURE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CLUB
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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CLUB
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLUB
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JAZZ BAND
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KEY CLUB (TOUR GUIDES)
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KNITTING CLUB
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MODEL UNITED NATIONS
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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
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OPEN MIC CLUB
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OUTING CLUB
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THE PHOENIX
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PALLBEARERS
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POLITICAL FORUM CLUB
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POTTERY CLUB
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RELAY FOR LIFE
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ROCK CLIMBING CLUB
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SIGN LANGUAGE CLUB
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SPORTSMAN CLUB
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STRATEGY BOARD GAMES CLUB
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STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING CLUB
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND SCHOOL SPIRIT CLUB
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STUDENT SENATE/STUDENT LIFE COMMITTEE
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TRINITONES
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30 FOR 30 CLUB
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WOODWORKING CLUB
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VIDEO GAME CULTURE CLUB
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Choir
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Drama
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Music
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Music Theory
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Public Speaking
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Theater
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Choir
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Drama
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Music
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Music Theory
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Public Speaking
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Theater
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Vocal
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Art History
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Digital Media
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Filmmaking
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Journal
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Painting
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Studio Art
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