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 + |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + |
| #3 | Yale University | 1 + |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 + |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 + |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + |
| #25 | New York University | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| #29 | University of Florida | 1 + |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 + |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 + |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 + |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 + |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
| #44 | Tulane University | 1 + |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 + |
| #51 | Villanova University | 1 + |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 + |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 1 + |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 + |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 + |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 + |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 1 + |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 + |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 + |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 + |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 1 + |
| #105 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 + |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 1 + |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 1 + |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 + |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 + |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 1 + |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 + |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 + |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 + |
| Babson College | 1 + | |
| Bryant University | 1 + | |
| Endicott College | 1 + | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | |
| Marist College | 1 + | |
| Providence College | 1 + | |
| Saint Anselm College | 1 + | |
| Salve Regina University | 1 + | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | |
| University of St. Andrews | 1 + | |
| University of Toronto | 1 + | |
| Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 41 | 240 | 59 | 52 | 46 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 9 | 6 | 16 | ||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 8 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| #51 | Purdue University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 + | 6 | 2 | 9 | ||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 7 | 1 | 9 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 9 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 4 | 5 | |||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Campbell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 27 | 158 | 36 | 40 | 32 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 5 | 3 | 9 | ||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 + | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| #39 | Denison University | 1 + | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 + | 9 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 4 | 5 | |||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 3 | 4 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 + | 10 | 11 | |||
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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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Art 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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French Language and Culture
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Music Theory
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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Macroeconomics
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Latin
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United States History
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Comparative Government and Politics
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Water Polo
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Black & Gold (tour guides)
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Dramat
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Eco Team
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Entrepreneurship
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Gender and Sexuality Alliance (G.S.A.)
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Girls of Today
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Black & Gold (tour guides)
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Dramat
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Eco Team
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Entrepreneurship
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Gender and Sexuality Alliance (G.S.A.)
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Girls of Today
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Women of Tomorrow (G.O.T.W.O.T.)
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Global Forum (current affairs)
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Humans of Westminster
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The John Hay Society
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The Martlet (art and literary magazine)
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Math Club
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Model United Nations
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Multicultural Student Union (M.S.U.)
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Rising Sons (male a cappella group)
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Seniors As Sisters
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Serving Our Neighbors (S.O.N.)
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Spectator (yearbook)
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Student Activities Committee (S.A.C.)
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Student Tutor Program
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Westminster Belles (female a cappella group)
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The Westminster News (student newspaper)
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Choir
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Choir
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Theory
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Songwriting
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Stagecraft
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String
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Theater
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Film
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Photography
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Sculpture
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Studio Art
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2D Art
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Architecture
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