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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| #5 | Yale University | 1 |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| #13 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
| #14 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 3 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 2 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 3 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + |
| #42 | Boston University | 2 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 |
| #55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| LAC #11 | United States Military Academy | 2 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 2 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #63 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #68 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 1 |
| #68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 |
| #75 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #75 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #79 | North Carolina State University | 1 |
| #83 | Howard University | 1 |
| #85 | Lake Forest College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #103 | Clark University | 1 |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 1 |
| #117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| LAC #26 | Colorado College | 1 |
| #136 | University of New Hampshire | 1 |
| #151 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 + |
| #176 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 2 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 2 |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 2 |
| #234 | Suffolk University | 2 |
| #234 | University of Hartford | 1 |
| #234 | Western New England University | 2 |
| #263 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 |
| Art Center College of Design | 1 | |
| Bentley University | 2 | |
| Bryant University | 1 | |
| California College of the Arts | 1 | |
| Canisius College | 2 | |
| Coastal Carolina University | 1 | |
| Hood College | 1 | |
| Lynn University | 1 + | |
| Manhattan College | 1 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1 | |
| Merrimack College | 1 | |
| Norwich University | 1 | |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 1 + | |
| Parsons The New School for Design | 1 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
| Roger Williams University | 1 | |
| Ryerson University | 1 | |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | |
| United States Coast Guard Academy | 1 | |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | 1 | |
| University of the Sciences | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021 | 2018 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 57 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 8 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 9 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #85 | University of California: Riverside | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Western New England University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021 | 2018 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | United States Military Academy | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #38 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021 | 2018 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #25 | Ryerson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Chemistry
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Macroeconomics
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Environmental Science
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French Language and Culture
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Chemistry
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Macroeconomics
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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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United States History
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Calculus BC
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English Language and Composition
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Computer Science A
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Human Geography
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Research
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Seminar
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Microeconomics
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English Literature and Composition
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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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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American Football
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Golf
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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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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Riflery
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Rugby
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Skiing
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Soccer
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Softball
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Water Polo
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Wrestling
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Dance
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Dorm Prefects
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Peer Counselors
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Yearbook
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Asian Student Alliance
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Atlas newspaper
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Dance
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Dorm Prefects
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Peer Counselors
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Yearbook
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Asian Student Alliance
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Atlas newspaper
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Best Buddies
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Black Student Union
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Book Club
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Chinese Language Club
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Chess Club
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Chorus
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Club de Espanol
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Cooking Club
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DJ Club
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Fashion Club
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FEB Society & Investing Club
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Film Club
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Flying Discs Club
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French Club
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French Honor Society
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Garden Club
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Global Leaders
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Global Scholars
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Gold Key Club
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Gay Straight Alliance
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Jewish Club
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Math Club
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Science Club
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Society for Philanthropic Youth
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Stone Society
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Student Government
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Tea & Philosophy Club
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Thespian Society
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WMA Cares
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Young Writers Association
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Yoga
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Tai Chi
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Rubicon Literary Magazine
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Music Theory
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Studio Art
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