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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#3 | Harvard College | 1 + |
#3 | Yale University | 1 + |
#10 | Duke University | 1 + |
#10 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
#13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + |
#15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + |
#18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + |
#22 | Emory University | 1 + |
#25 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
#29 | University of Florida | 1 + |
#32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
#38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
#44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
#48 | Hillsdale College | 1 + |
#49 | University of Georgia | 1 + |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 + |
#51 | Villanova University | 1 + |
#62 | George Washington University | 1 + |
#62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
#67 | Texas A&M University | 1 + |
#72 | American University | 1 + |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 + |
#76 | College of Wooster | 1 + |
#77 | Clemson University | 1 + |
#77 | Michigan State University | 1 + |
#83 | Marquette University | 1 + |
#89 | Texas Christian University | 1 + |
LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + |
#97 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#97 | University of San Diego | 1 + |
#97 | University of South Florida | 1 + |
#100 | Saint Mary's College | 1 + |
#105 | Drexel University | 1 + |
#105 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + |
#105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 + |
#105 | University of Arizona | 1 + |
#105 | University of Utah | 1 + |
#111 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 + |
#115 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 + |
#115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + |
Arizona State University | 1 + | |
#121 | Chapman University | 1 + |
#127 | University of Dayton | 1 + |
#137 | DePaul University | 1 + |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
#137 | University of Central Florida | 1 + |
#137 | University of Kentucky | 1 + |
#147 | Wittenberg University | 1 + |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 + |
#151 | Duquesne University | 1 + |
#151 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + |
LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
#166 | Xavier University | 1 + |
#182 | Ohio University | 1 + |
#182 | University of Louisville | 1 + |
LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 + |
#202 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#202 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | 1 + |
#212 | Kent State University | 1 + |
#219 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 + |
#219 | Texas Tech University | 1 + |
LAC #45 | Furman University | 1 + |
#234 | West Virginia University | 1 + |
LAC #51 | The University of the South | 1 + |
#263 | Grand Valley State University | 1 + |
#263 | Montana State University | 1 + |
#285 | Portland State University | 1 + |
#285 | University of Toledo | 1 + |
#299 | Marshall University | 1 + |
#299 | Old Dominion University | 1 + |
#317 | University of Findlay | 1 + |
#317 | Walsh University | 1 + |
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University | 1 + | |
Ashland University | 1 + | |
ave maria university | 1 + | |
Baldwin Wallace University | 1 + | |
Bowling Green State University: Firelands College | 1 + | |
Canisius College | 1 + | |
Capital University | 1 + | |
Cedarville University | 1 + | |
Central State University | 1 + | |
Clarion University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | |
Clark Atlanta University | 1 + | |
Cleveland State University | 1 + | |
College of Charleston | 1 + | |
Columbus College of Art and Design | 1 + | |
Eastern Kentucky University | 1 + | |
Eastern Michigan University | 1 + | |
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | |
Flagler College | 1 + | |
Florida Southern College | 1 + | |
Florida SouthWestern State College | 1 + | |
Franciscan University of Steubenville | 1 + | |
Geneva College | 1 + | |
Green River College | 1 + | |
Heidelberg University | 1 + | |
Hiram College | 1 + | |
Hocking College | 1 + | |
Holy Cross College | 1 + | |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | |
John Carroll University | 1 + | |
Liberty University | 1 + | |
Loyola University Maryland | 1 + | |
Malone University | 1 + | |
Marietta College | 1 + | |
Marist College | 1 + | |
Mercyhurst University | 1 + | |
Merrimack College | 1 + | |
Muskingum University | 1 + | |
Niagara University | 1 + | |
North Central College | 1 + | |
Notre Dame College-Cleveland-OH | 1 + | |
Oberlin College | 1 + | |
Ohio Northern University | 1 + | |
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | |
Otterbein University | 1 + | |
Penn State University Park | 1 + | |
Purdue University Fort Wayne | 1 + | |
Rider University | 1 + | |
Robert Morris University: Chicago | 1 + | |
Rutgers University | 1 + | |
Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 + | |
Shaw University | 1 + | |
Siena Heights University | 1 + | |
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | |
St. Edward's University | 1 + | |
St. John's University | 1 + | |
Stark State College | 1 + | |
Stetson University | 1 + | |
Texas Southern University | 1 + | |
The King's College | 1 + | |
Thiel College | 1 + | |
Tiffin University | 1 + | |
Trine University | 1 + | |
University of Akron | 1 + | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | |
University of Mount Union | 1 + | |
University of Portland | 1 + | |
University of Tampa | 1 + | |
University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | |
Ursuline College | 1 + | |
Washington & Jefferson College | 1 + | |
Western Kentucky University | 1 + | |
Western Washington University | 1 + | |
Westminster College | 1 + | |
Wheeling Jesuit University | 1 + | |
Youngstown State University | 1 + |
Matriculation | ||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2016-2021 | 2011-2014 | Total |
All schools | 77 | 19 | ||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | |
#7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | |
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | |
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 | |
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 | |
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + | 1 | |
#24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 + | 1 | |
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 | |
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | |
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | |
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 | |
#43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 | |
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 | |
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 + | 1 | |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | |
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 + | 1 | |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 | |
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | |
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 + | 1 | |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | |
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | |
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 | |
#67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 1 | |
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 | |
#86 | Marquette University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#86 | Clemson University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | |
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | |
#89 | University of South Florida | 1 + | 1 | |
#98 | Drexel University | 1 + | 1 | |
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | |
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 + | 1 | |
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 + | 1 | |
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 + | 1 | |
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | 1 | |
#105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | |
#115 | University of Utah | 1 + | 1 | |
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 | |
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + | 1 | |
#124 | University of Central Florida | 1 + | 1 | |
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 + | 1 | |
#133 | Chapman University | 1 + | 1 | |
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 | |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + | 1 | |
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 + | 1 | |
#142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + | 1 | |
#151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 | |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#151 | Duquesne University | 1 + | 1 | |
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 + | 1 | |
#163 | St. John's University | 1 + | 1 | |
#178 | Ohio University | 1 + | 1 | |
#195 | University of Louisville | 1 + | 1 | |
#201 | Xavier University | 1 + | 1 | |
#201 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | 1 + | 1 | |
#216 | West Virginia University | 1 + | 1 | |
#216 | Texas Tech University | 1 + | 1 | |
#227 | Kent State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 + | 1 | |
#235 | Grand Valley State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | |
#280 | Portland State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#280 | Old Dominion University | 1 + | 1 | |
#303 | Montana State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#320 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | |
#320 | Cleveland State University | 1 + | 1 | |
#332 | University of Findlay | 1 + | 1 | |
#332 | Marshall University | 1 + | 1 | |
#352 | Eastern Kentucky University | 1 + | 1 | |
#352 | Walsh University | 1 + | 1 | |
#361 | Clark Atlanta University | 1 + | 1 | |
#361 | Western Kentucky University | 1 + | 1 | |
#376 | Eastern Michigan University | 1 + | 1 | |
Liberty University | 1 + | 1 | ||
Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | ||
Texas Southern University | 1 + | 1 | ||
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | ||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | ||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2016-2021 | 2011-2014 | Total |
All schools | 13 | 3 | ||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + | 1 | |
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + | 1 | |
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 | |
#39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 | |
#39 | Hillsdale College | 1 + | 1 | |
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
#46 | Furman University | 1 + | 1 | |
#51 | The University of the South | 1 + | 1 | |
#82 | Saint Mary's College | 1 + | 1 | |
#116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | |
#152 | Wittenberg University | 1 + | 1 | |
#167 | The King's College | 1 + | 1 | |
#182 | ave maria university | 1 + | 1 | |
Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
Calculus AB
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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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European History
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Statistics
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Calculus AB
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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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European History
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Statistics
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United States History
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Biology
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Computer Science Principles
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Bowling
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Dance
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Bowling
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Dance
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Diving
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Strength and Conditioning
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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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Wrestling
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Academic Challenge
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Esports
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Math Club
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Mock Trial
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Model U.N.
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Rocket League
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Academic Challenge
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Esports
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Math Club
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Mock Trial
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Model U.N.
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Rocket League
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JustWrite
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French Club
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Italian Club
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Junior Classical League
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Spanish Club
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Animal Care League
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Future of Medicine
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LEAP (Environmental Science)
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Science Olympiad
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Center for Archaeological Studies
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Revolutionary War Living History
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Sophisticated Students of History
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Art Club.
Fifth Avenue Review.
Steel Drum Band.
Troubadours.
The Visor.
Yearbook.
National Hon
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First Friday Club
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Akron Roundtable Luncheons
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A Capella Ensemble
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Bicycling Club
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Black Student Union
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Committed to Inclusivity Alliance (CIA)
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Female Empowerment Club
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Food Club
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Harry Potter Club
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Hoban Inclusioneers
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Investing Club
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Knights for Life
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Peer Mentors
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Philosophy Club
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SADD
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Ski Club
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Student Ambassadors
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Student Council
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Pokemon Club
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Acting
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Band
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Choir
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Drama
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Music
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Percussion
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Acting
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Band
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Choir
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Drama
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Music
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Percussion
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Performing
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Sound
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Digital Imaging
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Game Design
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Graphic Design
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Painting
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Printmaking
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Studio Art
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Video Production
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Art
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Costume Design
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