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 |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton University | 10 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 28 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 5 |
| #3 | Yale University | 18 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 11 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 16 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 15 |
| #10 | Duke University | 6 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 7 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 7 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 5 |
| #13 | Brown University | 4 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 2 |
| #15 | Rice University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 2 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 18 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 21 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 2 |
| #22 | Emory University | 4 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 |
| #25 | New York University | 6 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 4 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 2 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 3 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 2 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 5 |
| LAC #6 | Carleton College | 2 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 3 |
| #36 | Boston College | 3 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 2 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 2 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 2 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 2 |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 4 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 6 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 2 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 2 |
| #97 | Clark University | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Macalester College | 1 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 2 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 2 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 2 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 4 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 |
| American University of Paris | 1 | |
| College of William and Mary | 2 | |
| Macaulay Honors College CUNY | 2 | |
| McGill University | 2 | |
| Oberlin College | 2 | |
| Union College | 1 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 4 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 208 | 208 | 195 | 172 | 182 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 59 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 28 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 147 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| #5 | Yale University | 18 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 68 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 15 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 46 |
| #7 | Duke University | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 106 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 18 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 68 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 16 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 66 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| #35 | New York University | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| #39 | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 74 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 69 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
| #2 | Amherst College | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| #4 | Pomona College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| #9 | Carleton College | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | Colgate University | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| #21 | Haverford College | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #67 | Reed College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Oberlin College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Oxford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | University of Cambridge | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #5 | University of Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
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