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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| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 2 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 2 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #68 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #93 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| #93 | University of Denver | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| Liberal Art Colleges top | 50 | |
| Rank Name Students admitted | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2012-2020 | 2019 | 2012-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 19 | 55 | 36 | 8 | 35 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 2 | 4 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 8 | |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 2 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 9 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #83 | University of California: Riverside | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
| #209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #260 | University of New England | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Immaculata University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2012-2020 | 2019 | 2012-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 17 | ||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2012-2020 | 2019 | 2012-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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