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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#2 | Harvard College | 1 + |
#9 | Duke University | 1 + |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
LAC #4 | Pomona College | 1 + |
#22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
#27 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
#28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
#36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + |
#38 | University of California: Davis | 1 + |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
#48 | Hillsdale College | 1 + |
#55 | Santa Clara University | 1 + |
#75 | Baylor University | 1 + |
#76 | Willamette University | 1 + |
#83 | Texas Christian University | 1 + |
#85 | University of Puget Sound | 1 + |
#93 | University of Denver | 1 + |
#93 | University of San Diego | 1 + |
#99 | University of Oregon | 1 + |
#99 | University of Utah | 1 + |
#103 | University of Arizona | 1 + |
#103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + |
#103 | University of San Francisco | 1 + |
Arizona State University | 1 + | |
#122 | Chapman University | 1 + |
#124 | Westmont College | 1 + |
#127 | University of Oklahoma | 1 + |
#137 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 + |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
#137 | University of Central Florida | 1 + |
LAC #28 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 + |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 + |
#162 | Oregon State University | 1 + |
#166 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 + |
#166 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 + |
LAC #35 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 + |
#263 | Azusa Pacific University | 1 + |
#263 | Montana State University | 1 + |
Averett University | 1 + | |
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 + | |
California State University San Diego | 1 + | |
California State University San Jose | 1 + | |
California State University: Chico | 1 + | |
California State University: Monterey Bay | 1 + | |
California State University: San Marcos | 1 + | |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Daytona Beach Campus | 1 + | |
Grand Canyon University | 1 + | |
Hawaii Pacific University | 1 + | |
Idaho State University | 1 + | |
Menlo College | 1 + | |
Point Loma Nazarene University | 1 + | |
Private Schools California Academy of Art | 1 + | |
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design | 1 + | |
Saint Mary's College of California | 1 + | |
Sierra College | 1 + | |
The Master's University and Seminary | 1 + | |
University of Nevada: Reno | 1 + | |
University of Tampa | 1 + | |
Washington & Jefferson College | 1 + |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 35 | 41 | 99 | 5 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#7 | Duke University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | ||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 +admitted | 2 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#35 | New York University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#43 | Boston University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#48 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#54 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#57 | Purdue University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | ||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | ||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#86 | Clemson University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | Gonzaga University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#104 | University of California: Merced | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#105 | San Diego State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#105 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#124 | University of Denver | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#124 | Creighton University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#124 | University of Central Florida | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 |
#142 | University of the Pacific | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#142 | Oregon State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#151 | Seton Hall University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#163 | Seattle University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#170 | University of La Verne | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#178 | Washington State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#178 | San Francisco State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#185 | University of Idaho | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#195 | University of Nevada: Reno | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#216 | University of Wyoming | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#236 | University of New Mexico | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#236 | Biola University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#236 | Azusa Pacific University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#249 | University of Maine | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#249 | Union University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#249 | Pace University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#260 | Regis University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#260 | University of North Texas | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#269 | George Fox University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#280 | California State University: East Bay | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#280 | Portland State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#280 | Old Dominion University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#320 | Abilene Christian University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#332 | Boise State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#332 | Wichita State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#352 | University of Northern Colorado | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#376 | Tarleton State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#389 | University of Bridgeport | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
Grand Canyon University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
University of California: Riverside | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
Idaho State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 1 +admitted | 1 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 8 | 7 | 16 | 1 | ||
#2 | Amherst College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#4 | Pomona College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#9 | Carleton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#21 | United States Military Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#25 | University of Richmond | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#39 | Hillsdale College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | |||
#59 | Trinity University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#67 | Reed College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#75 | Willamette University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#82 | Saint Mary's College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | Whittier College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#107 | Linfield College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#107 | Westmont College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |
#174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#174 | Simpson University | 1 +admitted | 1 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#3 | McGill University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#5 | University of Alberta | 1 +admitted | 1 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
#33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 +admitted | 1 |
Biology
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Calculus AB
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English Language and Composition
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States History
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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English Language and Composition
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States History
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Statistics
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Research
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Seminar
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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United States Government and Politics
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English Literature and Composition
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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American Football
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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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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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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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Beach Volleyball
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Flag Football
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Baking/Cooking
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Campus Ministry
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Culture Club
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Dance
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French
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Engineering
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Baking/Cooking
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Campus Ministry
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Culture Club
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Dance
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French
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Engineering
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Library
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Mountain Biking
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Skateboarding
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Sneaker Club
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Co-Curriculars
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Arts Alive
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FFA
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Mock Trial / Speech and Debate
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Model UN
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Student Government (ASB)
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Band
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Choir
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Guitar
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Music
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Digital Media
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Graphic Design
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Band
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Choir
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Guitar
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Music
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Digital Media
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Graphic Design
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Studio Art
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Dance
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Production
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Theater
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Art
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Yearbook
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