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 | Columbia University | 9 |
| #2 | Harvard College | 6 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #5 | Yale University | 5 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 2 |
| #6 | Stanford University | 9 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 13 |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 9 |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #9 | Duke University | 4 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 2 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 4 |
| #13 | Dartmouth College | 6 |
| #14 | Brown University | 12 |
| #14 | Vanderbilt University | 2 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 6 |
| #17 | Rice University | 2 |
| #19 | University of Notre Dame | 4 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 4 |
| LAC #4 | Pomona College | 5 |
| #21 | Emory University | 4 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 7 |
| #23 | Georgetown University | 6 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 5 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 5 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 12 |
| #28 | New York University | 11 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 7 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 7 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 |
| LAC #8 | Claremont McKenna College | 2 |
| #42 | Boston University | 2 |
| #42 | Case Western Reserve University | 6 |
| #42 | Tulane University | 15 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 |
| LAC #9 | Carleton College | 1 |
| LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 5 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 7 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #49 | Villanova University | 2 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 2 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 2 |
| LAC #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 3 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 3 |
| LAC #13 | Davidson College | 2 |
| LAC #13 | Grinnell College | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 2 |
| #68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 7 |
| #68 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
| #68 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 |
| #72 | Reed College | 1 |
| #75 | Loyola Marymount University | 4 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| #79 | Gonzaga University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Barnard College | 7 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #93 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 |
| #104 | University of California: Merced | 1 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 |
| LAC #22 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
| LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 2 |
| LAC #22 | Vassar College | 2 |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| #122 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #124 | Westmont College | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 7 |
| #127 | Seton Hall University | 1 |
| LAC #26 | Colorado College | 5 |
| #136 | Catholic University of America | 1 |
| LAC #28 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 |
| LAC #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 |
| LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 3 |
| LAC #30 | Scripps College | 8 |
| LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 2 |
| LAC #36 | Oberlin College | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| LAC #42 | Occidental College | 2 |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 1 |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 2 |
| LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 2 |
| LAC #60 | Bard College | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 2 |
| American University of Paris | 2 | |
| Babson College | 1 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 4 | |
| California State University: Northridge | 1 | |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 1 | |
| eugene lang college of liberal arts | 1 | |
| parsons school of design | 1 | |
| Queen's University | 1 | |
| Santa Barbara City College | 3 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
| University of Portland | 2 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 7 | |
| Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 234 | 230 | 225 | 214 | 213 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #3 | Stanford University | 9 | 12 admitted | 14 | 16 | 15 | 66 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 6 | 4 admitted | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| #5 | Yale University | 5 | 5 admitted | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 9 | 10 admitted | 10 | 12 | 12 | 53 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 4 | 4 admitted | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #9 | Brown University | 12 | 10 admitted | 10 | 7 | 6 | 45 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 13 | 9 admitted | 8 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 9 | 10 admitted | 11 | 9 | 7 | 46 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 6 | 7 admitted | 8 | 7 | 5 | 33 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 7 | 7 admitted | 6 | 7 | 4 | 31 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 4 | 4 admitted | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| #17 | Rice University | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 6 | 4 admitted | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 4 | 5 admitted | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 3 admitted | 6 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 | 5 admitted | 5 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 4 admitted | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| #24 | Emory University | 4 | 4 admitted | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 5 | 4 admitted | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 12 | 12 admitted | 12 | 7 | 10 | 53 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 4 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 11 | 13 admitted | 14 | 13 | 14 | 65 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 | 3 admitted | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 3 | 4 admitted | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 7 | 5 admitted | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 3 admitted | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 6 | 6 admitted | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 7 | 7 admitted | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 2 | 5 admitted | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 3 admitted | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 3 | 3 admitted | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Villanova University | 2 | 2 admitted | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 15 | 12 admitted | 9 | 6 | 6 | 48 |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 7 | 9 admitted | 6 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 4 | 5 admitted | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #104 | University of California: Merced | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 2 admitted | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #361 | University of Montana | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 95 | 102 | 105 | 115 | 117 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 2 | 4 admitted | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| #2 | Amherst College | 4 | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 5 | 4 admitted | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| #4 | Pomona College | 5 | 7 admitted | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 7 | 6 admitted | 10 | 12 | 11 | 46 |
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 3 admitted | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 5 | 3 admitted | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 2 | 4 admitted | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 7 | 6 admitted | 6 | 6 | 7 | 32 |
| #16 | Davidson College | 2 | 2 admitted | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #16 | Hamilton College | 2 | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| #16 | Vassar College | 2 | 4 admitted | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 3 admitted | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| #24 | Bates College | 7 | 6 admitted | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 2 | 3 admitted | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #33 | Colorado College | 5 | 3 admitted | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | Occidental College | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| #35 | Scripps College | 8 | 4 admitted | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| #39 | Trinity College | 2 | 3 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 2 | 2 admitted | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 3 | 4 admitted | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 2 | 2 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #59 | Trinity University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #70 | Kalamazoo College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #82 | Juniata College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #107 | Westmont College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Queen's University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 7 | 7 admitted | 14 | |||
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