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 + |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 + |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 + |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
| #15 | Rice University | 1 + |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 1 + |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 + |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 + |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 + |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 + |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 + |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
| #83 | Gonzaga University | 1 + |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 + |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 1 + |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 + |
| #111 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 + |
| #127 | University of Dayton | 1 + |
| #147 | Wittenberg University | 1 + |
| #151 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 + |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + |
| #166 | Mercer University | 1 + |
| #182 | Belmont University | 1 + |
| #182 | Ohio University | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 + |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 + |
| #219 | University of Maine | 1 + |
| #234 | Georgia State University | 1 + |
| LAC #51 | The University of the South | 1 + |
| #285 | University of Toledo | 1 + |
| Babson College | 1 + | |
| Butler University | 1 + | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | |
| University of South Carolina: Upstate | 1 + | |
| University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | |
| Washington & Jefferson College | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | 2016 | Total |
| All schools | 30 | 52 | 55 | 180 | 28 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 5 | 6 | |||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 24 | 24 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #96 | University of Alabama | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 36 | |
| #133 | University of Dayton | 1 + | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Mercer University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Ohio University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | Xavier University | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #227 | Georgia State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #382 | Northern Kentucky University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 4 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 34 | |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | 2016 | Total |
| All schools | 11 | 13 | 9 | 46 | 5 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #2 | Amherst College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Carleton College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Haverford College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + | 3 | 4 | |||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | Colorado College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #51 | Centre College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 + | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Wittenberg University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | 2016 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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English Literature and Composition
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Statistics
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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United States History
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Environmental Science
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Computer Science Principles
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Gymnastics
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Lacrosse
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Rowing
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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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Wrestling
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Academic club
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Archive (Yearbook
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Art club
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Black Cultura Workshop
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CCDS Rosted
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Chess club
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Academic club
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Archive (Yearbook
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Art club
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Black Cultura Workshop
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CCDS Rosted
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Chess club
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Christian Student Organization (CSO)
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Country Day APIcultural society
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Drama and Thespian
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Environmental council
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Game Design
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International Club/Dandelion
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Investment Club
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Maker Crew
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Mind Matters/ The Realness
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Model UN
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Outdoors Adventure
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Science Bowl
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Science Olympiad
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Scroll
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Students Helping Students
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Writing Support Center
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Magnified Giving
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Motion Capture
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Book club
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Ensemble music
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Chinese
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Sports analysis
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Cards club
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Out and about
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Band
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Chorus
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Drama
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Theater
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Voice
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Photography
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Chorus
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