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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| #1 | Princeton University | 4 |
| #2 | Harvard College | 2 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 4 |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 |
| #14 | Brown University | 1 |
| #14 | Vanderbilt University | 2 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 3 |
| #19 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #23 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 2 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 5 |
| #28 | New York University | 1 |
| #28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 4 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 2 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 |
| #42 | Boston University | 1 |
| #42 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 |
| #42 | Tulane University | 1 |
| LAC #9 | Carleton College | 1 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 |
| #49 | Pepperdine University | 2 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 9 |
| #49 | Villanova University | 3 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #55 | Wabash College | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 |
| #62 | Rutgers University | 1 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 4 |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 3 |
| #68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 12 |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 3 |
| #68 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
| #68 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 |
| #70 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #75 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #81 | Beloit College | 1 |
| #83 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 |
| #83 | Howard University | 1 |
| #83 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #83 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #83 | Texas Christian University | 2 |
| #85 | Lake Forest College | 2 |
| #93 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #93 | University of San Diego | 3 |
| #94 | Lewis & Clark College | 2 |
| #99 | University of Oregon | 1 |
| #99 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #102 | Hollins University | 1 |
| #103 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
| #103 | Miami University: Oxford | 6 |
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 |
| #103 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 |
| LAC #22 | United States Air Force Academy | 2 |
| Arizona State University | 2 | |
| #117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 |
| #117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 |
| #122 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #127 | University of Dayton | 2 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
| #149 | Aquinas College | 1 |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 |
| #166 | Xavier University | 1 |
| #182 | Ohio University | 1 |
| #182 | University of Rhode Island | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| #202 | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | 2 |
| #212 | Ball State University | 2 |
| #212 | Lipscomb University | 1 |
| LAC #50 | The University of the South | 2 |
| #285 | Western Michigan University | 1 |
| #317 | Northern Arizona University | 1 |
| #317 | University of Findlay | 1 |
| Babson College | 2 | |
| Bentley University | 2 | |
| Bowling Green State University: Firelands College | 1 | |
| Butler University | 4 | |
| Cabrillo College | 1 | |
| Carthage College | 1 | |
| Catawba College | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 1 | |
| Cuesta College | 1 | |
| Culver-Stockton College | 1 | |
| Dalhousie University | 1 | |
| Eastern Michigan University | 1 | |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Daytona Beach Campus | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Huntington University | 1 | |
| John Carroll University | 1 | |
| Northland College | 1 | |
| Pratt Institute | 2 | |
| Rollins College | 2 | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| The Citadel | 1 | |
| Trine University | 1 | |
| tusculum university | 1 | |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | 1 | |
| Universidad Anahuac | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 | 2012-2016 | 2014 | Total |
| All schools | 143 | 66 | 94 | 65 | 35 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 4 | 1 + | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 10 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 10 | |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 3 | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 4 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 8 | |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 1 + | 6 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 5 | 1 + | 4 | 1 + | 11 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #49 | Purdue University | 9 | 1 + | 13 | 1 + | 1 + | 25 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 + | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 8 |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 4 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 9 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 12 | 1 + | 8 | 1 + | 1 + | 23 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #80 | Brigham Young University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 3 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 7 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 5 | ||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 1 + | 5 | 1 + | 9 | |
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Central Florida | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 + | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 8 |
| #124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Dayton | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 6 | 1 + | 3 | 1 + | 11 | |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Ohio University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Bradley University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Ball State University | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
| #236 | Lipscomb University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Western New England University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Western Michigan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #332 | University of Findlay | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #376 | Eastern Michigan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #382 | Indiana State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 | 2012-2016 | 2014 | Total |
| All schools | 26 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 5 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 4 | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 8 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 2 | 1 + | 4 | 1 + | 8 | |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #15 | United States Military Academy | 1 + | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 8 | |
| #16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #23 | Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Colorado College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #38 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #46 | DePauw University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
| #51 | Centre College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Wabash College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #86 | Beloit College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #124 | Hollins University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #156 | Aquinas College | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 | 2012-2016 | 2014 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Music Theory
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Music Theory
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Chinese Language and Culture
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French Language and Culture
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Art History
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Comparative Government and Politics
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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European History
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Latin
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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World History
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Diving
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Fencing
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Floor Hockey
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Diving
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Fencing
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Floor Hockey
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Rowing
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Sailing
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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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Black Student Union (BSU)
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Book Club
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Boy Scouts Troop 209
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CGA Rugby Club
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Canoe Sports
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Chess Club
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Black Student Union (BSU)
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Book Club
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Boy Scouts Troop 209
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CGA Rugby Club
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Canoe Sports
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Chess Club
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Chinese Culture Club
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Coding Club
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Community Service Club
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Cultural Corner (Diverse Conversations)
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Culver Rifle Club
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Culver Youth Community Organization (CYCO)
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Discussing American Topics (DAT)
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Diversity Council
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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French Club
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Green Life
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Junior Classical League Latin Club
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Knitting Club
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Linguistic Olympiad
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Math Forum
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Model United Nations
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Peer Coaching - Tutoring
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Performing Caring Collaborating (PCC)
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Quizbowl
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Racquet Sports (badminton
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table tennis
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squash)
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Review Line (formerly The Quill – literary magazine)
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Robotics
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Roll Call (Yearbook)
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Science Club
Student Ambassador Organization (SAO)
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Shotgun Sports Club
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Sin Fornteras
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Spectrum (LGBTQ+ Alliance)
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Speech Team
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Stamp Club
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Spiritual Life (Various Topics & Faiths)
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Vedette
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Women in STEM
W.R.A.P. Women’s Rights Awareness Program
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Writing Center
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Drawing
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Painting
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Ceramics
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Sculpture
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Digital Design
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Digital Media
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Drawing
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Painting
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Ceramics
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Sculpture
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Digital Design
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Digital Media
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Media
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Photography
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Video
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Choir
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Orchestra
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Acting
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Band
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Guitar
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Theory
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Theater
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Art History
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Film Studies
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Portfolio
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Video Production
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Tech Theater
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