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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| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 2 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 2 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 2 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 2 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 2 |
| #63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
| #76 | College of Wooster | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| #124 | Morehouse College | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| #137 | George Mason University | 2 |
| #137 | University of New Hampshire | 1 |
| LAC #33 | Scripps College | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| #317 | Morgan State University | 1 |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 | |
| College of William and Mary | 1 | |
| Columbia College Chicago | 1 | |
| Delaware State University | 1 | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
| Marist College | 1 | |
| Montgomery College Rockville | 1 | |
| Oberlin College | 1 | |
| San Jose State University | 1 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 2 | |
| St. John's University | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 1 | |
| University of the Arts | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 19 | 34 | 37 | 26 | 28 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| #89 | Temple University | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| #98 | Drexel University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | George Mason University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| #133 | University of Houston | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Chatham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Old Dominion University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #332 | Morgan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 15 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Spelman College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Willamette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #139 | University of North Carolina at Asheville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #180 | Sweet Briar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Calculus BC
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English Literature and Composition
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Chemistry
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Calculus BC
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Physics C: Mechanics
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United States History
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Softball
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Swimming
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Track and Field
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Volleyball
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Asian Student Association
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Black Girls Meet
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Black Student Union
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Boys Leading Boys
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Examining White Privilege and Allyship
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Faith in Focus
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Asian Student Association
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Black Girls Meet
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Black Student Union
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Boys Leading Boys
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Faith in Focus
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FemCo (Feminist Cooperative)
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Latine/Hispanic Student Union
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Jewish Affinity Group
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Middle School White Allies and Accomplices
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Students Against Ableism
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S.S.A.S.I. (Students Supporting All Sexualities & Identities)
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Young Black Men
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Book Club
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Chess Club
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Craft Club
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Crossword & Word Games Club
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Dance Club
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Debate & Discuss
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Drama Club
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E-Club
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Francophone Culture Club
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Film Club
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Fundraising Club
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High School D & D
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Make-A-Wish Club
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Math Club
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Oxford Comma Club
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Science Club
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Skate Club
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Social Club (SC)
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Trivia Club
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Photography Art Writing ("PAW")
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The Cageliner (newspaper)
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Yearbook
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Mental Health Awareness Committee
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Digital Photography
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