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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| #14 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #68 | Fordham University | 2 |
| #79 | Gonzaga University | 2 |
| #83 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 |
| #83 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #83 | University of Iowa | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #93 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 2 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 3 |
| LAC #26 | Colorado College | 1 |
| #148 | San Diego State University | 1 |
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
| #162 | Oregon State University | 2 |
| LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 2 |
| LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Whitman College | 1 |
| #250 | Utah State University | 1 |
| American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York | 1 | |
| Brevard College | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 1 | |
| Colorado State University: Pueblo | 1 | |
| Fort Lewis College | 1 | |
| long island university-liu post | 1 | |
| MCPHS University | 1 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
| Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design | 1 | |
| Roger Williams University | 1 | |
| Salve Regina University | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 2 | |
| University of Northern Colorado | 1 | |
| University of Tennessee: Martin | 1 | |
| Warren Wilson College | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 32 | 10 | 28 | 21 | 29 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 3 | 1 + | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Utah | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #142 | Oregon State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #170 | California State University: San Bernardino | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Bradley University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Wyoming | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | University of New Mexico | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Utah State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #352 | University of Northern Colorado | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 8 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 13 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Trinity University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #75 | Willamette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Augustana College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Warren Wilson College | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #7 | University of Calgary | 1 | 1 | ||||
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