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 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 3 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 3 |
| #19 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 3 |
| #21 | Emory University | 6 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 3 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 4 |
| #28 | University of Virginia | 4 |
| #29 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 5 |
| #29 | New York University | 3 |
| #29 | University of Rochester | 6 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 4 |
| #34 | University of Florida | 4 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 5 |
| #37 | Boston College | 3 |
| #37 | University of California: San Diego | 5 |
| #39 | University of California: Davis | 3 |
| #40 | Boston University | 4 |
| #40 | Brandeis University | 2 |
| #40 | Case Western Reserve University | 3 |
| #40 | Northeastern University | 5 |
| #46 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 5 |
| #48 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 3 |
| #50 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #50 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #50 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #50 | University of Georgia | 2 |
| LAC #10 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
| #54 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 9 |
| #54 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| LAC #11 | Colby College | 5 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 11 |
| #57 | Purdue University | 2 |
| #57 | University of Miami | 3 |
| #57 | University of Pittsburgh | 3 |
| #62 | University of Washington | 4 |
| #64 | University of Connecticut | 2 |
| #64 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 3 |
| #64 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3 |
| #70 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #70 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 |
| #74 | Fordham University | 3 |
| #74 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 3 |
| #79 | Baylor University | 3 |
| #79 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 |
| SUNY University at Buffalo | 3 | |
| #84 | Marquette University | 1 |
| #84 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #91 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| #91 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #97 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| #104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| LAC #21 | Bates College | 3 |
| LAC #25 | Macalester College | 1 |
| #132 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Newark Campus | 1 |
| LAC #33 | Oberlin College | 2 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2019 | 2014-2016 | 2012-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 37 | 83 | 25 | 49 | 25 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 6 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
| #89 | University of South Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #96 | University of Alabama | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #124 | Florida International University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Oregon State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Adelphi University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #195 | University of Tulsa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Wyoming | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #227 | Georgia State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Lipscomb University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | University of New England | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #361 | Husson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Barry University | 1 | 1 | |||||
| University of Nebraska - Lincoln | 1 | 1 | |||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | 5 | 1 +admitted | 8 | ||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | |||||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2019 | 2014-2016 | 2012-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 4 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Thomas Aquinas College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Hope College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #121 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2019 | 2014-2016 | 2012-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Concordia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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English Literature and Composition
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Biology
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Chemistry
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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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Statistics
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United States History
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Environmental Science
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Computer Science Principles
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Music Theory
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Baseball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Mountain Biking
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Nordic Skiing
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Wrestling
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Abeltone Live/Electronic Music Club
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All School Musical
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Art Club
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Audio-Visual Club
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Big Band
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Biology Club
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All School Musical
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Big Band
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Biology Club
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Birth of the Cool Combo
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CAKE: Caring Acts of Kindness Every Day
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Chess Club
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Clean Minds for Recovery
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Co-Curricular Ensemble
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Daniel Webster Society
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Dinner Bell
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Dorm Council
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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Environmental Club
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FA Girl Up
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FOREST: Fryeburg Outdoor Rec & Enviornmental Stewardship
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French Club
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Fryeburg Academy International Club
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GSTA
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Interact
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Jazz Band
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Junior Classical League
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Library Council
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Magic Card Club
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Math Team
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Meditation Group
Model United Nations
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Mountain Biking
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National Honor Society
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One Act Drama Competition
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Outing Club and Trail Crew
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Partner's Club
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Photo Club
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Prom Committee
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Raider Patrol
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Rock Band
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Scholar Bowl
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Student Council
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Sustainability "Green" Team
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Unified Special Olympics
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Vocal Jazz Ensemble
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Yearbook
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Youth in Government
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Residential Life
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Dining at FA
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Music Theory
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Theater
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Music Theory
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Theater
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