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 | 8 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 5 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 4 |
| #3 | Yale University | 1 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 4 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 5 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 51 |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 3 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 7 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 2 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 4 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #15 | Rice University | 2 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 4 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 5 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 8 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 4 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6 |
| #22 | Emory University | 3 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 |
| #25 | New York University | 11 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 5 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 6 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 5 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 3 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 14 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 2 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 5 |
| #41 | Boston University | 4 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 4 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 2 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| #49 | University of Georgia | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 3 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 4 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 8 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 11 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 5 |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 8 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 5 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 11 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 6 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 4 |
| #72 | Reed College | 3 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 4 |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 3 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 5 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #81 | Earlham College | 1 |
| #84 | Bennington College | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 |
| #89 | Howard University | 3 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| #89 | Ursinus College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 10 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 8 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 9 |
| #100 | Cornell College | 1 |
| #105 | Drexel University | 10 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 4 |
| #111 | Goucher College | 2 |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #121 | Temple University | 8 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 6 |
| #124 | Morehouse College | 4 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 3 |
| #127 | Clarkson University | 1 |
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Macalester College | 7 |
| #137 | DePaul University | 2 |
| #137 | University of Kentucky | 1 |
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 3 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 |
| LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 1 |
| LAC #33 | Scripps College | 1 |
| #166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
| LAC #36 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
| #202 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 |
| #219 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 |
| #219 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 1 |
| #219 | Widener University | 2 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 5 |
| LAC #60 | Bard College | 4 |
| Albright College | 1 | |
| Arcadia University | 1 | |
| Babson College | 1 | |
| Bentley University | 1 | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 | |
| binghamton university, state university of new york | 1 | |
| Canisius College | 1 | |
| College of William and Mary | 3 | |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 6 | |
| Guilford College | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Manhattan School of Music | 1 | |
| Maryland Institute College of Art | 1 | |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | 1 | |
| McDaniel College | 1 | |
| McGill University | 2 | |
| Mount St. Mary's University | 1 | |
| New England Conservatory of Music | 1 | |
| Oberlin College | 4 | |
| Penn State Abington | 1 | |
| Penn State Erie, The Behrend College | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 3 | |
| Pratt Institute | 3 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 2 | |
| Ringling College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's University | 1 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
| stony brook university, state university of new york | 2 | |
| Texas State University | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 4 | |
| Towson University | 1 | |
| Union College | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 3 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 3 | |
| University of the Arts | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 306 | 66 | 271 | 231 | 230 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 + | 6 | 30 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #3 | Stanford University | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 + | 5 | 19 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 5 | 2 | 3 + | 3 | 13 | |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 6 | 9 + | 10 | 26 | |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 51 | 14 | 48 | 45 + | 45 | 203 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #7 | Duke University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 7 |
| #9 | Brown University | 8 | 10 + | 11 | 29 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 + | 5 | 13 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 7 | 4 | 3 + | 4 | 18 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 + | 5 | 22 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 5 | 5 | 3 + | 3 | 16 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 5 | 3 | 2 + | 4 | 14 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 + | 4 | 16 |
| #17 | Rice University | 2 | 3 | 3 + | 2 | 10 | |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 4 | 2 | 2 + | 2 | 10 | |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 + | 1 | 12 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 + | 3 | 21 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 11 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 6 | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 10 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 1 | 2 + | 4 | 9 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 + | 2 | 15 |
| #24 | Emory University | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 + | 5 | 18 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 + | 2 | 8 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2 | 6 | 5 + | 5 | 18 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 11 | 4 | 17 | 15 + | 14 | 61 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 + | 2 | 15 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 14 | 2 | 8 | 5 + | 29 | |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 4 | 5 | 7 + | 8 | 24 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 3 | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 7 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 7 | |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 3 | 2 | 2 + | 3 | 10 | |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 3 | 5 + | 4 | 13 | |
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 5 | ||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 + | 10 | 35 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 4 | 2 | 2 + | 1 | 9 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 + | 6 | 28 |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 + | 3 | 15 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 | 7 | 7 + | 16 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #89 | Temple University | 8 | 3 | 18 | 29 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 + | 2 | 11 |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 10 | 3 | 15 | 15 + | 14 | 57 |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #105 | American University | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 + | 3 | 19 |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | DePaul University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| #201 | La Salle University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #227 | Widener University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #280 | Texas State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 3 | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 8 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 137 | 22 | 134 | 112 | 105 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 4 | 3 | 2 + | 2 | 11 | |
| #2 | Amherst College | 2 | 2 + | 2 | 6 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 3 | 3 + | 3 | 10 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 2 | 3 + | 3 | 8 | ||
| #4 | Pomona College | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 3 | 3 | 4 + | 3 | 13 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 + | 1 | 19 |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 9 | 3 | 10 | 11 + | 13 | 46 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 + | 9 | 45 |
| #11 | Grinnell College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 5 | 5 | 5 + | 3 | 18 | |
| #16 | Smith College | 5 | 5 | 1 + | 2 | 13 | |
| #16 | Vassar College | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 + | 4 | 29 |
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 8 | 1 | 16 | 22 + | 13 | 60 |
| #24 | Bates College | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #27 | Macalester College | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 6 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 2 + | 2 | 4 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 + | 3 | 19 |
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 7 | 9 + | 9 | 26 | |
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 + | 8 | 25 |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 3 | 3 + | 3 | 10 | |
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 + | 11 | |
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 2 | 2 + | 1 | 6 | |
| #56 | soka university of america | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #93 | Whittier College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #100 | Earlham College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #116 | Cornell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Goucher College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #139 | Hampshire College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #146 | Albright College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #167 | Guilford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 4 | 2 | 2 + | 4 | 12 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 3 | 3 | ||||
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Fitness
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Squash
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Wrestling
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Brothers for Academic and Social Enrichment (BASE)
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Chaverim
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SAGA (Sexuality And Gender Alliance)
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Sistahs
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Support for Positive Body Image
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Black Student Union (BSU)
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Brothers for Academic and Social Enrichment (BASE)
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Chaverim
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SAGA (Sexuality And Gender Alliance)
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Sistahs
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Support for Positive Body Image
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Black Student Union (BSU)
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FOCUS (Fellowship of Christians in Universities & Schools)
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LASSO (Latin American Student Solidarity Organization)
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Multiracial Affinity Group
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South Asian Student Alliance
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Asian Student Association (ASA)
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Ways of Being Club
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Admission Office Student Guides
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Big Sibs
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Community Action Committee
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Conserving Oceans Reefs and Aquatic Life (CORAL)
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Education Justice
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Environmental Action Club
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Germantown Community Gardeners
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Global Understanding Club
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High School Democrats of America (HSDA)
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Human Rights Group
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Knit a Square
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Mock Trial
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Model UN
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Peer Tutoring
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Philly Issues
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Religion and Philosophy (RAP)
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Student Advisory Council (SAC)
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Animanga Club
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Art Club
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Brainstorm
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Bridge Club
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Coffeehouse
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Community Science Club
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Cycling Club
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Data Science Club
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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GFS Quiz Bowl
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Jam Club
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Music Performance Club
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Outing Club
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Philadelphia Youth Film Festival (PHYFF)
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Political Dialogue Club
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Post Modern Languages: Esperanto Club
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POW: People of Winter Ski and Snowboarding Club
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READ (Read Enunciate and Declaim)
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Student Beekeeping
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Tea Time Games Club
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Tiger$ Investing League
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Upper School Math League
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Xploring Sustainable Farming (Aquaponics Club)
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Drama
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Music
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Music Production
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Ceramics
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Drawing
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