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 |
|---|---|---|
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 2 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 7 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 |
| #89 | Stonehill College | 2 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
| #97 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 3 |
| #115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 |
| #120 | Hampshire College | 1 |
| #137 | Seton Hall University | 1 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
| #151 | Florida International University | 1 |
| #151 | University of Cincinnati | 1 |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 3 |
| SUNY University at Albany | 1 | |
| #182 | University of Rhode Island | 2 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| #202 | Springfield College | 1 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 3 |
| #234 | University of Hartford | 2 |
| #234 | Western New England University | 3 |
| Bentley University | 1 | |
| Bridgewater State University | 1 | |
| Central Connecticut State University | 5 | |
| Champlain College | 1 | |
| Curry College | 2 | |
| Eastern Connecticut State University | 2 | |
| Fashion Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| Flagler College | 2 | |
| Franklin Pierce University | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Iona College | 1 | |
| Keene State College | 1 | |
| Lasell College | 1 | |
| Lincoln Technical Institute: Allentown | 1 | |
| Merrimack College | 1 | |
| Naugatuck Valley Community College | 7 | |
| Parsons The New School for Design | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Portland Community College | 1 | |
| Post University | 4 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| Ringling College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| Roger Williams University | 1 | |
| Saint Anselm College | 1 | |
| Siena College | 1 | |
| Southern Connecticut State University | 9 | |
| St. John's University | 3 | |
| Tennessee Technological University | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
| University of New Haven | 1 | |
| University of Saint Joseph | 6 | |
| University of Southern Maine | 1 | |
| University of Tampa | 1 | |
| Western Connecticut State University | 1 | |
| Wingate University | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2011-2018 | 2011-2016 | 2011-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 54 | 59 | 59 | 27 | 25 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 7 | 12 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 + | 23 |
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Utah | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Florida International University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 3 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 | ||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 2 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | ||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 3 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |||
| #170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 3 | 9 | 1 +admitted | 13 | ||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #201 | La Salle University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 3 | 3 | 1 +admitted | 7 | ||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | St. Catherine University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #236 | University of North Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Western New England University | 3 | 3 | 1 +admitted | 7 | ||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | University of Hartford | 2 | 3 | 1 +admitted | 6 | ||
| #361 | Husson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #376 | Wingate University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | ||
| University of Saint Joseph | 6 | 1 +admitted | 7 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2011-2018 | 2011-2016 | 2011-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | ||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #21 | United States Military Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #139 | Hampshire College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #167 | The King's College | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| Virginia Union University | 1 | 1 | |||||
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English Literature and Composition
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European History
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Psychology
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United States History
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Calculus AB
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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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Psychology
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United States History
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Statistics
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World History
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Music Theory
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Cheerleading
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Dance
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Golf
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Swimming
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Track and Field
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Wrestling
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Art Club
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Bell Choir
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Board Game Club
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Anime Club
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Art Club
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Athletics Council
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Bell Choir
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Board Game Club
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Book Club
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Business Club
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Chess Club
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Creative Collective
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Crusader Sustainability
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Culinary Club
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Diversity Leadership
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Event Management
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Fantasy Sports
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Gardening Club
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Guitar club
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Helping Hands
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Investment club
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Italian Club
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Knitting and Crocheting
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Marketing Interns
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Math Club
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Meditation Club
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Peer Ministry
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Philosophy Club
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Photography Club
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President Council
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Reading Club
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Restoration Club
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Student Theater
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Creation and Coding
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