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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| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #28 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 3 |
| #42 | Boston University | 1 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 3 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #62 | Rutgers University | 1 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #75 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #83 | Howard University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Smith College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #89 | Stonehill College | 1 |
| #94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 |
| #103 | Clark University | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 2 | |
| #117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 2 |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 2 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 |
| #219 | University of Maine | 3 |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 1 |
| LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| Adrian College | 1 | |
| Appalachian State University | 1 | |
| Cégep Garneau pre college program | 1 | |
| Concordia University | 1 | |
| Curry College | 1 | |
| Hockey Juniors | 1 | |
| Husson University | 1 | |
| Lynn University | 3 | |
| Maine Maritime Academy | 1 | |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 1 | |
| Merrimack College | 1 | |
| Mount Allison University | 1 | |
| Notre Dame of Maryland University | 1 | |
| PG year Bridgeton | 1 | |
| Rollins College | 1 | |
| St Francis Xavier University | 1 | |
| Stellenbosch University | 1 | |
| stony brook university, state university of new york | 1 | |
| University of Calgary | 1 | |
| University of Maine at Farmington | 2 | |
| University of New Haven | 1 | |
| University of Tampa | 1 | |
| Western Washington University | 1 | |
| Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | 2013-2016 | Total |
| All schools | 30 | 52 | 63 | 48 | 27 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 5 | ||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #41 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 7 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 7 | |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 6 | |
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Dayton | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #142 | University of the Pacific | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of St. Thomas | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #170 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Chatham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 5 | ||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #260 | University of New England | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #269 | Seattle Pacific University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Wilkes University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #361 | Husson University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| American International College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | 2013-2016 | Total |
| All schools | 15 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 18 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Union College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #93 | St. Norbert College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Whittier College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Cornell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Gordon College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #167 | The King's College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | 2013-2016 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #7 | University of Calgary | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #14 | Laval University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #19 | University of Guelph | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Concordia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #26 | University of New Brunswick | 1 | 1 | ||||
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English Literature and Composition
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Calculus AB
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English Language and Composition
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Statistics
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States Government and Politics
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English Literature and Composition
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Calculus AB
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English Language and Composition
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Statistics
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States Government and Politics
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Human Geography
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Psychology
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United States History
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Alpine Skiing
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Equestrain
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Fencing
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Alpine Skiing
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Equestrain
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Fencing
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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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Lacrosse
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Mountain Biking
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Snowboarding
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Soccer
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Softball
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Tennis
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Admissions Tour Guides
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Literary Magazine
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National Honor Society
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Yearbook
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Proctors
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Peer Advisors
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Admissions Tour Guides
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Literary Magazine
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National Honor Society
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Yearbook
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Proctors
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Peer Advisors
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Student Council
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The GROUP (Diversity
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Equity
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and Belonging)
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Model United Nations
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Debate
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The S.L.O.T.H.
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Online Radio Station
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Documentary Society
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Green Team
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eSports
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Film Making
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SPECTRUM (LGBTQ+) Community
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Outreach
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The Collective (Female-Identifying Students)
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The Weekenders
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Art Curation
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Dance
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Peer Tutors
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Writing Center
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Honor Board
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Language Lab
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On The Hill
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Newspaper/Blog
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FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
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Female Fitness
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Community Oven (Wood Fired Cooking)
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Cum Laude
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Math Team
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RC Cars Knitting/Crocheting
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School of Rock (Music)
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Performing
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2D Art
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