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 |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 2 |
| #3 | Yale University | 2 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 2 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 3 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 2 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #15 | Rice University | 6 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 2 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 3 |
| #25 | New York University | 2 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 2 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 |
| #29 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 3 |
| LAC #6 | Carleton College | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 25 |
| #41 | Boston University | 2 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 6 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 3 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| #55 | Florida State University | 1 |
| #55 | Trinity University | 12 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 3 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 2 |
| #67 | Texas A&M University | 7 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 2 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 |
| #72 | Knox College | 1 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 7 |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #84 | Bennington College | 1 |
| #85 | Southwestern University | 5 |
| #89 | Colorado School of Mines | 2 |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 2 |
| #107 | Austin College | 1 |
| #121 | University of Kansas | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Macalester College | 2 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 |
| LAC #36 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
| #182 | University of Houston | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
| LAC #45 | Furman University | 1 |
| LAC #48 | Whitman College | 1 |
| Columbia College Chicago | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 1 | |
| McGill University | 1 | |
| Mills College | 1 | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| Texas State University | 1 | |
| United States Military Academy | 2 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | |
| University of Texas at Dallas | 6 | |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | 2 | |
| Wagner College | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2018-2023 | 2022 | 2016-2021 | 2015-2020 | 2014-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 133 | 58 | 133 | 134 | 73 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| #5 | Yale University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #12 | Cornell University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #17 | Rice University | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #35 | New York University | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 25 | 2 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 103 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #73 | Tulane University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #80 | Brigham Young University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | |
| #89 | Fordham University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #133 | University of Houston | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #178 | Washington State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Texas Tech University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | University of North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #280 | Portland State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Texas State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #296 | University of the Incarnate Word | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| University of Texas at Dallas | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 36 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2018-2023 | 2022 | 2016-2021 | 2015-2020 | 2014-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 45 | 31 | 39 | 42 | 19 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Barnard College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Smith College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | Macalester College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Trinity University | 12 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 49 |
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Knox College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Southwestern University | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #93 | Austin College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #100 | Earlham College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #121 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| United States Military Academy | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2018-2023 | 2022 | 2016-2021 | 2015-2020 | 2014-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2018-2023 | 2022 | 2016-2021 | 2015-2020 | 2014-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #5 | University of Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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Environmental Science
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European History
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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Environmental Science
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European History
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Statistics
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United States History
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Calculus AB
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Physics C: Mechanics
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French Language and Culture
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Studio Art: Drawing
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Softball
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Tennis
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Volleyball
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Stronomy
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French Club
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Junior Statesman
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Literary Magazine
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National Honor Society
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Science Fair
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Literary Magazine
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Spanish Club
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Stone Soul
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Student Council
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Students for Environmental Action and Service
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Theater Club
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Yearbook
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5th/6th Grade Service Club
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Middle School Science Bowl
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Band
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