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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| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 2 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 2 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 7 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 2 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 2 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 1 |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 2 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 2 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 |
| #234 | Western New England University | 1 |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
| McGill University | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Providence College | 2 | |
| Rollins College | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 4 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | Total |
| All schools | 64 | 68 | 53 | 61 | 19 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 5 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 5 |
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 7 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 2 admitted | 1 | 3 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 1 | 5 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 1 | 5 | |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 admitted | 1 | 7 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 3 | 1 admitted | 5 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 2 | 1 admitted | 4 | ||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 5 | ||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 6 |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 admitted | 9 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 admitted | 5 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #48 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #51 | Purdue University | 2 | 2 admitted | 4 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 2 admitted | 1 | 3 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Florida State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 7 |
| #67 | Villanova University | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 admitted | 9 | |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 admitted | 13 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 3 | 3 admitted | 1 | 9 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 6 | |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 4 | 1 admitted | 6 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #89 | University of South Florida | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 4 | |
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #97 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 3 | 2 | 5 admitted | 10 | ||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #227 | Kent State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #352 | Point Park University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | Total |
| All schools | 11 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 8 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 2 | 1 admitted | 3 | |||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 4 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 admitted | 7 | |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 admitted | 1 | 13 |
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 2 admitted | 1 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Denison University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Oglethorpe University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #50 | Northumbria University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Chemistry
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Computer Science A
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Computer Science Principles
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Chemistry
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Computer Science A
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Computer Science Principles
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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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French Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Physics 1
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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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Comparative Government and Politics
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Psychology
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Physics 2
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Physics C: Mechanics
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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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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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Crew
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Crew
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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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Lacrosse
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Paddle Tennis
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Volleyball
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Ink
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The Standard
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Yearbook
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King Cast
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Enrichment Groups
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Art Club
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Ink
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The Standard
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Yearbook
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King Cast
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Enrichment Groups
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Art Club
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Civics - Young Democrat's Club
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Civics - Young Republican's Club
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Debate Team
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Drama Club
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GAINS (Girls Advancing in STEM)
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Gender Equality Club
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Gender Sexuality Awareness Club (GSA)
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French Club
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Investment
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Math Team
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Microfinance/Social Entrepreneurship
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Model UN
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Robotics Club
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Rocketry Club
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STEM
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Ultimate Frisbee Club
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Film Club
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Reselling Club
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Sports Business Club
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King Cares Service Clubs
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Environmental
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HOPE (Helping Other People Excel)
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KSPCA (King's Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
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King Music Club (King Cares)
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Stamford PEACE
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Acting
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Choir
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Dance
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Directing
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Guitar
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Music Technology
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Acting
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Choir
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Dance
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Directing
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Guitar
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Music Technology
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Music Theory
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Piano
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Public Speaking
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Songwriting
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Theater
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Art History
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Clay
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Fashion Design
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Filmmaking
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Printmaking
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Studio Art
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Woodworking
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