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 | 1 + |
| #3 | Yale University | 1 + |
| #4 | Columbia University | 1 + |
| #4 | Stanford University | 1 + |
| #8 | Duke University | 1 + |
| #9 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
| #10 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 + |
| #14 | Brown University | 1 + |
| #15 | Cornell University | 1 + |
| #15 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + |
| LAC #3 | Swarthmore College | 1 + |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
| #21 | Emory University | 1 + |
| #23 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
| #23 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
| #23 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
| #26 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| #27 | Tufts University | 1 + |
| #27 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
| #29 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #32 | New York University | 1 + |
| #33 | University of Rochester | 1 + |
| #34 | Brandeis University | 1 + |
| #34 | College of William and Mary | 1 + |
| #37 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
| #39 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 + |
| #41 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
| #41 | Tulane University | 1 + |
| #41 | University of California: Davis | 1 + |
| #41 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + |
| #41 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
| LAC #9 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + |
| #47 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
| #47 | Penn State University Park | 1 + |
| #47 | University of Florida | 1 + |
| #51 | University of Miami | 1 + |
| #52 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + |
| #52 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + |
| #57 | George Washington University | 1 + |
| #57 | University of Connecticut | 1 + |
| #60 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
| LAC #12 | Haverford College | 1 + |
| #61 | Purdue University | 1 + |
| #61 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + |
| #61 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
| #66 | Fordham University | 1 + |
| #66 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
| #69 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 + |
| #70 | Texas A&M University | 1 + |
| LAC #14 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + |
| LAC #14 | Wesleyan University | 1 + |
| #72 | American University | 1 + |
| #72 | Rutgers University | 1 + |
| #75 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
| #75 | Michigan State University | 1 + |
| #75 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + |
| #82 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + |
| #82 | Texas Christian University | 1 + |
| #82 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + |
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 + |
| #89 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + |
| #89 | University of Vermont | 1 + |
| LAC #19 | Colgate University | 1 + |
| #96 | Florida State University | 1 + |
| #96 | Saint Louis University | 1 + |
| #96 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
| #99 | Drexel University | 1 + |
| #99 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 + |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 + |
| LAC #25 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
| LAC #29 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + |
| LAC #32 | Bucknell University | 1 + |
| LAC #32 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + |
| LAC #37 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
| LAC #40 | Dickinson College | 1 + |
| LAC #40 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + |
| LAC #43 | Trinity College | 1 + |
| LAC #47 | Gettysburg College | 1 + |
| LAC #47 | The University of the South | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2013-2017 | 2012-2016 | 2011-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 65 | 66 | 59 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #7 | Duke University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #9 | Brown University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #41 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #47 | Penn State University Park | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #52 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |
| #52 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #57 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #61 | Purdue University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #82 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #96 | University of Alabama | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2013-2017 | 2012-2016 | 2011-2015 | Total |
| All schools | 18 | 19 | 19 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #22 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||
| #23 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #38 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 3 |
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