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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| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 4 |
| #28 | New York University | 3 |
| #28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 2 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 3 |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 5 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 3 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 2 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #72 | Knox College | 1 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
| #75 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #79 | Gonzaga University | 1 |
| #83 | University of California: Riverside | 3 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #93 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #93 | University of San Diego | 2 |
| #99 | University of Oregon | 1 |
| #103 | Saint Louis University | 1 |
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 5 |
| #103 | University of San Francisco | 5 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #122 | Chapman University | 4 |
| #127 | DePaul University | 1 |
| #127 | Seattle University | 1 |
| #136 | University of La Verne | 2 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
| #148 | San Diego State University | 1 |
| #162 | Oregon State University | 2 |
| LAC #42 | Occidental College | 1 |
| #212 | Washington State University | 1 |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 |
| #219 | Texas Tech University | 1 |
| #234 | Pace University | 1 |
| #263 | Azusa Pacific University | 2 |
| #317 | Northern Arizona University | 1 |
| Anna Maria College | 1 | |
| Art Center College of Design | 3 | |
| Berklee College of Music | 2 | |
| California Lutheran University | 1 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 2 | |
| California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 1 | |
| California State University: Los Angeles | 4 | |
| California State University: Northridge | 3 | |
| California State University: San Marcos | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Loyola University Maryland | 1 | |
| Sonoma State University | 1 | |
| St. John's University | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 3 | |
| University of Redlands | 2 | |
| University of the District of Columbia | 1 |
| Matriculation | ||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 42 | 58 | 81 | 18 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 +admitted | 2 | 3 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | 1 + | 5 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | ||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 3 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | 1 + | 7 |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 5 | 1 + | 7 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | 1 + | 6 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | 4 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | 5 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | ||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | 1 + | 5 |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #105 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 5 | 1 + | 7 | |
| #115 | Howard University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | ||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | 6 | |
| #133 | Elon University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | |||
| #142 | University of the Pacific | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #142 | Oregon State University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | ||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #170 | University of La Verne | 1 + | 2 | 3 | ||
| #178 | Washington State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #185 | California State University: Fresno | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #185 | Bradley University | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 3 | 3 | |||
| #216 | Texas Tech University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #236 | Azusa Pacific University | 2 | 2 | |||
| #249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | |||
| #320 | East Tennessee State University | 1 + | 1 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| University of California: Riverside | 1 + | 3 | 4 | |||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + | 5 | 1 + | 7 | ||
| University of California: Merced | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | ||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 47 | 4 | 0 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 | |||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | ||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #51 | St. Olaf College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
| #59 | Trinity University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #75 | Willamette University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #75 | Knox College | 1 | 1 | |||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | ||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #107 | Westmont College | 1 + | 1 | |||
| United States Military Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | ||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #6 | King's College London | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #12 | Queen Mary, University of London | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Chemistry
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Chinese Language and Culture
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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Computer Science Principles
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Statistics
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European History
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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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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Human Geography
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Soccer
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Softball
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Water Polo
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Aerial Photography Club
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Anime club
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Anti Human Trafficking Club
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Arts and Crafts Club
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Asian Student Association [ASA]
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Black Student Association
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Aerial Photography Club
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Anime club
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Anti Human Trafficking Club
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Arts and Crafts Club
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Asian Student Association [ASA]
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Black Student Association
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Botany Club
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Business Club
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Calligraphy Club
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Community Outreach
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Cuban Club
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Culture Association Club
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Dental Education and Hygiene
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Dodgeball Club
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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Esports Club
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Fellowship in Meraki
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FIDM Fashion Club
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Gay Straight Alliance
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Gender Equality Club
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Genesis Dance Ensamble
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Green Teens
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Habitat For Humanity Club
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Health Sciences Club
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Hip Hop Dance
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Improv Club
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International Student Club
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Key Club
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Knitting & Crocheting Club
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La Salle Armenian Cub
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La Salle Futsal League
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La Salle Keyboard Club
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La Salle Ski and Snowboard Club
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Lancer Auto Club(LAC)
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Lancer Lacrosse Club
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Lancer Mountain Bike Club
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Lancer Movie
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Lancer Photography Club
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Lego Lancers
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Marine Wildlife and Biology Club
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Meaningful Teens Club
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Meditation and Mindfulness Club
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Mental Health Awareness Club
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Middle Eastern Awareness Club
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Music for the Masses
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National Hispanic Lasallians
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Neuroscience Club
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Outdoors Club
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Robotics
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Science Outreach
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STEMology for Kids
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Step-Up: Dance Club
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Stock/Investment Club
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Student Union for Peru(SUP)
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Support Our Troops
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Tangent Magazine
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THE BIG THREE
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The Championship(Tennis Club)
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The Jewish Club
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The Lancer Rock Ensemble
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The Star Wars Club
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Trader Joes Club
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Dance
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Music
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Theater
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Drawing
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Film
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Painting
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Dance
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Music
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Theater
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Drawing
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Film
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Painting
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Photography
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Portfolio
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Studio Art
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3D Art
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