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 | 7 |
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 15 |
#3 | Harvard College | 14 |
#3 | Stanford University | 37 |
#3 | Yale University | 14 |
LAC #1 | Williams College | 9 |
#6 | University of Chicago | 9 |
#7 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 |
#7 | University of Pennsylvania | 12 |
#9 | California Institute of Technology | 2 |
#10 | Duke University | 12 |
#10 | Northwestern University | 12 |
LAC #2 | Amherst College | 7 |
#12 | Dartmouth College | 11 |
#13 | Brown University | 15 |
#13 | Vanderbilt University | 2 |
#15 | Rice University | 2 |
#15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 15 |
LAC #3 | Pomona College | 8 |
#17 | Cornell University | 13 |
#18 | Columbia University | 9 |
#18 | University of Notre Dame | 4 |
#20 | University of California: Berkeley | 4 |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 11 |
LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 4 |
#22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6 |
#22 | Emory University | 3 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 14 |
#25 | New York University | 18 |
#25 | University of Michigan | 2 |
#25 | University of Southern California | 22 |
#25 | University of Virginia | 3 |
LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 6 |
#29 | University of Florida | 1 |
#29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2 |
#29 | Wake Forest University | 2 |
LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 16 |
LAC #6 | Carleton College | 11 |
LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 |
#32 | Tufts University | 13 |
#34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 6 |
#36 | Boston College | 3 |
#36 | University of Rochester | 3 |
#38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 4 |
#41 | Boston University | 3 |
#44 | Brandeis University | 3 |
#44 | Case Western Reserve University | 13 |
#44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 3 |
#44 | Northeastern University | 6 |
#44 | Tulane University | 7 |
LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 13 |
#48 | Hillsdale College | 1 |
#51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
#51 | Purdue University | 4 |
#51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
#51 | Villanova University | 1 |
#55 | Santa Clara University | 16 |
#55 | Trinity University | 1 |
#55 | University of Washington | 66 |
LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 13 |
#62 | George Washington University | 3 |
#62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
LAC #13 | Vassar College | 4 |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 |
#67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3 |
#72 | Fordham University | 1 |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
#72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 |
LAC #15 | Davidson College | 4 |
LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 |
LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
#77 | Baylor University | 1 |
#77 | Loyola Marymount University | 9 |
#83 | Gonzaga University | 3 |
#89 | Howard University | 1 |
#89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
LAC #18 | Barnard College | 6 |
LAC #18 | Colgate University | 2 |
LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 2 |
#97 | University of San Diego | 2 |
#105 | Drexel University | 1 |
#105 | University of Arizona | 2 |
#105 | University of Denver | 1 |
#105 | University of Oregon | 1 |
#105 | University of San Francisco | 2 |
LAC #24 | Colby College | 8 |
#121 | Chapman University | 4 |
#121 | University of Vermont | 5 |
LAC #25 | Bates College | 3 |
LAC #27 | Colorado College | 6 |
LAC #27 | Macalester College | 1 |
#137 | Seattle University | 2 |
LAC #29 | Harvey Mudd College | 8 |
LAC #31 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 |
LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 |
LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 8 |
LAC #33 | Scripps College | 7 |
LAC #36 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
LAC #37 | Occidental College | 13 |
LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
#212 | Washington State University | 1 |
LAC #45 | DePauw University | 1 |
#234 | Pace University | 1 |
American University of Paris | 1 | |
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 4 | |
Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 1 | |
Juilliard School | 1 | |
Louisiana State University at Eunice | 1 | |
McGill University | 2 | |
Oberlin College | 4 | |
parsons school of design | 1 | |
Penn State University Park | 1 | |
Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
Union College | 1 | |
United States Military Academy | 1 | |
University of Colorado Boulder | 3 | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 1 | |
University of Oxford | 1 | |
University of Redlands | 1 | |
University of St. Andrews | 3 | |
university of washington, bothell | 2 | |
Wells College | 1 | |
Western Washington University | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 504 | 475 | 462 | 481 | 480 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 admitted | 33 |
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 21 admitted | 95 |
#3 | Stanford University | 37 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 admitted | 141 |
#3 | Harvard College | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 admitted | 71 |
#5 | Yale University | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 admitted | 79 |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 admitted | 66 |
#7 | California Institute of Technology | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 admitted | 11 |
#7 | Duke University | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 admitted | 48 |
#9 | Northwestern University | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 admitted | 63 |
#9 | Brown University | 15 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 18 admitted | 67 |
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 admitted | 12 |
#12 | University of Chicago | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 admitted | 60 |
#12 | Cornell University | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 admitted | 46 |
#12 | Columbia University | 9 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 20 admitted | 70 |
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 admitted | 32 |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 admitted | 38 |
#17 | Rice University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 6 | |
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 admitted | 20 |
#18 | Dartmouth College | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 admitted | 59 |
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 admitted | 25 |
#21 | University of Michigan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 admitted | 14 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 admitted | 58 |
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 admitted | 73 |
#24 | Emory University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 admitted | 19 |
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 admitted | 30 |
#24 | University of Virginia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 admitted | 14 |
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 14 |
#28 | University of Southern California | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 admitted | 110 |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 admitted | 15 |
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 admitted | 14 |
#35 | New York University | 18 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 20 admitted | 81 |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#39 | Boston College | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 admitted | 24 |
#40 | University of Washington | 66 | 57 | 42 | 40 | 39 admitted | 244 |
#40 | Tufts University | 13 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 19 admitted | 78 |
#43 | Boston University | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 admitted | 18 |
#47 | University of Rochester | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 admitted | 17 |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 7 |
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#51 | Purdue University | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 admitted | 14 |
#53 | Northeastern University | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 admitted | 24 |
#53 | College of William and Mary | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 admitted | 50 |
#59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 16 admitted | 81 |
#60 | Brandeis University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 admitted | 13 |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | |
#67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 8 |
#67 | George Washington University | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 admitted | 19 |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 6 |
#73 | Tulane University | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 admitted | 36 |
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 admitted | 10 | |
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 admitted | 9 | |
#89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 admitted | 8 |
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 admitted | 41 |
#93 | Gonzaga University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 admitted | 18 |
#93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#98 | University of San Diego | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 admitted | 18 |
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 2 | 2 admitted | 5 | ||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 admitted | 14 |
#115 | University of San Francisco | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 admitted | 9 |
#115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | |
#115 | University of Arizona | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 admitted | 10 |
#124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Vermont | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 admitted | 26 |
#133 | Chapman University | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 admitted | 25 |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
#163 | Seattle University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 admitted | 10 |
#178 | Washington State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#185 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 admitted | 11 | |
University of Texas at Dallas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | ||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 182 | 194 | 188 | 186 | 166 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 40 | |
#2 | Amherst College | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 admitted | 29 |
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 6 |
#4 | Wellesley College | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 admitted | 35 |
#4 | Swarthmore College | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 admitted | 20 |
#4 | Pomona College | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 admitted | 46 |
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 admitted | 68 |
#9 | Carleton College | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 admitted | 47 |
#11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 admitted | 11 | |
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 admitted | 69 |
#11 | Middlebury College | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 admitted | 58 |
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 5 |
#11 | Barnard College | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 admitted | 30 |
#16 | Vassar College | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 admitted | 20 |
#16 | Davidson College | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 admitted | 19 |
#16 | Smith College | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 admitted | 13 |
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 4 | ||
#16 | Harvey Mudd College | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 admitted | 52 |
#21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 6 |
#21 | Colgate University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 admitted | 10 |
#24 | Bates College | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 admitted | 15 |
#25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#25 | Colby College | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 admitted | 29 |
#27 | Macalester College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 7 |
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
#30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 2 admitted | 4 | |||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#33 | Colorado College | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 admitted | 37 |
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 5 |
#35 | Occidental College | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 37 | |
#35 | Scripps College | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 admitted | 50 |
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#39 | Pitzer College | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 admitted | 49 |
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 admitted | 8 |
#39 | Hillsdale College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#46 | DePauw University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#46 | Whitman College | 5 | 8 admitted | 13 | |||
#51 | St. Olaf College | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | |||
#59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#59 | Trinity University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 5 |
#63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | |
#72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | |
#100 | Morehouse College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 6 |
#152 | Wells College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Oberlin College | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 admitted | 12 | |
United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 5 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 4 | ||
#3 | McGill University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 admitted | 8 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Oxford | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
#2 | University of Cambridge | 1 | 1 | ||||
#33 | University of St. Andrews | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Baseball
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Basketball
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Crew
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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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Crew
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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Acts of Kindness Club
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Artificial Intelligence Club
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Arts Club
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Anime Club
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Big Climb Club
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Biology Club
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Acts of Kindness Club
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Artificial Intelligence Club
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Arts Club
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Anime Club
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Big Climb Club
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Biology Club
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Book Club
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Black Student Union
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Business and STEM
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Championship Vinyl
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Chess Club
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Chronic Illness and Disability Affinity
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The Colorization Collective Chapter
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Crypto Club
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Cypher Club
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DIY Club
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Debate Club
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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Ethics Bowl
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Entrepreneurship
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French Club
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Future Problem Solving Club
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Girl’s Ultimate Frisbee
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GLOW (Gay Lesbian or Whatever)
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Girl Up
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Global Dance Club
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Imago
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Interfaith and Spirituality Affinity
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Jazz Club
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Knitting and Crochet Club
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The Lakeside AcaFellas
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Lakeside Asian-Pacific Students
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Lakeside Bird Club
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Lakeside Chamber Club
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Lakeside Gaming Club
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Lakeside Investment Club
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Lakeside IYNA Chapter
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Lakeside Anti-Racist Students
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Latinx-Hispanic Affinity
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Learn to Be Club
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Let Them Sing
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Love Better Club
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Math Club
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MIxED (Multicultural Initiators eXperiencing and Encouraging Diversity)
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Model United Nations
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Music Production Club
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Native American Student Alliance
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(not) Outdoors Club
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Our Voice Club
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Quizbowl
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Prattler
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Puzzle Circle and Games Club
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Robotics Club
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Science Olympiad
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Sex and Pizza
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Social Action Club
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South Asian Affinity Group
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Student Spirit Committee
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Voting Club
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Water 1st Club
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Women in Business Club
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Women in Science and Engineering
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Women in STEM Lecture Series
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You’ve Got Mail
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Band
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Choir
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Drama
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Production
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Band
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Choir
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Drama
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Production
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Theater Design
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Drawing
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Photography
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Sculpture
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2D Art
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Orchestra
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Theater
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2D Design
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3D Design
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Ceramics
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3D Art
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