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 + |
| #2 | Columbia University | 1 + |
| #2 | Harvard College | 1 + |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
| #9 | Duke University | 1 + |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 + |
| #13 | Dartmouth College | 1 + |
| #14 | Brown University | 1 + |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + |
| LAC #3 | Swarthmore College | 1 + |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
| #21 | Emory University | 1 + |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 + |
| #28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Davidson College | 1 + |
| LAC #16 | Haverford College | 1 + |
| LAC #17 | Barnard College | 1 + |
| LAC #30 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + |
| American University of Paris | 1 + | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 + | |
| Fashion Institute of Technology | 1 + | |
| Juilliard School | 1 + | |
| King's College London | 1 + | |
| Parsons The New School for Design | 1 + | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 + | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 + | |
| University of Toronto | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2013-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2013-2020 | Total |
| All schools | 19 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 47 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 7 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 4 | 5 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 +admitted | 20 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 11 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 +admitted | 14 | |
| #57 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 5 | 1 +admitted | 8 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 | 3 | 1 +admitted | 6 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #83 | University of California: Riverside | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 +admitted | 15 | |
| #98 | Drexel University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 6 | 5 | 1 +admitted | 12 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #124 | Florida International University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #163 | Adelphi University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2013-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2013-2020 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 24 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #23 | Oberlin College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2013-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2013-2020 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2013-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2013-2020 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #6 | King's College London | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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IB Applications and Interpretations
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IB Chinese B
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Softball
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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Swimming
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Table Tennis
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Art Club
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Yearbook
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Spanish Literature
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Environmental
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Current Events
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Investment
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Art Club
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Yearbook
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Spanish Literature
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Environmental
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Current Events
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Investment
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Amnesty International
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Volunteer
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Physics
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Computer Science
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3-D Printing
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Choir
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Strings
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Jazz
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Poetry
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Cinema
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Asian Culture
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Chess
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Cooking & Baking
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Ceramics
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Digital Photography
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English Conversation
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Film Production
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Hip Hop Dance
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Mock Trial
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Model U.N.
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Pep Squad
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Robotics
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Rock Band
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Yoga
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Youth Leadership
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Zumba
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Acting
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Band
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Chorus
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Playwriting
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Production
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Theater
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Acting
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Playwriting
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