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 | 5 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 3 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 16 |
| #3 | Yale University | 13 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 3 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 2 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 6 |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 3 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 9 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 5 |
| #13 | Brown University | 10 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 2 |
| #15 | Rice University | 5 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 13 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 9 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 14 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 3 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 18 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 19 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 20 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 7 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 12 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 2 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 4 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 2 |
| LAC #6 | Carleton College | 5 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 6 |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 6 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 2 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 2 |
| #36 | Boston College | 3 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 2 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 11 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 5 |
| #41 | Boston University | 5 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 14 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 8 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 4 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 7 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 6 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 7 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 5 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 3 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 4 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 3 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 3 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #72 | Reed College | 5 |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 2 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #76 | Allegheny College | 1 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 |
| #81 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 |
| #85 | University of Puget Sound | 1 |
| #89 | Howard University | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 5 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 4 |
| #94 | Lewis & Clark College | 5 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 3 |
| #105 | University of Oregon | 4 |
| #105 | University of San Francisco | 3 |
| #111 | Goucher College | 1 |
| #115 | Loyola University Chicago | 2 |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 3 |
| LAC #27 | Macalester College | 2 |
| #137 | Seattle University | 1 |
| LAC #29 | Harvey Mudd College | 2 |
| LAC #31 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 2 |
| LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 5 |
| LAC #33 | Scripps College | 4 |
| #166 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 |
| #182 | Montclair State University | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 3 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| #212 | Washington State University | 1 |
| #219 | Seattle Pacific University | 1 |
| #234 | San Francisco State University | 1 |
| amda college and conservatory of the performing arts, los angeles campus | 1 | |
| Babson College | 1 | |
| Bentley University | 1 | |
| Berklee College of Music | 3 | |
| California Baptist University | 1 | |
| California Institute of the Arts | 1 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 8 | |
| California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 4 | |
| California State University: Chico | 1 | |
| Champlain College | 1 | |
| City College of San Francisco | 1 | |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | 1 | |
| Diablo Valley College | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Holy Names University | 1 | |
| McGill University | 3 | |
| Menlo College | 1 | |
| Oberlin College | 3 | |
| Parsons The New School for Design | 2 | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 | |
| Saint Louis University Madrid Spain | 1 | |
| San Jose State University | 1 | |
| Santa Barbara City College | 2 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| University of British Columbia | 2 | |
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 14 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | |
| University of Portland | 1 | |
| University of Redlands | 2 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 4 | |
| University of Strathclyde | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 | |
| Western University | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2014-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 342 | 326 | 232 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 16 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| #5 | Yale University | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| #7 | Duke University | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 9 | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| #9 | Brown University | 10 | 19 | 1 | 30 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 14 | 15 | 8 | 37 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 19 | 23 | 7 | 49 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 18 | 18 | 20 | 56 |
| #17 | Rice University | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 13 | 13 | 26 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 12 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 11 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2 | 2 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| #35 | New York University | 20 | 20 | 14 | 54 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #39 | Boston College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| #43 | Boston University | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| #57 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| #61 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | ||
| #73 | Tulane University | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| #105 | American University | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| #115 | Howard University | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| #115 | University of Arizona | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| #142 | Clark University | 2 | 2 | ||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 | 1 | ||
| #178 | Washington State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #178 | San Francisco State University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| #185 | University of Idaho | 1 | 1 | ||
| #269 | Seattle Pacific University | 1 | 1 | ||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 14 | 14 | 8 | 36 | |
| Matriculation | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2014-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 99 | 104 | 100 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| #4 | Pomona College | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| #9 | Carleton College | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| #11 | Grinnell College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| #16 | Vassar College | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| #16 | Smith College | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 5 | 5 | ||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| #21 | Colgate University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #27 | Macalester College | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #35 | Occidental College | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| #35 | Scripps College | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| #46 | Whitman College | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #67 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #67 | Reed College | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #72 | Bard College | 2 | 2 | ||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oberlin College | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Matriculation | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2014-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 6 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| #3 | McGill University | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| #10 | Western University | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2014-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| #28 | Durham University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| #34 | University of Strathclyde | 1 | 1 | ||
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Sailing
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Soccer
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Softball
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Volleyball
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Water Polo
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The Agora
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Animal rights club
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Anime club
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Battlebots club
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Beekeeping club
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Bible study club
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The Agora
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Animal rights club
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Anime club
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Battlebots club
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Beekeeping club
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Bible study club
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Bike club
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Black student union
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Body empowerment club
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Cake4kids club
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Cartoon club
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Cheer club
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Classic Jams club
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Climbing club
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Coding club
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Constitution study club
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Cycling club
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Debate club
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Dessert club
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Dinosaur club
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Drone inovations club
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Education initiative club
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Environmental club
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F.A.I.R
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Farming club
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Gender sexuality awareness
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Girls who code
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Graphic design club
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Grow our own food initiative
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House of cards
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Instrumental club
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Irish club
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Jewish student union
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Junior state of America
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Kaba club
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KIVA club
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Lations unidos
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Lick-wilmerding organization of women
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Maker's club
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Math wizards
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Model UN
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Multiracial club
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Muses
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Ocean bowl team
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OUR guatemala club
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Paintball club
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Pancake club
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Philosophy club
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Pixie stick enthusiasts
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Presidential election club
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Public health club
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Robotics club
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Sci-fi club
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Sewing club
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Songwriting club
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Sparkmob
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Supporting for at the crossroads
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T-shirts making club
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Tea lords
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Tiger jeopardy
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USA club
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Voice
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The waves
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Weightlifting club
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Women in business
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Wood carving club
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Chamber Orchestra
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Production
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Chamber Orchestra
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Production
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Production
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Songwriting
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Stagecraft
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Painting
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Photography
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Printmaking
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Architecture
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Art
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Mixed Media
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Storytelling
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