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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| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 + |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 + |
| #97 | Clark University | 1 |
| #105 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + |
| #105 | University of Utah | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #151 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + |
| #182 | Ohio University | 1 + |
| #182 | Oklahoma State University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| #285 | University of Toledo | 1 + |
| Appalachian State University | 1 | |
| Bowling Green State University: Firelands College | 1 + | |
| cole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris Turin | 1 | |
| Fontys University of Applied Sciences | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
| St Louis University Madrid | 1 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | Total |
| All schools | 28 | 59 | 25 | 25 | 22 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #136 | University of Texas at Dallas | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #178 | Ohio University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
| #185 | Oklahoma State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #201 | Wayne State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #227 | Georgia State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #235 | Grand Valley State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Cleveland State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Campbell University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #376 | Eastern Michigan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 | |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | Total |
| All schools | 4 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Hillsdale College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | DePauw University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | St. Olaf College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Cornell College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #124 | Millsaps College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Wells College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Wittenberg University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
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English Literature and Composition
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Physics 1
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Psychology
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Biology
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Physics 1
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Psychology
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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United States History
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Chemistry
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Music Theory
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Computer Science A
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Computer Science Principles
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY
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FANDOM
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FEMINIST CLUB
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY
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CHINESE CORNER
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FANDOM
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FEMINIST CLUB
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ROBOTICS TEAM
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UNIVERSAL HEALTH AID
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WEATHERVANE YEARBOOK CLUB
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YOUNG DEMOCRATS & YOUNG REPUBLICANS
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Music Theory
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