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 | 5 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 23 |
| #3 | Yale University | 4 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 3 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 14 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 5 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 |
| #10 | Duke University | 7 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 6 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 2 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 7 |
| #13 | Brown University | 6 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 5 |
| #15 | Rice University | 3 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 11 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 2 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 13 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 4 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 4 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 18 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 7 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 4 |
| #22 | Emory University | 4 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 4 |
| #25 | New York University | 3 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 8 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 2 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 3 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 7 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 2 |
| LAC #6 | Carleton College | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 8 |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 3 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 4 |
| #36 | Boston College | 12 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12 |
| #41 | Boston University | 5 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 3 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 13 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 4 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 4 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 5 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 4 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 8 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 4 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 2 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 2 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 5 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 2 |
| #83 | Gonzaga University | 3 |
| #83 | Marquette University | 2 |
| #89 | Brigham Young University | 2 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 2 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 2 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #105 | University of Oregon | 1 |
| #105 | University of Utah | 3 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 2 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 3 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 3 |
| #137 | Seattle University | 1 |
| #151 | University of Cincinnati | 1 |
| LAC #33 | Scripps College | 2 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 2 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 3 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 3 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 2 |
| #234 | Pace University | 1 |
| LAC #48 | Whitman College | 1 |
| #317 | Northern Arizona University | 1 |
| Art Center College of Design | 1 | |
| Babson College | 2 | |
| Belmont College | 1 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 3 | |
| California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 2 | |
| Canada College | 1 | |
| College of San Mateo | 2 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Foothill College | 2 | |
| parsons school of design | 1 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 2 | |
| Santa Monica College | 2 | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | |
| University of British Columbia | 2 | |
| University of California: Riverside | 2 | |
| University of Cambridge | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 6 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | |
| University of Redlands | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 1 | |
| University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 | |
| Utah Valley University | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 324 | 330 | 327 | 336 | 328 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 23 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 113 |
| #5 | Yale University | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 |
| #7 | Duke University | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 41 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 6 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| #9 | Brown University | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 51 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 52 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 73 |
| #17 | Rice University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 44 |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 45 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| #24 | Emory University | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 61 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 52 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
| #35 | New York University | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 33 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| #43 | Boston University | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 33 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #73 | Tulane University | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 60 |
| #82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Marquette University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Brigham Young University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 50 |
| #93 | Baylor University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #115 | University of Utah | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #201 | La Salle University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| University of California: Riverside | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 52 | 61 | 59 | 62 | 55 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| #2 | Amherst College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #4 | Pomona College | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Davidson College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #16 | Vassar College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| #24 | Bates College | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| #25 | Colby College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #33 | Colorado College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | Scripps College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #35 | Occidental College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #39 | Denison University | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | St. John's College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #116 | Luther College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #2 | University of Cambridge | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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Physics 2
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Statistics
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Physics 2
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Statistics
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Computer Science A
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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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European History
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United States Government and Politics
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Music Theory
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Baseball
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Swimming
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Water Polo
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Chess club
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Cooking Club
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Formula 1 Club
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Garden Club
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Happiness Club
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Jewlery Making Club
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Formula 1 Club
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Garden Club
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Happiness Club
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Jewlery Making Club
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K-Pop Club
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Knitting Club
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Trivia Club
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BioChem Club
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Data Science Club
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Ethics Club
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French Club
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History Club
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Physics Club
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Curieus Club
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Athlete Empowerment Club
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Hakuna Masquata Barbell Club
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Choreo Club
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Stagetech Club
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Art and Mural Club
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Menlo Chamber Club
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Music
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Music Theory
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Theater
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Book Arts
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Mobile Movie Making
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Photography
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