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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| #2 | Columbia University | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
| #28 | New York University | 1 + |
| #28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 + |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 + |
| #75 | Baylor University | 1 + |
| #93 | University of San Diego | 1 + |
| #94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 + |
| #103 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + |
| #103 | University of Arizona | 1 + |
| #103 | University of San Francisco | 1 + |
| #104 | University of California: Merced | 1 + |
| Arizona State University | 1 + | |
| #148 | San Diego State University | 1 + |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 + |
| #176 | University of Arkansas | 1 + |
| #176 | University of Idaho | 1 + |
| #194 | Biola University | 1 + |
| #263 | George Fox University | 1 + |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 + |
| Academy of Art University | 1 + | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 + | |
| California Lutheran University | 1 + | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 + | |
| California State University: Fresno | 1 + | |
| California State University: Monterey Bay | 1 + | |
| Champlain College | 1 + | |
| Gavilan College | 1 + | |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | 1 + | |
| Monterey Peninsula College | 1 + | |
| Northwest Nazarene University | 1 + | |
| oregon state university-cascades | 1 + | |
| Portland Community College | 1 + | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 + | |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 1 + | |
| San Jose State University | 1 + | |
| Santa Barbara City College | 1 + | |
| School of Visual Arts | 1 + | |
| University of Portland | 1 + |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2018 | 2015 | 2012-2014 | Total |
| All schools | 22 | 45 | 17 | 1220 | 22 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 10 | 10 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 17 | 17 | ||||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 admitted | 16 | 17 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 29 | 29 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 10 | 11 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 admitted | 1 + | 10 | 13 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 admitted | 1 + | 17 | 20 | |
| #17 | Rice University | 14 | 14 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 55 | 55 | ||||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 11 | 11 | ||||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 26 | 26 | ||||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 22 | 1 + | 23 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 191 | 191 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 admitted | 46 | 47 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 admitted | 1 + | 11 | 14 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 admitted | 14 | 1 + | 16 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 52 | 52 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 18 | 1 + | 21 | |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 admitted | 14 | 15 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 14 | 14 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 admitted | 30 | 31 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 admitted | 181 | 1 + | 183 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 23 | 1 + | 24 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 61 | 1 + | 62 | |||
| #57 | University of Maryland: College Park | 36 | 36 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 28 | 28 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 67 | 67 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 15 | 15 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 admitted | 1 + | 23 | 1 + | 26 | |
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 admitted | 17 | 18 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #96 | University of Alabama | 12 | 12 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 + | 1 admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 + | 21 | 1 + | 23 | ||
| #104 | University of California: Merced | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #178 | San Francisco State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #178 | University of Arkansas | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #185 | University of Idaho | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #185 | California State University: Fresno | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #236 | Biola University | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #269 | George Fox University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Utah State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #332 | Boise State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #382 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 admitted | 1 + | 46 | 48 | |||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | ||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 admitted | 53 | 54 | ||||
| Grand Canyon University | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2018 | 2015 | 2012-2014 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Hendrix College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Luther College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
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Break Dance Club
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Business Club
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California Scholarship Federation
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Chinese Chess Club
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Break Dance Club
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Business Club
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California Scholarship Federation
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Chinese Chess Club
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Chinese Culture Club
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Choir
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Club Bike
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Drama
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Drama Club
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Equestrian Club
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Fashion Club
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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Filipino Culture Club
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Foreign Literature Club
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Hand Bell Choir
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Japanese Club
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Marching Band
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Math Lovers
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Model United Nations
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