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 | Harvard College | 1 + |
#4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#4 | Yale University | 1 + |
#6 | Stanford University | 1 + |
#6 | University of Chicago | 1 + |
#8 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
#14 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + |
#19 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + |
#24 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
#24 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
#28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
#30 | New York University | 1 + |
LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + |
#35 | Boston College | 1 + |
#42 | Boston University | 1 + |
#42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + |
#53 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + |
#53 | Purdue University | 1 + |
#53 | Villanova University | 1 + |
#57 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
#58 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
#66 | Fordham University | 1 + |
#66 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + |
#66 | Texas A&M University | 1 + |
#66 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 + |
#76 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
#80 | Michigan State University | 1 + |
#80 | North Carolina State University | 1 + |
#80 | Texas Christian University | 1 + |
#88 | Marquette University | 1 + |
#88 | University of Iowa | 1 + |
#94 | Augustana College | 1 + |
#100 | Saint Mary's College | 1 + |
#102 | Hope College | 1 + |
Arizona State University | 1 + | |
#103 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + |
#103 | Saint Louis University | 1 + |
#104 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + |
#112 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 + |
#112 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 + |
#124 | DePaul University | 1 + |
#124 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 + |
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 + |
#133 | University of Kentucky | 1 + |
#133 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | 1 + |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
#143 | Catholic University of America | 1 + |
#143 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 + |
#166 | Bradley University | 1 + |
#166 | Xavier University | 1 + |
#176 | Valparaiso University | 1 + |
#182 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 1 + |
#182 | Ohio University | 1 + |
#182 | Oklahoma State University | 1 + |
#219 | Illinois State University | 1 + |
#263 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 1 + |
#263 | St. Ambrose University | 1 + |
#285 | Western Michigan University | 1 + |
Benedictine University | 1 + | |
Butler University | 1 + | |
Columbia College Chicago | 1 + | |
Dominican University of California | 1 + | |
Eastern Michigan University | 1 + | |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus | 1 + | |
Illinois Institute of Art: Chicago | 1 + | |
Illinois Wesleyan University | 1 + | |
Lewis University | 1 + | |
Loyola University Maryland | 1 + | |
Miami University: Middletown | 1 + | |
North Central College | 1 + | |
Northern Illinois University-DeKalb-IL | 1 + | |
Philadelphia University | 1 + | |
Robert Morris University: Chicago | 1 + | |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 + | |
Saint Mary's College of California | 1 + | |
St. Mary's University of Minnesota | 1 + | |
University of Advancing Technology | 1 + | |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1 + | |
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1 + |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2020 | 2018 | 2016 | 2013 | Total |
All schools | 63 | 10 | 29 | 23 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 |
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | |||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 |
#3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
#5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 |
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 |
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 |
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
#53 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#53 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#60 | North Carolina State University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 + | 1 | |||
#86 | Marquette University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | |||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | 1 | |||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 + | 1 | |||
#133 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | 1 + | 1 | |||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 + | 1 | |||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||
#142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + | 1 | |||
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |
#151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 + | 1 | |||
#178 | Ohio University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 + | 1 | |||
#185 | Bradley University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#185 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 1 + | 1 | |||
#185 | Oklahoma State University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#201 | Valparaiso University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#201 | Xavier University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#209 | Illinois State University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#269 | Northern Illinois University-DeKalb-IL | 1 + | 1 | |||
#280 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 1 + | 1 | |||
#304 | Western Michigan University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#320 | St. Ambrose University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#332 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1 + | 1 | |||
#376 | Eastern Michigan University | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2020 | 2018 | 2016 | 2013 | Total |
All schools | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + | 1 | |||
#82 | Saint Mary's College | 1 + | 1 | |||
#100 | Augustana College | 1 + | 1 | |||
#100 | Hope College | 1 + | 1 |
Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Chemistry
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English Literature and Composition
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Statistics
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World History
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English Language and Composition
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Physics 1
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Computer Science A
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Psychology
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United States History
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Dance
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American Football
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Dance
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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Acafellas
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Audio Club
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Book Club
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Broadcaster's Club
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Chess Club
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Chinese Club
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Acafellas
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Audio Club
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Book Club
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Broadcaster's Club
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Chess Club
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Chinese Club
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Computer Club
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Drama Club & Set Crew
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Flight Club
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French Club
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Future Medical Professionals
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LaSallian Youth
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Math Club
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Montini Maniacs
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Musings Magazine
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Peer Ministry Team
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Science Club
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Spanish Club
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Student Government
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Treblemakers
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Echoes Yearbook Club
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Choir
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Music
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Digital Music
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Pottery
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Choir
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Music
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Digital Music
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Pottery
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Art
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Digital Design
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