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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| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 6 |
| #25 | New York University | 2 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 4 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 2 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 3 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 2 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 2 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 3 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #72 | Reed College | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | |
| #83 | Gonzaga University | 1 |
| #83 | Marquette University | 1 |
| #83 | University of Iowa | 1 |
| #85 | University of Puget Sound | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 |
| #97 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #100 | Cornell College | 1 |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #105 | University of Oregon | 3 |
| #105 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| #105 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #107 | Whittier College | 1 |
| #115 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #127 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 1 |
| #137 | George Mason University | 1 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
| #137 | University of New Hampshire | 1 |
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
| #151 | James Madison University | 1 |
| #151 | Oregon State University | 3 |
| #151 | University of the Pacific | 1 |
| #166 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 |
| #166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
| #166 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 |
| #166 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 |
| #176 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 |
| #182 | University of Rhode Island | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| #212 | Washington State University | 1 |
| #234 | Pace University | 1 |
| #234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
| #234 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 |
| #234 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 |
| LAC #48 | Whitman College | 1 |
| #263 | Montana State University | 1 |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 |
| #285 | Clarke University | 1 |
| LAC #60 | Bard College | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| #317 | Northern Arizona University | 1 |
| American University of Paris | 1 | |
| Babson College | 1 | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 | |
| California Lutheran University | 1 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 3 | |
| California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 1 | |
| california state university channel islands | 1 | |
| California State University: Chico | 1 | |
| California State University: East Bay | 1 | |
| California State University: Los Angeles | 1 | |
| California State University: Monterey Bay | 1 | |
| California State University: Northridge | 1 | |
| California State University: San Marcos | 1 | |
| College of William and Mary | 1 | |
| Concordia University | 1 | |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Evergreen State College | 1 | |
| Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising: Los Angeles | 1 | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
| Hawaii Pacific University | 1 | |
| Holy Names University | 1 | |
| hult international business school | 1 | |
| Maine Maritime Academy | 1 | |
| Menlo College | 1 | |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Richmond, The American International University in London | 1 | |
| Rutgers University | 1 | |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 1 | |
| Salve Regina University | 1 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
| Southern Oregon University | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | |
| Union College | 1 | |
| University of California: Merced | 1 | |
| University of California: Riverside | 1 | |
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 4 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Denver | 1 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | |
| University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | |
| University of Portland | 1 | |
| University of Redlands | 1 | |
| Western Washington University | 1 | |
| Wheaton College | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2022 | 2018 | 2012-2015 | 2012-2014 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 108 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 6 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 6 admitted | 2 admitted | 1 +admitted | 9 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 3 admitted | 5 admitted | 1 +admitted | 9 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 2 admitted | 2 admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | ||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 4 admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 2 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 4 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 admitted | 4 admitted | 1 +admitted | 6 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 3 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 admitted | 2 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 2 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 4 | ||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 admitted | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 3 admitted | 3 | ||||
| #98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 admitted | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 admitted | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | University of the Pacific | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Oregon State University | 3 admitted | 3 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Washington State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Clarke University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #280 | California State University: East Bay | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 4 admitted | 3 admitted | 1 +admitted | 8 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 admitted | 2 admitted | 3 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 admitted | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| University of California: Merced | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
| University of California: Riverside | 1 admitted | 2 admitted | 3 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2022 | 2018 | 2012-2015 | 2012-2014 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 admitted | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 admitted | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #45 | Union College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Whittier College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Cornell College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2022 | 2018 | 2012-2015 | 2012-2014 | 2012 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #21 | Concordia University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Environmental Science
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Physics 2
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Psychology
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Statistics
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Computer Science Principles
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Cycling
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International Studies
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Journalism
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Kayaking
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Surfing
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Swimming
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Weightlifting
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Woodshop
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Yearbook
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Yoga
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