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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#6 | Stanford University | 1 |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 |
#21 | Emory University | 1 |
#22 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
#23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
#25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
#28 | New York University | 2 |
#28 | Tufts University | 1 |
#36 | Boston College | 1 |
#36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
LAC #8 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
#42 | Boston University | 4 |
#42 | Brandeis University | 1 |
#42 | Tulane University | 1 |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
LAC #9 | Carleton College | 1 |
LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 1 |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
#49 | Lehigh University | 1 |
#49 | Northeastern University | 1 |
#55 | Santa Clara University | 3 |
#59 | Syracuse University | 3 |
#59 | University of Washington | 1 |
#68 | Fordham University | 1 |
#68 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
#72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 |
#75 | Loyola Marymount University | 5 |
#79 | Gonzaga University | 1 |
#85 | University of Puget Sound | 1 |
LAC #17 | Smith College | 3 |
#94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 |
#99 | University of Oregon | 5 |
#104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 |
#117 | University of Vermont | 1 |
#122 | Chapman University | 2 |
LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
#148 | San Diego State University | 1 |
LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 1 |
LAC #42 | Occidental College | 1 |
LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
Babson College | 1 | |
Boise State University | 1 | |
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 | |
McGill University | 1 | |
University of Tampa | 1 | |
University of Toronto | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2020-2022 | 2021 | 2018-2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 48 | 59 | 20 | 56 | 50 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 6 |
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 6 |
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 5 |
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | New York University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 6 |
#39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#43 | Boston University | 4 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 9 |
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 5 |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#49 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 6 | |
#67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 7 |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#79 | Brigham Young University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#83 | University of California: Riverside | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 8 | |
#93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#97 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#98 | University of Oregon | 5 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
#105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#115 | Howard University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#133 | Chapman University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 7 | |
#142 | Clarkson University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#142 | Oregon State University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#163 | Seattle University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#178 | Washington State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#216 | Texas Tech University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#216 | University of Wyoming | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#280 | Portland State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#332 | Boise State University | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2020-2022 | 2021 | 2018-2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 14 | 32 | 14 | 26 | 15 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#4 | Pomona College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Smith College | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 7 |
#25 | Colby College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#35 | Scripps College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#36 | Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#56 | Rhodes College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | Reed College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#75 | Willamette University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#75 | St. John's College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#86 | Beloit College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 | 2 | ||||
#107 | Westmont College | 1 + | 1 | 2 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2020-2022 | 2021 | 2018-2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 2 | 2 | ||||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#3 | McGill University | 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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Statistics
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Fencing
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Skiing
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Fencing
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Skiing
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Mock Trial
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Newspaper
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Stagecraft
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Yearbook
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A Capella Choir
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Aerospace Team
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Mock Trial
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Newspaper
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Stagecraft
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Yearbook
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A Capella Choir
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Aerospace Team
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Art for Community
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Coding and Robotics
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Community Board
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Costume and Fashion Design
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Creature Creation Sculpture
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Dance Club
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Echoes Writing Contest
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Emerging Entrepreneurship
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Environmentalist Club
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Feminism Club
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Greenhouse
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Inklings: Building and Exploring Fantasy
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Realms
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Le French Club
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Microbiology and Genetic Engineering
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The Dig
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Obscure Sports
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Oregon Game Project
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Peer Activism and Advocacy Coalition
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Peer Language Partners
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Peer Math Tutoring
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Peer Writing Center
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Philosophy Club
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Robotics Club
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Rock Climbing
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Spanish Cinema
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Speech and Debate
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Student Government
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Varsity Science
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Woods/Wetlands & Wild Spaces
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Band
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Choir
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Music Production
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3D Design
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Ceramics
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Color
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Band
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Choir
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Music Production
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3D Design
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Ceramics
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Color
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Photography
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Studio Art
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Art
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Design
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Screenwriting
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