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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| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 1 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 2 |
| #48 | University of Georgia | 1 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 4 |
| #57 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 1 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 2 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #75 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #79 | American University | 2 |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 |
| #83 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #89 | Ursinus College | 1 |
| #93 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #99 | University of Oregon | 1 |
| #103 | Clark University | 1 |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| LAC #22 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #111 | Susquehanna University | 2 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 |
| #117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 |
| #136 | Catholic University of America | 1 |
| #136 | University of the Pacific | 1 |
| #148 | Duquesne University | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 2 |
| #202 | Springfield College | 1 |
| #219 | Widener University | 1 |
| #234 | Pace University | 1 |
| #234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
| LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| #317 | Morgan State University | 1 |
| Commonwealth University Bloomsburg | 1 | |
| Concordia University | 1 | |
| Coppin State University | 1 | |
| Delaware Valley University | 1 | |
| Eastern University | 1 | |
| Flagler College | 1 | |
| High Point University | 2 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| Lebanon Valley College | 1 | |
| National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy | 1 | |
| Neumann University | 1 | |
| Parsons School of Design The New School New York City | 1 | |
| Penn State Harrisburg | 1 | |
| Queens University of Charlotte | 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's University | 1 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
| St. Francis University | 2 | |
| St. Thomas Aquinas College | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | |
| University of Freiburg | 1 | |
| University of Leeds | 1 | |
| University of Scranton | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 | |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 42 | 37 | 33 | 30 | 44 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
| #53 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | ||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #142 | University of the Pacific | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Adelphi University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Ohio University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #195 | East Carolina University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | Valparaiso University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #227 | Widener University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #332 | Morgan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Susquehanna University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #146 | Albright College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Concordia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #16 | University of Leeds | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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Statistics
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Art History
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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Chinese Language and Culture
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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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Latin
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Music Theory
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German Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Physics 1
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Physics 2
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Computer Science Principles
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Human Geography
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Physics 1
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Physics 2
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Psychology
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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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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Strength and Conditioning
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Meditation
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Science Olympiad
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Model UN
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Indoor Farm Club
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Thespians
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Chess Club
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Meditation
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Science Olympiad
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Model UN
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Indoor Farm Club
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Thespians
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Chess Club
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Coloring
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Diversity Event Planning
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Newspaper
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Fan Zone
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Ambassadors
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Art Club
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Badminton Club
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Dance Club
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Drone Club
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eSports
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Foosball Club
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Glassblowing
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Global Scholar Fellows
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Guitar Club
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Industrial Design & Prototyping
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Literary Magazine
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Magic: The Gathering
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Model Airplane Club
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Morgan’s Message (mental health awareness)
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Peer Tutors
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Podcasting
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Raku
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Reading Olympics
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Robotics
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Science Fellows
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Studio Art Club
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TV Studio
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Video Editing
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Wellness
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Drawing
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Jazz
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Drawing
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Sculpture
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2D Design
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