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 | 5 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 3 |
| #6 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #14 | Brown University | 3 |
| #14 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 |
| LAC #3 | Swarthmore College | 2 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 6 |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 |
| LAC #4 | Pomona College | 1 |
| #21 | Emory University | 2 |
| #23 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 |
| #28 | New York University | 5 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 2 |
| #28 | Wake Forest University | 2 |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 |
| #42 | Tulane University | 4 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 5 |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 3 |
| LAC #16 | Haverford College | 1 |
| #83 | Howard University | 2 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 4 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 2 |
| #234 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 2 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 54 | 75 | 272 | 61 | 283 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| #9 | Brown University | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 19 | |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 19 | |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 37 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 5 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 26 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #64 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |
| #67 | Villanova University | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
| #73 | Tulane University | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 35 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||
| #115 | Howard University | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 18 | 30 | 173 | 50 | 151 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| #9 | Carleton College | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| #11 | United States Military Academy | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | ||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #21 | Colgate University | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | |
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 25 | |
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #45 | Union College | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| #46 | DePauw University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| #72 | Bard College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #75 | St. John's College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Whittier College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Susquehanna University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| #121 | Hartwick College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #167 | The King's College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
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African Dance & Drumming
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Blue Notes (all male a cappella)
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Christian Athletes
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Classics Club
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Coding Club
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Coffee House
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Communism Club
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Drawing Club
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Environmental Justice
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Ethics Club
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French Club
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Girl Up
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Girls Who Code
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Harmonics
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Healthcare for Girls in Need
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History Club
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International Student Association
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Letter of Support
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Magic The Gathering
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Model UN
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Movie Madness
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Peer Tutoring
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Poly Record (Literary Magazine)
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Ultimate Club
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