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 | Harvard College | 2 |
| #9 | Duke University | 1 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #21 | Emory University | 1 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 2 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #28 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #42 | Tulane University | 3 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 2 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 7 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 4 |
| #63 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #68 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| #68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 3 |
| #68 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
| #75 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #76 | Allegheny College | 1 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| LAC #16 | Haverford College | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 |
| #83 | Howard University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Barnard College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #93 | University of Delaware | 1 |
| #93 | University of Denver | 3 |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #103 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 |
| LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 1 |
| LAC #22 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 3 |
| #120 | Roanoke College | 2 |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 |
| LAC #35 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 |
| #182 | University of Rhode Island | 1 |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 2 |
| LAC #42 | Denison University | 2 |
| LAC #42 | Occidental College | 1 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 7 |
| #234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
| Bentley University | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 1 | |
| CUNEF University Madrid | 1 | |
| Curry College | 1 | |
| Eastern Connecticut State University | 1 | |
| Hood College | 1 | |
| King's College London | 1 | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| The University of Hong Kong | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 62 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 153 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| #86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | University of South Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #133 | University of Dayton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | ||
| #142 | University of the Pacific | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | Simmons University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | Adelphi University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #176 | University of Saint Joseph | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #260 | University of New England | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Wilkes University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #352 | University of Northern Colorado | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #382 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #390 | Saint Leo University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wilmington University | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 26 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 102 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Bates College | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 5 | 5 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Denison University | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| #51 | Centre College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Beloit College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | University of Calgary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #6 | King's College London | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Ambassadors Club
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Relay for Life
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WBVC Radio
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Chinese Club
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Focus In
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Pomfret Girls Connect
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Pontefract
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Environmental Club
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National Junior Classical League
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