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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#1 | Princeton University | 4 |
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
#3 | Harvard College | 1 |
#3 | Stanford University | 1 |
#3 | Yale University | 2 |
#6 | University of Chicago | 2 |
#7 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 |
#7 | University of Pennsylvania | 8 |
#10 | Duke University | 4 |
#10 | Northwestern University | 2 |
#12 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
#13 | Brown University | 1 |
#13 | Vanderbilt University | 3 |
#15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 |
#17 | Cornell University | 5 |
#18 | Columbia University | 1 |
#18 | University of Notre Dame | 2 |
#20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
#22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 |
#22 | Emory University | 13 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 7 |
#25 | New York University | 29 |
#25 | University of Michigan | 3 |
#25 | University of Southern California | 3 |
#25 | University of Virginia | 3 |
LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 2 |
#29 | University of Florida | 3 |
#29 | Wake Forest University | 18 |
#32 | Tufts University | 1 |
#32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 3 |
#34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 3 |
#36 | Boston College | 6 |
#36 | University of Rochester | 2 |
#38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
#38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 |
#41 | Boston University | 2 |
#44 | Brandeis University | 4 |
#44 | Northeastern University | 16 |
#44 | Tulane University | 4 |
#49 | University of Georgia | 1 |
#51 | Lehigh University | 3 |
#51 | Purdue University | 3 |
#51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
#51 | Villanova University | 13 |
#55 | Florida State University | 1 |
#55 | University of Miami | 15 |
LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 1 |
#62 | George Washington University | 16 |
#62 | Syracuse University | 7 |
#62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
#62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
LAC #13 | Smith College | 2 |
LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 |
#67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
#72 | American University | 3 |
#72 | Fordham University | 5 |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 3 |
#72 | Southern Methodist University | 2 |
LAC #15 | Davidson College | 2 |
#76 | Muhlenberg College | 2 |
#77 | Baylor University | 1 |
#77 | Clemson University | 3 |
#77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
#83 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 5 |
#89 | Elon University | 7 |
#89 | University of Delaware | 7 |
LAC #18 | Barnard College | 4 |
LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 3 |
#97 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 |
#105 | Drexel University | 1 |
#105 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 |
#105 | University of Denver | 1 |
#105 | University of Utah | 1 |
#115 | Fairfield University | 1 |
#115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 3 |
#121 | Temple University | 1 |
#121 | University of Vermont | 4 |
LAC #25 | Bates College | 2 |
#127 | Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls | 1 |
LAC #27 | Macalester College | 1 |
#137 | Seton Hall University | 2 |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
#151 | James Madison University | 1 |
LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 |
#166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 |
LAC #36 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
#182 | Montclair State University | 1 |
LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 6 |
LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 6 |
LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 3 |
#219 | Nova Southeastern University | 5 |
#219 | Sacred Heart University | 2 |
LAC #45 | Furman University | 3 |
#250 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 4 |
LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 |
LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
Berklee College of Music | 2 | |
Brookdale Community College | 1 | |
California College of the Arts | 1 | |
College of William and Mary | 2 | |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus | 3 | |
Flagler College | 1 | |
Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | |
Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
Georgian Court University | 1 | |
High Point University | 1 | |
Ithaca College | 1 | |
King's College London | 1 | |
Loyola University Maryland | 1 | |
Lynn University | 1 | |
Marist College | 4 | |
Monmouth University | 6 | |
New Jersey City University | 1 | |
Oberlin College | 1 | |
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
Penn State University Park | 4 | |
Providence College | 1 | |
Queens University of Charlotte | 1 | |
Ramapo College of New Jersey | 2 | |
Ringling College of Art and Design | 1 | |
Rollins College | 1 | |
Rutgers University | 9 | |
Saint Joseph's University | 1 | |
Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
stony brook university, state university of new york | 1 | |
The College of New Jersey | 2 | |
The New School College of Performing Arts | 2 | |
University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
University of Liverpool | 1 | |
University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | |
University of New Haven | 1 | |
University of Saint Joseph | 1 | |
University of Sydney | 1 | |
University of Tampa | 1 | |
University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | |
University of Texas at San Antonio | 1 | |
University of Toronto | 1 | |
Wagner College | 1 | |
York College | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
All schools | 328 | 319 | 310 | 307 | 275 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
#3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#5 | Yale University | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
#7 | Duke University | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
#9 | Northwestern University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
#9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
#12 | Columbia University | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
#12 | University of Chicago | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
#12 | Cornell University | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
#21 | University of Michigan | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 37 |
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
#24 | University of Virginia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
#24 | Emory University | 13 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 67 |
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
#28 | University of Florida | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | New York University | 29 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 144 |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Boston College | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 43 |
#40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#40 | Rutgers University | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
#43 | Boston University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
#47 | Lehigh University | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 18 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 53 |
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
#47 | University of Rochester | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
#51 | Purdue University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
#53 | College of William and Mary | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
#53 | Northeastern University | 16 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 76 |
#53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#60 | Brandeis University | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#67 | University of Miami | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 74 |
#67 | George Washington University | 16 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 65 |
#67 | Syracuse University | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
#67 | Villanova University | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 57 |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
#73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | 1 | ||||
#73 | Tulane University | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#76 | University of Delaware | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
#76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#86 | Clemson University | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
#86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#89 | Fordham University | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 40 |
#89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
#89 | University of South Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
#93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
#98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
#105 | American University | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
#115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | ||||
#124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
#124 | Fairfield University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
#124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#133 | University of Vermont | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
#133 | Chapman University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
#133 | Elon University | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 | ||||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | ||||
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
#142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#142 | Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls | 1 | 1 | ||||
#151 | Simmons University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
#151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#151 | Seton Hall University | 2 | 2 | ||||
#163 | Rowan University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | ||||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
#209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
#209 | Sacred Heart University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
#227 | Nova Southeastern University | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
Penn State University Park | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
University of California: Riverside | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
University of Saint Joseph | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
All schools | 50 | 49 | 52 | 61 | 60 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#4 | Wellesley College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#11 | Barnard College | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
#16 | Davidson College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#16 | Smith College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
#21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#24 | Bates College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
#25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#25 | University of Richmond | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
#27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
#30 | Lafayette College | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 |
#30 | Bucknell University | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 28 |
#33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#38 | Skidmore College | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
#39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#46 | Furman University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
#46 | Dickinson College | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#70 | Muhlenberg College | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
#93 | Drew University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
#107 | Susquehanna University | 1 | 1 | ||||
Oberlin College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#6 | King's College London | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#18 | University of Liverpool | 1 | 1 | ||||
#27 | University of York | 1 | 1 |
Art History
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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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Computer Science A
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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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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Music Theory
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Spanish Language and Culture
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United States History
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World History
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Computer Science Principles
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Statistics
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Studio Art: Drawing
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European History
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Physics 2
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Baseball
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Cross Country
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Fencing
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Golf
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Baseball
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Cross Country
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Fencing
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Sailing
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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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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A capella Group
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Academic Team
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Admissions Ambassadors
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Aquariums & Terrariums
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Astronomy Club
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Big Brothers/Big Sisters
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A capella Group
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Academic Team
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Admissions Ambassadors
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Aquariums & Terrariums
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Astronomy Club
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Big Brothers/Big Sisters
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Book Club
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Chamber Orchestra
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Community Service
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Contemporary Band/Jazz Combo Cooking for a Cause
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Costumed Figure Drawing
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Dance Club
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Digital Production
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Diversity Club
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Entrepreneurship Club
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ESTA
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Film Club
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Girls Who Code
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Global Citizenship
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Grilling Club
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GSA
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Habitat for Humanity
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Hackathon
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Harvard Model Congress
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History Club/History Bowl
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I Am That Girl
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Intramural Sports
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Knitting
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Lower School Internship (Grade 10 Only)
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Math League
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MOOC Club
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My Hometown
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Open Studio
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Outdoors Club
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Poetry Club
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Politics Club
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Robotics
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Room to Read
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RSVP Literary Magazine
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Science Bowl
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Speech & Debate
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Strategic Games
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TAXI World Languages Literary Magazine
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Technical Theater Club
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Torch Newspaper
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Women’s Studies
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Yearbook
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Zumba
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Improvisation
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Music
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Music Theory
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Graphic Design
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Improvisation
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Music
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Music Theory
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Graphic Design
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Illustration
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Painting
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Photography
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Architecture
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