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 |
|---|---|---|
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 + |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
| #44 | Tulane University | 1 + |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 + |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 + |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
| #72 | American University | 1 + |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 + |
| #76 | College of Wooster | 1 + |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 + |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 + |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 1 + |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 + |
| Auburn University | 1 + | |
| #105 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #121 | Temple University | 1 + |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 + |
| #137 | George Mason University | 1 + |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 + |
| LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 1 + |
| #176 | Catholic University of America | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 + |
| LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
| #202 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 + |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 + |
| Bryant University | 1 + | |
| College of William and Mary | 1 + | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | |
| Ithaca College | 1 + | |
| Loyola University Maryland | 1 + | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | |
| Providence College | 1 + | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | |
| Towson University | 1 + | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | |
| University of Tampa | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2021 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 31 | 88 | 31 | 70 | 77 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 4 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #170 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #195 | University of Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #227 | Kent State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #332 | Morgan State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | 4 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2021 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 11 | 36 | 7 | 30 | 34 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #59 | Trinity University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #139 | Hampshire College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #146 | Albright College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2021 | 2017-2020 | 2016-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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French Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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French Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Psychology
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Computer Science Principles
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Environmental Science
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English Literature and Composition
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Human Geography
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Microeconomics
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Art History
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Latin
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Calculus AB
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Statistics
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Comparative Government and Politics
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World History
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Badminton
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Badminton
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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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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American Sign Language Club
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Books from Bears
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Community Reads
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Criminal Minds Club
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CyberPatriot Club
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Destination Imagination
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American Sign Language Club
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Books from Bears
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Community Reads
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Criminal Minds Club
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CyberPatriot Club
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Destination Imagination
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Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Club
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Girl Up
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Honorary Ceramics Club
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Improv Club
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LivingInEquality
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Med Club
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Mental Health Awareness Club
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Model UN
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One Love Club
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Peer Health
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Peer Mentors
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Polar Bear Plunge Club
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Red Cross Club
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REDSTV
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Robotics Club
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Ronald McDonald Club
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Shark Tank Club，Sunrise Trischool，Technical Theater Club，Think Pink Society，Young Democrats Club
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Young Filmmakers Club
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Young Progressives Club
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Young Republicans Club
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Zen Club
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Dance
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Music
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Drawing
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Sculpture
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Dance
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Music
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Drawing
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Sculpture
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Woodworking
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Acting
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Chorus
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Piano
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Theater Design
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Fashion Design
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Painting
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Photography
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Studio Art
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2D Art
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3D Art
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Semiquavers
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