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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| #10 | Northwestern University | 2 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #29 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 2 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 2 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 2 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| #83 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 2 |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 3 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #182 | Montclair State University | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 1 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 1 |
| #234 | Pace University | 2 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| Marist College | 2 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Rollins College | 1 | |
| Rutgers University | 2 | |
| The College of New Jersey | 1 | |
| Union College | 1 | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | |
| University of Ottawa | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2016-2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2011-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 37 | 157 | 126 | 57 | 115 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 3 | 1 admitted | 1 | 5 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 17 | 1 | 3 admitted | 13 | 34 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 5 | 2 | 3 admitted | 4 | 14 | |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 25 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 2 | 1 admitted | 4 | 7 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 admitted | 7 | 28 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 2 | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 7 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 4 | |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 2 | 4 | 2 admitted | 1 | 9 | |
| #54 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 admitted | 1 | 11 |
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #61 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 admitted | 11 | 31 |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 5 | 5 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 admitted | 2 | 18 |
| #76 | University of Delaware | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 admitted | 4 | 15 |
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 admitted | 2 | 11 |
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #86 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 admitted | 5 | 23 |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 3 | 4 | 7 admitted | 1 | 15 | |
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #105 | American University | 4 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | 9 | |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| #124 | James Madison University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 2 | 1 admitted | 4 | ||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | DeSales University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #296 | Alvernia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Radford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 5 | ||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | 5 | |||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 admitted | 6 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2016-2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2011-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 7 | 41 | 32 | 16 | 37 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 5 | |
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 4 | ||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | Colgate University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Bates College | 2 | 1 admitted | 2 | 5 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | 8 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #38 | Union College | 2 admitted | 3 | 5 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 3 | 3 admitted | 2 | 9 | |
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 2 | 2 admitted | 2 | 7 | |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 2 admitted | 3 | 5 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 4 | 1 admitted | 1 | 7 | |
| #86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Drew University | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Susquehanna University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #121 | Hartwick College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #167 | Guilford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2016-2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2011-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #8 | University of Ottawa | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2016-2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2011-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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United States History
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Biology
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Computer Science A
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Computer Science Principles
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Statistics
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Macroeconomics
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World History
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English Literature and Composition
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Human Geography
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Psychology
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Music Theory
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Basketball
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Bowling
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Bowling
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Rowing
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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3M Math Modeling Club
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Admissions Ambassadors
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Amnesty International
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Animal Shelter Club
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Art Club
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Community Service Club
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3M Math Modeling Club
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Admissions Ambassadors
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Amnesty International
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Animal Shelter Club
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Art Club
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Community Service Club
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Cooking Club
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Debate Team
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Diversity Alliance
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Dongeons & Dragons Club
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Esports
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FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America
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Hack Club
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Human Rights Club
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International/Multicultural Club
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ISMS Go Med
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Japanese Club
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Knitting Club
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K Pop Club
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Mimesis (literary magazine)
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Model UN
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Music Appreciation Club
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NJ Thespian Society- Drama Club
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Operation Smile
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Origami Club
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Performing Arts Club
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Philosophy Club
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Photo Club
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Rebel Leaders (peer leadership)
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Rebel Report (newspaper/news blog)
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RebelVision (newscast/production studio/online channel)
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Retrospect (yearbook)
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RoboRebels Robotics Club
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Science Central Journal
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Socrates Cafe (philosophy club)
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Storytellers of SRDS
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Strategic Games Club
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Student Council
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TEDx Youth
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Thespian Society
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Transpacific Club
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Music Theory
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Jazz
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Music Theory
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