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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#3 | Stanford University | 1 |
#12 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
#15 | Rice University | 1 |
#17 | Cornell University | 3 |
#18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
#20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
#25 | New York University | 2 |
#25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 |
#29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
#32 | Tufts University | 1 |
#32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 2 |
#34 | University of California: Irvine | 3 |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 3 |
#38 | University of California: Davis | 4 |
#41 | Boston University | 1 |
#51 | Purdue University | 2 |
#51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
#55 | Santa Clara University | 3 |
#55 | University of Washington | 12 |
#63 | Lawrence University | 1 |
LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 |
#67 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 |
#77 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 |
#83 | Gonzaga University | 5 |
#83 | Marquette University | 1 |
#89 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 |
#89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
#94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 |
#97 | University of San Diego | 1 |
#105 | University of Arizona | 2 |
#105 | University of Oregon | 1 |
Arizona State University | 2 | |
#121 | Chapman University | 2 |
#127 | University of Oklahoma | 1 |
LAC #27 | Macalester College | 1 |
#151 | Oregon State University | 3 |
#166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
#166 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 |
#176 | University of Idaho | 2 |
#182 | Oklahoma State University | 1 |
LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 |
LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 1 |
#202 | Loyola University New Orleans | 2 |
#212 | Washington State University | 5 |
#250 | Utah State University | 1 |
LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 |
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 2 | |
Carroll College | 1 | |
Columbia University with Trinity College Dublin Ireland | 1 | |
Eastern Washington University | 6 | |
Grand Canyon University | 3 | |
McGill University | 1 | |
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 1 | |
Montana Tech of the University of Montana | 1 | |
New York University Abu Dhabi | 1 | |
Point Loma Nazarene University | 2 | |
Spokane Falls Community College | 1 | |
St. John's College | 1 | |
University of Alaska Fairbanks | 1 | |
University of Alberta | 1 | |
Wells College | 1 | |
Western Washington University | 1 | |
Whitworth University | 5 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | 2010-2015 | Total |
All schools | 87 | 81 | 21 | 74 | 19 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#12 | Columbia University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#12 | Cornell University | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 7 |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | ||||
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 4 | 1 + | 5 | |||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
#35 | New York University | 2 | 4 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 9 |
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 2 | 2 | ||||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#40 | University of Washington | 12 | 13 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 28 |
#43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#51 | Purdue University | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | |
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 3 | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 8 | |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#67 | George Washington University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | ||||
#86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
#93 | Gonzaga University | 5 | 4 | 1 + | 4 | 14 | |
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#105 | American University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#105 | Arizona State University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#115 | University of Arizona | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 | 1 | ||||
#133 | Chapman University | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||
#142 | University of the Pacific | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#142 | Oregon State University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
#151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 | 1 | ||||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#178 | Washington State University | 5 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 8 | |
#178 | Drake University | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#185 | University of Idaho | 2 | 2 | ||||
#185 | Oklahoma State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#195 | University of Nevada: Reno | 1 | 1 | ||||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#236 | Azusa Pacific University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 2 | 2 | ||||
#269 | George Fox University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | 1 | ||||
#269 | Utah State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#332 | Boise State University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#361 | University of Montana | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#389 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 1 | 1 | ||||
Grand Canyon University | 3 | 1 + | 4 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | 2010-2015 | Total |
All schools | 12 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 13 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#22 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
#25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#33 | Colorado College | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Hillsdale College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#75 | St. John's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#75 | Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#152 | Wittenberg University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#152 | Wells College | 1 | 1 + | 2 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | 2010-2015 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#5 | University of Alberta | 1 | 1 | ||||
#9 | University of Waterloo | 1 | 1 |
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Volleyball
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Little Dragons Cheerleaders
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May Term
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Robotics
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Genius Hour
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Chess
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ASB
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Little Dragons Cheerleaders
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May Term
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Robotics
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Genius Hour
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Chess
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ASB
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Ellis Island
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Math Is Cool
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Story Trail
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ESports
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Lower School Climbing Club
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GLOW/Diversity Club
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Drama
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Jazz
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Music
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Theater
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Drawing
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Painting
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Drama
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Jazz
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Music
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Theater
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Drawing
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Painting
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Photo
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Photography
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