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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| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 |
| LAC #4 | Pomona College | 1 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 2 |
| #28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 2 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 5 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #40 | College of William and Mary | 1 |
| #42 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #42 | Tulane University | 1 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 3 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 3 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #72 | Reed College | 2 |
| #76 | Willamette University | 1 |
| #79 | Gonzaga University | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 2 |
| LAC #17 | Barnard College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 |
| #93 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #122 | Chapman University | 3 |
| #148 | San Diego State University | 2 |
| LAC #30 | Scripps College | 1 |
| #151 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 |
| #162 | Oregon State University | 2 |
| LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 1 |
| #182 | Montclair State University | 1 |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 1 |
| LAC #46 | DePauw University | 1 |
| #234 | San Francisco State University | 1 |
| Bentley University | 1 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 2 | |
| City College of San Francisco | 1 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 1 | |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 1 | |
| Santa Monica College | 1 | |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | 2014-2016 | Total |
| All schools | 46 | 53 | 45 | 88 | 31 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Stanford University | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 +admitted | 11 |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 6 | |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 +admitted | 7 | |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 +admitted | 14 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 +admitted | 19 |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 +admitted | 9 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 +admitted | 16 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 +admitted | 9 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Boston College | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 7 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 6 | 1 +admitted | 8 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #53 | Purdue University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 +admitted | 11 |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 3 | 1 +admitted | 5 | ||
| #105 | San Diego State University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Oregon State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #163 | Montclair State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Washington State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | San Francisco State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | 2014-2016 | Total |
| All schools | 11 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 7 | ||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Haverford College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #27 | Macalester College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #46 | DePauw University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Willamette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Warren Wilson College | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2014-2018 | 2014-2016 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 2 | 2 | ||||
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Environmental Science
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Calculus AB
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Environmental Science
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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Music Theory
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Psychology
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Statistics
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States History
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English Literature and Composition
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Physics 1
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Computer Science A
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Badminton
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Beach Volleyball
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Cross Country
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Flag Football
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Badminton
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Beach Volleyball
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Cross Country
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Flag Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Mountain Biking
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Sailing
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Soccer
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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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Water Polo
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Asian Student Association
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Black Student Union
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Body Positive
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Book Club
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Chess Club
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Economics Club
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Asian Student Association
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Black Student Union
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Body Positive
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Book Club
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Chess Club
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Economics Club
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Hydroponics Club
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Japanese Club
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Jew Crew
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Junior Statesmen of America
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K-Pop and KR & B Language Club
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Latino League
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Multicultural Club
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Panther Spirit Club
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Photography Club
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Queer Student Union
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Social Justice Club
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Volunteer Club
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Band
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Choreography
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Dance
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Music
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Music Theory
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Production
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Band
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Choreography
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Dance
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Music
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Music Theory
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Production
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Theater
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Animation
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Ceramics
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Digital Music
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Editing
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Film
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