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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#2 | Columbia University | 1 |
#5 | Yale University | 1 |
#6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
#14 | Brown University | 1 |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 |
#22 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
#23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
#25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
#27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
#28 | Tufts University | 1 |
#28 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 2 |
#36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
#42 | Tulane University | 1 |
#49 | Northeastern University | 1 |
#49 | Pepperdine University | 2 |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 |
LAC #13 | Davidson College | 1 |
#75 | Clemson University | 1 |
#75 | Loyola Marymount University | 3 |
LAC #17 | Barnard College | 3 |
#99 | University of Utah | 1 |
#103 | University of Arizona | 1 |
#103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 |
#122 | Chapman University | 3 |
#127 | DePaul University | 1 |
#148 | San Diego State University | 1 |
LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 1 |
#202 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 |
#234 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 |
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 3 | |
California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 1 | |
NC State University | 1 | |
Santa Barbara City College | 1 | |
Sonoma State University | 1 | |
Southern Methodist Syracuse | 1 | |
Tec de Monterrey | 2 | |
Universidad de Monterrey | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 33 | 243 | 163 | 162 | 108 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#3 | Stanford University | 3 admitted | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
#5 | Yale University | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#9 | Northwestern University | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 4 admitted | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
#9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
#12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 | 3 admitted | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 5 admitted | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 admitted | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 admitted | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
#24 | Emory University | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 2 admitted | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
#28 | University of California: Davis | 5 admitted | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 10 admitted | 9 | 11 | 9 | 40 |
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 4 admitted | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 admitted | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
#35 | New York University | 3 admitted | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#39 | Boston College | 5 admitted | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
#40 | Tufts University | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
#40 | University of Washington | 5 admitted | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#43 | Boston University | 1 admitted | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 2 admitted | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#53 | College of William and Mary | 2 admitted | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 5 admitted | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
#53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 admitted | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#67 | Syracuse University | 4 admitted | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 admitted | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
#76 | Pepperdine University | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
#76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#86 | Marquette University | 2 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
#89 | Fordham University | 2 admitted | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 4 admitted | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
#89 | Temple University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 admitted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 3 | 3 admitted | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
#93 | Gonzaga University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 2 admitted | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
#98 | University of Oregon | 3 admitted | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | University of San Diego | 6 admitted | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | |
#98 | Drexel University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 2 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
#105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 6 admitted | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#105 | Yeshiva University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | George Mason University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | American University | 3 admitted | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
#105 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
#115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#115 | University of San Francisco | 2 admitted | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
#124 | University of Denver | 5 admitted | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
#124 | James Madison University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#124 | Fairfield University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#133 | Elon University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Chapman University | 3 | 8 admitted | 10 | 10 | 31 | |
#137 | University of Alabama | 4 admitted | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
#142 | University of the Pacific | 1 admitted | 2 | 3 | |||
#142 | Oregon State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | Clark University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | Seton Hall University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#151 | Duquesne University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#163 | St. John's University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#163 | Seattle University | 1 admitted | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 3 admitted | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 4 admitted | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||
#170 | University of La Verne | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | San Francisco State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | Ohio University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | University of Arkansas | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | Washington State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#185 | Bradley University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#185 | California State University: Fresno | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#185 | University of Idaho | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#195 | University of Nevada: Reno | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 admitted | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
#201 | Xavier University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 | 1 | ||||
#216 | University of Wyoming | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#227 | Kent State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#236 | University of New Mexico | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#236 | Lipscomb University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Pace University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#260 | Regis University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#260 | University of North Texas | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#269 | Seattle Pacific University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#280 | California State University: East Bay | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#280 | Portland State University | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#332 | Boise State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#352 | University of Northern Colorado | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#361 | University of Montana | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#369 | Regent University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
University of California: Merced | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
Penn State University Park | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
Iowa State University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Grand Canyon University | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 admitted | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1 admitted | 1 | |||||
University of California: Riverside | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 7 | 65 | 33 | 33 | 13 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#4 | Wellesley College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
#9 | Carleton College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#11 | Barnard College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Smith College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#21 | Colgate University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#24 | Bates College | 2 admitted | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
#25 | Colby College | 1 admitted | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 2 admitted | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
#33 | Colorado College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | Occidental College | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
#35 | Scripps College | 2 admitted | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#39 | Denison University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#39 | Hillsdale College | 2 admitted | 2 | 4 | |||
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#45 | Union College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | DePauw University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#51 | The University of the South | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#56 | Wheaton College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#56 | Rhodes College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#67 | Reed College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#72 | Bard College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#73 | Lake Forest College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Allegheny College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#75 | Willamette University | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#86 | Ursinus College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 admitted | 2 | 3 | |||
#93 | Whittier College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#93 | Drew University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 2 admitted | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
#100 | Hope College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#107 | Westmont College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 admitted | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
Oberlin College | 2 admitted | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#3 | McGill University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#13 | University of Victoria | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Queen's University | 1 admitted | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#3 | University College London | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#5 | University of Edinburgh | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
#33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 admitted | 1 |
Calculus AB
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Music Theory
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Calculus AB
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Biology
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Music Theory
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English Literature and Composition
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United States History
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Chinese Language and Culture
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Basketball
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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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Running
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Basketball
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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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Running
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Soccer
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Softball
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Volleyball
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Water Polo
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Track and Field
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Flag Football
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Beach Club
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Chemistry Club
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Rugby Club
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Spanish Club
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Tutoring Club
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Lamplighter (Student Newspaper)
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Beach Club
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Chemistry Club
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Rugby Club
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Spanish Club
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Tutoring Club
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Lamplighter (Student Newspaper)
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Model U.N.
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Alegria Smile Fund
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Girls Learn International
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Mock Trial
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BSU: Black Student Union
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Accents
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Cougars Can Lift
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ecco! (a cappella)
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Cookie Club
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AWAKE Program
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International Thespian Society
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National Honor Society
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Sailing Club
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French Culture Club
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Sports Med Club
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Entrepreneur & Business Club
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The Passion Project Club
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Peace & Justice
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TEDxSantaCatalinaSchool
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Lady Rhythmics
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Cardz for Kidz
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Fashion Club
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Purple America Initiative Club
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National Art Honor Society
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R4 (envrionmental club)
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Catalinan (yearbook)
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Safe Space
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Accents (Dance)
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B.U.R.R.I.T.O. (Improv)
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Biochemistry Club
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Calligraphy Club
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Catalina Children's Fund
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Catalina in Camera
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Chinese Club
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Cougars in STEM
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Heart to Heart
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Lady Rhythmics (body percussion)
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Lift It Up
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Make-a-Wish Club
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Math & Physics Club
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Mosaic (literary magazine)
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PreMed & Health Club
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Reverb (band)
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Robotics (Nuns-n-Bolts)
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Rubber Bridge
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Senate
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Horseback Riding (Lessons)
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The "POP" Club
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Media
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Studio Art
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Chamber Choir
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Drama
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Music
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Music Theory
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Media
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Studio Art
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Chamber Choir
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Drama
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Music
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Music Theory
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Digital Media
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Photography
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Art
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Choreography
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Dance
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