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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 4 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #3 | Yale University | 4 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 3 |
| #10 | Duke University | 2 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 1 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 4 |
| #15 | Rice University | 3 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 5 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 3 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 2 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 4 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 3 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 4 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 3 |
| LAC #6 | United States Naval Academy | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 2 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 9 |
| #49 | University of Georgia | 3 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 4 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 3 |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 5 |
| #55 | Rhodes College | 17 |
| #55 | Trinity University | 3 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 2 |
| LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
| #67 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Reed College | 1 |
| #72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 5 |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 2 |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 2 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 4 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 2 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #83 | Gonzaga University | 1 |
| #89 | Brigham Young University | 2 |
| #89 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 8 |
| #89 | Howard University | 2 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 3 |
| LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 5 |
| #94 | Augustana College | 1 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 2 |
| #100 | Cornell College | 3 |
| #102 | Hendrix College | 3 |
| #102 | Hollins University | 1 |
| #105 | Drexel University | 3 |
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| #105 | University of Oregon | 1 |
| #105 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| #111 | Birmingham-Southern College | 4 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 1 |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #121 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 |
| #124 | Morehouse College | 1 |
| #127 | Samford University | 2 |
| #136 | Millsaps College | 10 |
| #137 | Seton Hall University | 2 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 12 |
| #137 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 4 |
| #137 | University of Kentucky | 1 |
| #151 | Tougaloo College | 1 |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 78 |
| #166 | Mercer University | 1 |
| #176 | University of Arkansas | 3 |
| #182 | Belmont University | 1 |
| #194 | Mississippi State University | 45 |
| #202 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 |
| #212 | Lipscomb University | 2 |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 |
| LAC #45 | Furman University | 1 |
| LAC #51 | The University of the South | 2 |
| #263 | University of Memphis | 1 |
| LAC #55 | Centre College | 1 |
| #285 | University of Montana | 1 |
| #285 | University of Toledo | 1 |
| #317 | Mississippi College | 5 |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 | |
| Brescia University | 1 | |
| college of business and technology-main campus | 3 | |
| College of Charleston | 4 | |
| Emerson College | 2 | |
| Hinds Community College | 5 | |
| Holmes Community College | 3 | |
| Louisiana State University at Eunice | 7 | |
| Mississippi University for Women | 1 | |
| Northeast Mississippi Community College | 1 | |
| Northumbria University | 1 | |
| Rollins College | 1 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 3 | |
| Tennessee State University | 1 | |
| The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | |
| United States Military Academy | 3 | |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville | 2 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | |
| University of Southern Mississippi | 7 | |
| University of Texas at Dallas | 1 | |
| William Penn University | 1 | |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | 4 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2019 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 297 | 66 | 313 | 58 | 116 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| #5 | Yale University | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #17 | Rice University | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 26 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| #48 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 29 |
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #86 | Clemson University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 5 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 26 |
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Brigham Young University | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| #98 | University of San Diego | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 32 | |
| #142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | ||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 78 | 18 | 80 | 19 | 195 | |
| #170 | Mercer University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #178 | University of Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #185 | Samford University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #216 | Mississippi State University | 45 | 8 | 52 | 8 | 113 | |
| #236 | Lipscomb University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #269 | University of Memphis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #352 | University of Southern Mississippi | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
| #361 | University of Montana | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #369 | Mississippi College | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 18 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| University of Texas at Dallas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tennessee State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2019 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 76 | 12 | 95 | 22 | 42 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 5 | 5 | ||||
| #39 | Spelman College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #51 | Centre College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #51 | The University of the South | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | |
| #56 | Rhodes College | 17 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 48 | |
| #59 | Trinity University | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||
| #59 | Wofford College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Augustana College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #112 | Hendrix College | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #116 | Cornell College | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| #124 | Millsaps College | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 26 | |
| #124 | Hollins University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #135 | Birmingham-Southern College | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | ||
| #163 | Oglethorpe University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #181 | Tougaloo College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| United States Military Academy | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2019 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #50 | Northumbria University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Chemistry
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French Language and Culture
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Art History
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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French Language and Culture
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Music Theory
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Spanish Language and Culture
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United States History
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Latin
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Psychology
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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English Literature and Composition
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Statistics
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United States Government and Politics
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English Language and Composition
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Comparative Government and Politics
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World History
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Archery
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Dance
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American Football
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Archery
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Dance
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Sailing
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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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Wrestling
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Art Club
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Board Games
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Period the Movement
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Environmental Club
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Exploring Jackson Through Food
Fantasy Football Club
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Film Club
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Art Club
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Board Games
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Period the Movement
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Environmental Club
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Exploring Jackson Through Food
Fantasy Football Club
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Film Club
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Girls Empowerment
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Jazz Club
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Medical Emergency Response Team
Natural History Club
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No Fear
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Speak Here
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Club for Public Speaking
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Paintball Club
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Photography
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Kids for Kids
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Chess
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Coding
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Latin
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Math
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Mock Trial
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Model United Nations
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Quiz Bowl
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Science Fair
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Speech and Debate
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The Revelation Student Newspaper
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Saints News Network
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America+A2:D35n Sign Language
Bible Study
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Chapel Council
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Chinese Club
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Culture Club
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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Francophone Club
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Global Studies Book Club
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Latin Club
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Spanish Club
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Men's Volleyball Club
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Music Theory
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Speech
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Vocal
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Art History
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Music Theory
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Art History
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Painting
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Studio Art
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