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.
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| #1 | Princeton University | 2 |
| #2 | Columbia University | 2 |
| #2 | Harvard College | 2 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 |
| #6 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 2 |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 4 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 |
| #13 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
| #14 | Brown University | 4 |
| #14 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 4 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #19 | University of Notre Dame | 3 |
| #21 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 |
| #23 | Georgetown University | 6 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 2 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 8 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 4 |
| #28 | New York University | 8 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 10 |
| #28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 2 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 3 |
| #28 | Wake Forest University | 4 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 2 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 4 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 |
| #40 | College of William and Mary | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 3 |
| #42 | Brandeis University | 4 |
| #42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #42 | Tulane University | 7 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 2 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #48 | University of Georgia | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 9 |
| #49 | Villanova University | 5 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 |
| #55 | Rhodes College | 2 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 4 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 5 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 4 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #57 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 6 |
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 2 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 8 |
| LAC #13 | Davidson College | 1 |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 2 |
| #68 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 10 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 2 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 6 |
| #72 | Reed College | 2 |
| #75 | Loyola Marymount University | 4 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| LAC #16 | Haverford College | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 4 |
| #83 | Howard University | 1 |
| #83 | Texas Christian University | 7 |
| #85 | Lake Forest College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 4 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 2 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
| #93 | University of Denver | 8 |
| #93 | University of San Diego | 3 |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #103 | Temple University | 1 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 3 |
| LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 9 |
| #117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 2 |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 2 |
| #122 | Chapman University | 3 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 2 |
| LAC #26 | Colorado College | 2 |
| #136 | University of New Hampshire | 2 |
| #137 | George Mason University | 1 |
| LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 2 |
| LAC #30 | Scripps College | 1 |
| #151 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 |
| #166 | Quinnipiac University | 1 |
| LAC #35 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 |
| LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 2 |
| LAC #36 | Oberlin College | 1 |
| #182 | University of Louisville | 1 |
| #182 | University of Rhode Island | 5 |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 9 |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 2 |
| #202 | Springfield College | 1 |
| LAC #42 | Denison University | 2 |
| LAC #42 | Occidental College | 1 |
| #219 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 |
| #219 | Sacred Heart University | 2 |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 8 |
| LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 5 |
| LAC #50 | The University of the South | 2 |
| #285 | Winston-Salem State University | 1 |
| American University of Paris | 2 | |
| Art Center College of Design | 1 | |
| Assumption College | 1 | |
| Babson College | 9 | |
| Bentley University | 2 | |
| Berklee College of Music | 2 | |
| Bryant University | 1 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 | |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 2 | |
| Endicott College | 1 | |
| Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts | 3 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| Louisiana State University at Eunice | 1 | |
| Lynn University | 1 | |
| McGill University | 1 | |
| Pace University: Westchester | 1 | |
| Providence College | 3 | |
| Queen's University | 2 | |
| Rollins College | 3 | |
| Saint Anselm College | 1 | |
| Saint Michael's College | 2 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 3 | |
| Siena College | 1 | |
| University of Edinburgh | 1 | |
| University of Exeter | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 7 | |
| University of Tampa | 1 | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 2 | |
| West Virginia State University | 1 | |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 223 | 58 | 218 | 208 | 75 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 + | 7 | |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 + | 10 | |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 + | 18 |
| #9 | Brown University | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 2 | 3 + | 6 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 + | 12 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 + | 9 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 + | 26 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 + | 14 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 + | 22 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 + | 21 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 8 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 + | 30 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 + | 25 | |
| #40 | Tufts University | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 + | 30 |
| #43 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 + | 21 |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 + | 21 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 9 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 + | 34 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 + | 16 |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| #67 | University of Miami | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 + | 18 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 + | 32 |
| #67 | Villanova University | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #73 | Tulane University | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 + | 27 |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 10 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 + | 47 |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 + | 25 | |
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #124 | Florida International University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Chapman University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #133 | Elon University | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 + | 21 | |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 + | 13 | |
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 + | 17 |
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #195 | University of Louisville | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #249 | Pace University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Winston-Salem State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 89 | 25 | 101 | 116 | 42 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 + | 9 | |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 + | 17 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 + | 14 | |
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 + | 11 | |
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | Colgate University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 + | 19 |
| #24 | Bates College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 + | 8 | |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 + | 22 |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 + | 33 |
| #33 | Colorado College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 + | 11 |
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 + | 30 |
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| #39 | Denison University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 + | 24 |
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #51 | Centre College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 + | 16 |
| #67 | Reed College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 + | 28 |
| #72 | Bard College | 3 + | 3 | ||||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #82 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Whittier College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| #152 | Wittenberg University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #154 | University of Mary Washington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #156 | College of the Atlantic | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Queen's University | 2 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2022 | 2018-2021 | 2017-2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #5 | University of Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #20 | University of Exeter | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||
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