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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#1 | Princeton University | 1 + |
#6 | Stanford University | 1 + |
#6 | University of Chicago | 1 + |
#8 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
#9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#9 | Duke University | 1 + |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
#13 | Dartmouth College | 1 + |
#25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
#25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
#27 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
#28 | Tufts University | 1 + |
#28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
#28 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 + |
#36 | Boston College | 1 + |
#40 | College of William and Mary | 1 + |
LAC #8 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 + |
#42 | Boston University | 1 + |
#42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 1 + |
#49 | Villanova University | 1 + |
#55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
LAC #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 + |
#57 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
#59 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
#63 | George Washington University | 1 + |
LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 1 + |
#68 | Fordham University | 1 + |
#68 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + |
#75 | Clemson University | 1 + |
#79 | American University | 1 + |
#79 | Brigham Young University | 1 + |
#83 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 + |
#83 | Elon University | 1 + |
#83 | Howard University | 1 + |
LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 + |
LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 + |
LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 + |
#103 | Saint Louis University | 1 + |
#103 | Temple University | 1 + |
LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 1 + |
#117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + |
#117 | University of Vermont | 1 + |
#122 | Chapman University | 1 + |
LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
LAC #30 | Scripps College | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + |
LAC #45 | Union College | 1 + |
LAC #46 | Trinity College | 1 + |
LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 255 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 33 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#3 | Stanford University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 8 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 11 | |
#7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#7 | Duke University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#9 | Northwestern University | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | ||
#9 | Brown University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#12 | Cornell University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#12 | University of Chicago | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 9 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 12 | |
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | ||
#21 | University of Michigan | 6 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 9 | |
#22 | Georgetown University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#24 | University of Virginia | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#28 | University of Southern California | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#35 | New York University | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 11 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 15 |
#40 | Tufts University | 6 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 9 | |
#43 | Boston University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 3 | 3 | ||||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 12 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 16 |
#47 | University of Georgia | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | Lehigh University | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | ||
#51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#53 | College of William and Mary | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Northeastern University | 4 | 1 + | 5 | |||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
#60 | Brandeis University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 4 | 1 + | 5 | |||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | University of Miami | 7 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 11 |
#67 | George Washington University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#67 | Villanova University | 11 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 15 |
#67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 10 | 1 + | 1 + | 12 | ||
#73 | Tulane University | 7 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 10 | |
#76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#79 | Brigham Young University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#86 | Clemson University | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 8 | |
#89 | Fordham University | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
#89 | Temple University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 11 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 14 | |
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#98 | Drexel University | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#105 | American University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 4 | 1 + | 5 | |||
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#115 | Howard University | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#124 | Fairfield University | 5 | 1 + | 6 | |||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#133 | University of Vermont | 6 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 10 |
#133 | Elon University | 6 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 10 |
#133 | Chapman University | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#137 | University of Alabama | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#151 | University of Rhode Island | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#216 | Springfield College | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#249 | Pace University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 113 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 8 | |
#9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | Middlebury College | 6 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 9 | |
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#16 | Smith College | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#16 | Hamilton College | 7 | 1 + | 1 + | 9 | ||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#21 | Colgate University | 12 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 16 |
#21 | Haverford College | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
#21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#25 | University of Richmond | 12 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 15 | |
#25 | Colby College | 9 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 12 | |
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
#30 | Lafayette College | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 8 | |
#30 | Bucknell University | 7 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 11 |
#33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#38 | Skidmore College | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 8 | |
#39 | Kenyon College | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
#39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#39 | Trinity College | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 6 |
#45 | Union College | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#59 | St. Lawrence University | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | ||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
United States Military Academy | 2 | 1 + | 3 | ||||
Oberlin College | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#70 | Oxford Brookes University | 2 | 1 + | 3 |
French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Golf
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Skiing
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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Strength and Conditioning
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Tennis
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Volleyball
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ASIAN AFFINITY GROUP
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BLACK STUDENT UNION
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BUILDING FOR NONPROFITS CLUB
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CHESS CLUB/TEAM
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CHINA CARE
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EYE OF THE STORM
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ASIAN AFFINITY GROUP
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BLACK STUDENT UNION
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BUILDING FOR NONPROFITS CLUB
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CHESS CLUB/TEAM
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CHINA CARE
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EYE OF THE STORM
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FEMINISM CLUB
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FINANCE CLUB
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FOCUS
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GSA (GENDER-SEXUALITY ALLIANCE)
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HEALTHCARE CLUB
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HISPANIC/LATINX AFFINITY GROUP (HLAG)
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INVESTMENT CLUB
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JEWISH AFFINITY GROUP
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LITERATURE CLUB
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MATH TEAM
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MIDNIGHT RUN CLUB
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MIND MATTERS CLUB
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MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MODEL UN)
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MUSIC THERAPY CLUB
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OUTSIDESLS
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THE PENDULUM (LITERARY MAGAZINE)
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PHILOSOPHY CLUB
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POKER CLUB
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PROGRAMMING CLUB
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ROCKETRY TEAM
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SCIENCE CLUB
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SERVICE BOARD
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SLS CLIMBING CLUB
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STORM SOUNDS
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STORMSCATS
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SUSTAINABILITY CLUB
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ULTIMATE FRISBEE CLUB
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WOMEN IN STEM EDUCATION (WISE)
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Acting
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Band
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Chorus
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Music Production
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Music Theory
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Theater Design
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Acting
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Band
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Chorus
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Music Production
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Music Theory
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Theater Design
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Art History
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Ceramics
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Drawing
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Painting
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Photography
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Portfolio
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Art
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Digital Design
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