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 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 10 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #3 | Yale University | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 6 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 10 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 5 |
| #13 | Brown University | 9 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 3 |
| #15 | Rice University | 8 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 4 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 37 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 7 |
| #67 | Texas A&M University | 14 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 20 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
| LAC #51 | The University of the South | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 151 | 86 | 91 | 80 | 82 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #3 | Harvard College | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #9 | Brown University | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #17 | Rice University | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 37 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 89 |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 46 |
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Gonzaga University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #147 | University of Texas at Dallas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Samford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Texas Tech University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #36 | Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #2 | University of Cambridge | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Armed Forces Club
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BioMed Club
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Anatomy Club
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Armed Forces Club
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BioMed Club
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Blues Club
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Bowling Club
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Business Consortium
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Chess Club
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Chess for Humanity
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Civil Rights Club
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Classic Club
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Cryptocurrency Club
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Cultivation Nation
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Cycling Club
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Data Science Club
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Disaster Rescue Club
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Elevated Cooking Club
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Financial Technologies Club
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Fine Arts Board
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GENgap Club
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Green Mark's Club
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Hackathon Club
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Historical Analysis Club
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History Club
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Humanity 4 Humanity
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Inter'l Culture & Heritage Organization
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IPPF
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Junior World Affairs Council
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Lego Club
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Lion's Share
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Marque
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Martial Arts Club
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Math Team
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Mobile App Development Club
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Model United Nations
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Musicare Club
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Music for the Mind
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Musical Analysis Club
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Pathfinder Club
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Philosophy Club
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Ping Pong Club
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Political Forum
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Programming Club
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Rocketry Club
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Science Bowl
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Scientific Marksmen
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SM Acappella
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Smovie Talks
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St. Mark's Psychology Club
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St. Mark's Science Bowl Team
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Spanish Club
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Student Alumni Association
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Tabletop Games Club Teach Technology Across Generations
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Transportation as a Service (TAAS)
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Veterans Affairs Council Young Investors Association
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