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 | 3 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 |
| #3 | Yale University | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| #10 | Duke University | 7 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 4 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 3 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 4 |
| #13 | Brown University | 3 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 3 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 11 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 10 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 4 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 3 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 3 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 6 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 7 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 31 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 6 |
| #41 | Boston University | 3 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 11 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 2 |
| #49 | University of Georgia | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 2 |
| #51 | Villanova University | 15 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 2 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 4 |
| LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 2 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 3 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #67 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 3 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 4 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 2 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 6 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 2 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 4 |
| #85 | Lake Forest College | 1 |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 2 |
| #105 | University of Denver | 1 |
| #115 | Fairfield University | 3 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 9 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 4 |
| #127 | Clarkson University | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 3 |
| LAC #29 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 |
| #151 | James Madison University | 1 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 27 |
| LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 1 |
| #176 | Catholic University of America | 2 |
| #182 | University of Louisville | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 3 |
| LAC #37 | Occidental College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 4 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 6 |
| LAC #45 | Furman University | 1 |
| #234 | University of Hartford | 1 |
| #234 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 2 |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 1 |
| American International College | 1 | |
| Assumption College | 1 | |
| Babson College | 5 | |
| Bentley University | 2 | |
| Coastal Carolina University | 1 | |
| Columbia College Chicago | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Gordon State College-Barnesville-GA | 1 | |
| MCPHS University | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
| Providence College | 15 | |
| Saint Anselm College | 1 | |
| Siena College | 1 | |
| St. John's University | 1 | |
| Union College | 2 | |
| United States Military Academy | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 201 | 200 | 206 | 35 | 199 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 admitted | 12 | |
| #3 | Harvard College | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 13 admitted | 43 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 admitted | 9 | |
| #7 | Duke University | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 admitted | 30 | |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 admitted | 8 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 admitted | 17 | |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 admitted | 13 | |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 admitted | 19 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 11 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 14 admitted | 62 |
| #21 | University of Michigan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 admitted | 10 | |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 admitted | 31 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 admitted | 7 | |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 admitted | 8 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 admitted | 8 | |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 admitted | 21 |
| #39 | Boston College | 31 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 40 admitted | 155 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 admitted | 17 |
| #43 | Boston University | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 admitted | 17 |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 admitted | 34 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 admitted | 15 | |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 11 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 admitted | 41 |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 admitted | 9 |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 admitted | 12 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 admitted | 12 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 admitted | 10 | |
| #67 | Villanova University | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 admitted | 47 | |
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 admitted | 6 | |
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 admitted | 10 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 admitted | 11 | |
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 admitted | 13 |
| #86 | Clemson University | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 admitted | 9 |
| #89 | Fordham University | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 admitted | 11 | |
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 admitted | 5 | |
| #124 | Fairfield University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 2 | 1 | 2 admitted | 5 | ||
| #195 | University of Louisville | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
| #304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | ||
| American International College | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 85 | 84 | 76 | 17 | 94 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 admitted | 9 | |
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 admitted | 9 |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 admitted | 26 |
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | |
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 admitted | 6 | |
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 5 |
| #24 | Bates College | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 admitted | 13 |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 admitted | 14 |
| #25 | Colby College | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 admitted | 24 |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 27 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 29 admitted | 107 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 admitted | 13 |
| #33 | Colorado College | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 4 | |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 admitted | 13 |
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
| #39 | Trinity College | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 admitted | 24 |
| #45 | Union College | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 admitted | 8 | |
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 6 | |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 admitted | 7 |
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 admitted | 8 | |
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 3 | 2 admitted | 6 | ||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| #121 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | |||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 admitted | 8 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2020 | 2015-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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