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 | Columbia University | 2 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| #9 | Duke University | 1 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #14 | Brown University | 3 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 4 |
| #23 | Georgetown University | 4 |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 2 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 2 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 9 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 4 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
| #28 | Wake Forest University | 2 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 3 |
| #36 | Boston College | 4 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 2 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #40 | College of William and Mary | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 9 |
| #42 | Brandeis University | 3 |
| #42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #42 | Tulane University | 3 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 |
| LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 1 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 13 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #49 | Villanova University | 2 |
| #55 | Florida State University | 1 |
| #55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #57 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 3 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 1 |
| #62 | Rutgers University | 1 |
| #63 | George Washington University | 2 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 2 |
| #63 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 |
| #68 | Fordham University | 8 |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| #68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 |
| #75 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #75 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #79 | American University | 1 |
| #79 | North Carolina State University | 1 |
| #83 | Colorado School of Mines | 2 |
| #83 | Elon University | 4 |
| #83 | Howard University | 1 |
| #83 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #83 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #83 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 2 |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 3 |
| #93 | University of Denver | 2 |
| #99 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #103 | Clark University | 1 |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #103 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
| #103 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 |
| LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 3 |
| LAC #22 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| #122 | Chapman University | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| LAC #26 | Colorado College | 2 |
| #148 | San Diego State University | 2 |
| LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 2 |
| LAC #35 | College of the Holy Cross | 3 |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 3 |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 2 |
| LAC #42 | Occidental College | 1 |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 3 |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 1 |
| LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 4 |
| LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 149 | 91 | 79 | 80 | 75 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Brown University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Columbia University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 13 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Fordham University | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #105 | San Diego State University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| #124 | Fairfield University | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| #133 | Elon University | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #159 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #260 | University of New England | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 37 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 23 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #33 | Colorado College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #45 | Union College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| #46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #82 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #165 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #16 | Queen's University | 3 | 3 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #11 | University of Southampton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
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A cappella groups (male and female)
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Student Tech Help Desk
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Juntos!
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Community Service Board
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You and Me (mentoring middle schoolers)
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Peer Tutor Leaders
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A cappella groups (male and female)
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Student Tech Help Desk
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Juntos!
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Community Service Board
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Poetry Club
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Operation Smile Club
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Seawolf Cycling
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Special Olympics Club
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TASC (Tabor Academy Student Council)
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GAINS (Girls Advance in Science)
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GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance)
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Global Partners
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International Dinner
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International Week
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Trading Places
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International Co-Heads
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Tea Club
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Baking Club
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I Am That Girl
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Latin Club
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Seawolf Squash Group
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Animation Studies Club
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Breakfast Club
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Sign Language Club
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Backgammon Club
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Environmental Club
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Digital Music Club
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Jazz Band
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The Wave (fashion magazine)
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Wind Symphony
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