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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 4 |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 |
| #15 | Rice University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 4 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 3 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 3 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 2 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 4 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 2 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 3 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 2 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 2 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 2 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 3 |
| LAC #13 | Vassar College | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 2 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 2 |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 2 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 3 |
| LAC #18 | University of Richmond | 1 |
| #105 | Drexel University | 2 |
| #115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 |
| #121 | Temple University | 2 |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| #137 | George Mason University | 1 |
| #149 | University of Mary Washington | 1 |
| #151 | University of Cincinnati | 1 |
| #166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
| #182 | Belmont University | 1 |
| SUNY University at Albany | 1 | |
| #202 | University of Detroit Mercy | 1 |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 |
| #299 | Marymount University | 1 |
| Babson College | 2 | |
| Coastal Carolina University | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 2 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | 1 | |
| Oberlin College | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
| Parsons The New School for Design | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 4 | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 | |
| Robert Morris University: Chicago | 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's University | 1 | |
| Stevenson University | 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 9 | |
| University of Tampa | 1 | |
| University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 100 | 81 | 105 | 469 | 284 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 43 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| #35 | New York University | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | ||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #51 | Purdue University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | ||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 40 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| #67 | George Washington University | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | University of Miami | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 38 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 3 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 36 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #80 | Brigham Young University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #86 | Clemson University | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
| #89 | Fordham University | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #89 | Temple University | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Auburn University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #124 | James Madison University | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #133 | University of Houston | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| #133 | University of Dayton | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #163 | St. John's University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #185 | University of Detroit Mercy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #195 | East Carolina University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #227 | Widener University | 4 | 4 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Pace University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | Utah State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | DeSales University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #304 | Radford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Middle Tennessee State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Campbell University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #320 | Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #332 | Morgan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #352 | Eastern Kentucky University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 9 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 92 | |
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | ||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 14 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| American International College | 2 | 2 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 15 | 12 | 15 | 81 | 42 | ||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Barnard College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #25 | Colby College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #39 | Denison University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #51 | St. Olaf College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Wofford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Washington College | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 6 | 6 | ||||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #154 | University of Mary Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #167 | Guilford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Virginia Union University | 1 | 1 | |||||
| United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | McGill University | 2 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2016-2020 | 2014-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #14 | University of Sheffield | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #83 | University of Westminster | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Computer Science Principles
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French Language and Culture
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Computer Science A
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United States Government and Politics
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English Literature and Composition
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Music Theory
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Chinese Language and Culture
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Comparative Government and Politics
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Psychology
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United States History
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English Language and Composition
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Climbing
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Climbing
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Ice Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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Animal Rescue / Bullis Humane Society
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Astronomy Club
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Booster Club
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Bulldog Productions
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Bullis A
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Capella
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Animal Rescue / Bullis Humane Society
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Astronomy Club
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Booster Club
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Bulldog Productions
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Bullis A
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Capella
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Bullis Bakers
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Bullis Black Student Union (BSU)
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Business Gives Back
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Chess Club
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Community Service Leaders
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DECA Club
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Diversity Awareness at Bullis (DAB)
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Educate Girls Globally (EGG)
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Environmental Club
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Exploring Asia
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Girl Up
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Improv Club
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InLight Magazine
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International Cuisine
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It’s Academic
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Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN)
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Logos
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Mock Trial Club
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Math Club
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Model UN
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Poetry
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PRISM
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Random Acts of Kindness Club
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Sexual Assault Awareness
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Skiing and Snowboarding
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Speech and Debate
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Sports Data Analytics
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Sports Debate Club
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Stock Market Analysis Club
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Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
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UNICEF
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Women in STEM (WiSTEM)
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Young Leaders
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Music Theory
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