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 |
#9 | Northwestern University | 3 |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
#23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
#25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
#27 | University of Southern California | 4 |
#28 | New York University | 2 |
#36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
LAC #9 | Carleton College | 1 |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
#49 | Purdue University | 1 |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 |
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
#59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
#63 | Lawrence University | 4 |
#68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 |
#68 | Kalamazoo College | 1 |
#72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 |
#76 | College of Wooster | 1 |
#79 | American University | 3 |
#83 | Elon University | 3 |
#84 | Bennington College | 2 |
#99 | University of Utah | 1 |
#103 | Clark University | 1 |
#103 | Drexel University | 1 |
#103 | Loyola University Chicago | 2 |
#103 | Temple University | 1 |
#103 | University of Arizona | 2 |
#104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 |
LAC #22 | Vassar College | 1 |
#111 | Drew University | 1 |
#111 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 |
#122 | Chapman University | 1 |
#127 | DePaul University | 4 |
#127 | University of Oklahoma | 1 |
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 |
#136 | University of the Pacific | 1 |
LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 1 |
LAC #30 | Scripps College | 1 |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
#151 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 |
#166 | Hofstra University | 2 |
LAC #36 | Oberlin College | 3 |
#219 | Illinois State University | 1 |
#234 | Oklahoma City University | 1 |
#234 | University of Hartford | 1 |
#285 | University of North Texas | 1 |
#299 | University of St. Francis | 3 |
LAC #60 | Bard College | 2 |
Boston Conservatory at Berklee | 1 | |
Butler University | 1 | |
California Institute of the Arts | 4 | |
Carthage College | 1 | |
Columbia College Chicago | 3 | |
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 1 | |
Cornish College of the Arts | 1 | |
Dominican University of California | 1 | |
Emerson College | 6 | |
Franklin University Switzerland | 1 | |
Illinois Wesleyan University | 1 | |
Ithaca College | 2 | |
Juilliard School | 8 | |
Kansas City Art Institute | 4 | |
Manhattan School of Music | 5 | |
Maryland Institute College of Art | 9 | |
New England Conservatory of Music | 2 | |
Pratt Institute | 4 | |
Rider University | 1 | |
Ringling College of Art and Design | 1 | |
Roosevelt University | 1 | |
San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 2 | |
Santa Monica College | 1 | |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 6 | |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts | 1 | |
School of Visual Arts | 1 | |
Southeast Missouri State University | 1 | |
The New School College of Performing Arts | 5 | |
University of Colorado Denver | 1 | |
University of Tampa | 1 | |
University of the Arts | 1 | |
Webster University | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2024 | 2021-2023 | 2020-2022 | 2010-2020 | 2010-2017 | Total |
All schools | 63 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 20 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#9 | Northwestern University | 3 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 7 |
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#24 | Emory University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 4 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 8 |
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#35 | New York University | 2 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 6 |
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#40 | University of Washington | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#43 | Boston University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#53 | Florida State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#73 | Tulane University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 4 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 8 |
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#86 | Marquette University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#89 | University of South Florida | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#105 | George Mason University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#105 | American University | 3 | 3 | ||||
#105 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#115 | Howard University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#115 | University of Arizona | 2 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
#124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#133 | Elon University | 3 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 6 | |
#142 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 2 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
#142 | University of the Pacific | 1 | 1 | ||||
#151 | DePaul University | 4 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 7 | |
#151 | University of Kansas | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#163 | St. John's University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#178 | Drake University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#185 | Hofstra University | 2 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
#185 | Bradley University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#201 | Valparaiso University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 5 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 8 | |
#209 | Illinois State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#216 | Springfield College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#216 | Ball State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#235 | Grand Valley State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#236 | Biola University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#249 | Sam Houston State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#249 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#249 | Pace University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#260 | University of North Texas | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#269 | Northern Illinois University-DeKalb-IL | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#269 | University of Missouri: Kansas City | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#280 | Oklahoma City University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#280 | University of St. Francis | 3 | 3 | ||||
#280 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#304 | Western Michigan University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#304 | Shenandoah University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#332 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#345 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#352 | University of Northern Colorado | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#352 | Point Park University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#361 | University of Montana | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#390 | Roosevelt University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2024 | 2021-2023 | 2020-2022 | 2010-2020 | 2010-2017 | Total |
All schools | 21 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 7 | ||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#4 | Pomona College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#11 | Barnard College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#16 | Smith College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#33 | Colorado College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#35 | Scripps College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#36 | Oberlin College | 3 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 6 | |
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#39 | Spelman College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#51 | Centre College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#67 | Reed College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#70 | Kalamazoo College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#72 | Bard College | 2 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 6 |
#73 | Lake Forest College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#75 | Lawrence University | 4 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 7 | |
#75 | Knox College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#82 | Juniata College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#82 | Saint Mary's College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#86 | Beloit College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#86 | Ursinus College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#100 | Augustana College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#100 | Earlham College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#112 | Bennington College | 2 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
#116 | Cornell College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#130 | Coe College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#139 | Hampshire College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#146 | Ripon College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#154 | University of Mary Washington | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#167 | Guilford College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma | 1 +admitted | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2024 | 2021-2023 | 2020-2022 | 2010-2020 | 2010-2017 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
#3 | McGill University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#21 | Concordia University | 1 +admitted | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2024 | 2021-2023 | 2020-2022 | 2010-2020 | 2010-2017 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
#48 | University of Essex | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#89 | Roehampton University | 1 +admitted | 1 |
Art History
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science Principles
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English Literature and Composition
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European History
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Art History
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science Principles
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English Literature and Composition
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Film Club
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Chess Club
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Youth and Government
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Yarn and Knitting Club
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Health and Wellness
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Gender Sexuality Alliance
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Film Club
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Chess Club
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Youth and Government
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Yarn and Knitting Club
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Health and Wellness
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Gender Sexuality Alliance
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Black Student Union
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Latinx Union
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Acting
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Choir
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Chorus
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Music
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Acting
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Choir
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Chorus
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Music
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Singing
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Speech
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Art History
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Art Lab
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Color
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Media
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Studio Art
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Art
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Art And Mathematics
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Design
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Modern Art
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Multimedia
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New Media
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Dance
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Film
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Design Lab
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Music Theory
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Video Production
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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