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 | Harvard College | 1 |
#3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
#3 | Yale University | 1 |
LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 |
#6 | Stanford University | 1 |
#6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 |
#10 | Duke University | 1 |
#10 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
#14 | Brown University | 1 |
#15 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
LAC #3 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
#17 | Cornell University | 1 |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
#21 | Emory University | 1 |
#22 | University of Southern California | 1 |
#24 | Georgetown University | 1 |
#25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
LAC #5 | Pomona College | 1 |
#27 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
#28 | University of Virginia | 1 |
#29 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
#29 | Tufts University | 1 |
#29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
#34 | University of Florida | 1 |
LAC #7 | Carleton College | 1 |
LAC #7 | Middlebury College | 1 |
#37 | Boston College | 1 |
#40 | Boston University | 1 |
#40 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
#40 | College of William and Mary | 1 |
#40 | Tulane University | 1 |
#46 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
#48 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
#50 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
#50 | University of Georgia | 1 |
LAC #10 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
#54 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 |
#55 | Rhodes College | 1 |
LAC #11 | Colby College | 1 |
LAC #11 | Smith College | 1 |
#57 | Florida State University | 1 |
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
#57 | Purdue University | 1 |
#57 | University of Miami | 1 |
#63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 |
#63 | St. Olaf College | 1 |
#64 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
#70 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
#70 | Wofford College | 1 |
LAC #14 | Grinnell College | 1 |
LAC #14 | Vassar College | 1 |
#74 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
#76 | Willamette University | 1 |
#79 | Baylor University | 1 |
#84 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 |
#84 | Michigan State University | 1 |
LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 |
LAC #17 | Davidson College | 1 |
LAC #17 | United States Naval Academy | 1 |
LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
#91 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 |
#94 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 |
#102 | Hollins University | 1 |
Auburn University | 1 | |
#104 | Howard University | 1 |
#104 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
#104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 |
#104 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 |
#104 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 |
#107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 |
#111 | Drew University | 1 |
Arizona State University | 1 | |
#124 | Morehouse College | 1 |
#124 | Presbyterian College | 1 |
#130 | University of Kansas | 1 |
#132 | University of Kentucky | 1 |
#132 | University of Oklahoma | 1 |
LAC #27 | Kenyon College | 1 |
#136 | Millsaps College | 1 |
#137 | George Mason University | 1 |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
#137 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 |
#139 | Catholic University of America | 1 |
#139 | University of Cincinnati | 1 |
#147 | Samford University | 1 |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
#151 | University of Mississippi | 1 |
LAC #32 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 |
#166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
#182 | University of Louisville | 1 |
#194 | Mississippi State University | 1 |
LAC #39 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 |
LAC #43 | The University of the South | 1 |
LAC #46 | Trinity College | 1 |
#234 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 1 |
#263 | Montana State University | 1 |
#263 | Western Carolina University | 1 |
LAC #55 | Centre College | 1 |
#317 | Mississippi College | 1 |
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University | 1 | |
Appalachian State University | 1 | |
Berry College | 1 | |
bob jones university | 1 | |
College of Charleston | 1 | |
Converse College | 1 | |
Jacksonville State University | 1 | |
Judson College | 1 | |
Kettering University | 1 | |
Liberty University | 1 | |
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 | |
Millikin University | 1 | |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 1 | |
Providence College | 1 | |
Rollins College | 1 | |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
The Citadel | 1 | |
The King's College | 1 | |
Troy University | 1 | |
Tuskegee University | 1 | |
University of Alabama in Huntsville | 1 | |
University of Montevallo | 1 | |
University of South Alabama | 1 | |
Wingate University | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2017-2019 | 2017 | 2009-2015 | Total |
All schools | 74 | 38 | 39 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#3 | Stanford University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#3 | Harvard College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#5 | Yale University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#7 | Duke University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#9 | Brown University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#12 | Cornell University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 | ||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#24 | Emory University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#40 | Tufts University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#43 | Boston University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | ||
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#48 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#53 | College of William and Mary | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#53 | Florida State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#54 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#57 | Purdue University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#67 | University of Miami | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#73 | Tulane University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#86 | Clemson University | 1 + | 1 | ||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#93 | Auburn University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#105 | George Mason University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#115 | Howard University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#151 | University of Kansas | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#185 | Samford University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#185 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#195 | University of Louisville | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#216 | Mississippi State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#227 | Western Carolina University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#249 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#369 | Mississippi College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#376 | Wingate University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#382 | University of South Alabama | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
Liberty University | 1 admitted | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2017-2019 | 2017 | 2009-2015 | Total |
All schools | 34 | 18 | 15 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#2 | Amherst College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#4 | Pomona College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#9 | Carleton College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#16 | Vassar College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#16 | Smith College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#16 | Davidson College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#21 | Colgate University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#22 | United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||
#25 | Colby College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#33 | Colorado College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#39 | Trinity College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 |
#51 | The University of the South | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |
#51 | St. Olaf College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#51 | Centre College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#56 | Rhodes College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#59 | Wofford College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#75 | Willamette University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#93 | Drew University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#100 | Morehouse College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#107 | Randolph-Macon College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#124 | Millsaps College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#124 | Hollins University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#139 | Presbyterian College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
#167 | The King's College | 1 admitted | 1 |
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Calculus AB
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English Language and Composition
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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English Language and Composition
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Computer Science A
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Soccer
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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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Academic teams
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Band
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Chorus
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Drama
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Fellowship of Christian Students
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FOCUS Club
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Academic teams
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Band
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Chorus
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Drama
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Fellowship of Christian Students
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FOCUS Club
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Forensics
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Honor Council
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National Honor Society
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Student Government Association
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Band
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Choir
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Theater
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Studio Art
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Design
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