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 | 1 + |
#14 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + |
#25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
#28 | New York University | 1 + |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 + |
#49 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
#55 | Florida State University | 1 + |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
#55 | Wabash College | 1 + |
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + |
#59 | University of Washington | 1 + |
#68 | Fordham University | 1 + |
#68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
#68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + |
#75 | Baylor University | 1 + |
#75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + |
#83 | Texas Christian University | 1 + |
Auburn University | 1 + | |
#103 | University of South Florida | 1 + |
#117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + |
#136 | Samford University | 1 + |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
#137 | University of Central Florida | 1 + |
#151 | University of Mississippi | 1 + |
#219 | Keiser University | 1 + |
#219 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 + |
#263 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 + |
#263 | University of North Florida | 1 + |
California Lutheran University | 1 + | |
Cleveland Institute of Music | 1 + | |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Daytona Beach Campus | 1 + | |
Flagler College | 1 + | |
Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 + | |
Grove City College | 1 + | |
long island university-liu post | 1 + | |
Louisiana State University at Eunice | 1 + | |
North Greenville University | 1 + | |
Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 + | |
Palm Beach State College | 1 + | |
Rollins College | 1 + | |
Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 + | |
South Florida State College | 1 + | |
Southern Wesleyan University | 1 + | |
University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 1 + | |
university of saint katherine | 1 + | |
University of Tampa | 1 + | |
Wheaton College | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 32 | 37 | 45 | 37 | 37 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#28 | University of Florida | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Florida State University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#86 | Clemson University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | University of South Florida | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#93 | Auburn University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#115 | Howard University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#124 | Florida International University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Central Florida | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#124 | James Madison University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Houston | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#151 | Simmons University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#170 | Mercer University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#178 | Drake University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#185 | Samford University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#209 | Chatham University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#216 | Mississippi State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#227 | Georgia State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#236 | University of North Florida | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#236 | Belmont University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#249 | Keiser University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#280 | Texas State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#303 | Aurora University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#332 | Morgan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#345 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#361 | Carson-Newman University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#369 | long island university-liu post | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#382 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
University of Texas at Dallas | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||||
Barry University | 1 + | 1 | |||||
Grand Canyon University | 1 + | 1 | |||||
Liberty University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |||
Southeastern University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#56 | Wheaton College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#59 | Wabash College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Southwestern University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#135 | Covenant College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#167 | The King's College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#174 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#182 | ave maria university | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Queen's University | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#6 | King's College London | 1 + | 1 |
Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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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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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Environmental Science
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Macroeconomics
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Psychology
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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World History
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Microeconomics
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Computer Science Principles
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Human Geography
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Music Theory
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Beach Volleyball
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Bowling
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Beach Volleyball
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Bowling
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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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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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Digital Media Arts Club
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Diversity Student Union
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Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
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Journalism Club
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Key Club
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Mock Trial Club
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Digital Media Arts Club
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Diversity Student Union
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Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
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Journalism Club
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Key Club
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Mock Trial Club
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Varsity Mock Trial Team
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JV Mock Trial Team
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MS Mock Trial Club
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Moot Court Team
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MS Law Club
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STEM Club
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Robotics Team
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Group 3:16
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Art Club
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CS Collegiate Society
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Chess Club
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Junior Classical League
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FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)
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Hype Sports Marketing Club
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Reasonable Faith Chapter
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Women in STEM
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Portfolio
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Acting
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Band
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music Production
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Portfolio
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Acting
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Band
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music Production
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Music Theory
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Orchestra
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Production
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Public Speaking
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Theater
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Vocal
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3D Studio Art
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Film
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Game Design
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Media
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Painting
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Studio Art
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Audition
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Design
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Documentary
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Opera
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2D Studio Art
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Architecture
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