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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#2 | Columbia University | 1 + |
#5 | Yale University | 1 + |
LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 + |
#6 | University of Chicago | 1 + |
#8 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 + |
#13 | Dartmouth College | 1 + |
LAC #3 | Swarthmore College | 1 + |
#17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
LAC #4 | Pomona College | 1 + |
#21 | Emory University | 1 + |
#23 | Georgetown University | 1 + |
#23 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
#25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
#25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 + |
#28 | New York University | 1 + |
#28 | Tufts University | 1 + |
#28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
#36 | Boston College | 1 + |
#42 | Boston University | 1 + |
#42 | Brandeis University | 1 + |
#42 | Tulane University | 1 + |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
LAC #9 | Carleton College | 1 + |
LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 1 + |
#49 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
#55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
#63 | George Washington University | 1 + |
LAC #13 | Grinnell College | 1 + |
#68 | Fordham University | 1 + |
#68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + |
#72 | Reed College | 1 + |
#72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + |
#79 | American University | 1 + |
LAC #16 | Haverford College | 1 + |
#81 | Earlham College | 1 + |
#84 | Bennington College | 1 + |
#85 | Lake Forest College | 1 + |
LAC #17 | Barnard College | 1 + |
LAC #17 | Smith College | 1 + |
LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 + |
#94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 + |
#103 | Clark University | 1 + |
LAC #22 | Vassar College | 1 + |
#117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#117 | University of Vermont | 1 + |
#120 | Hampshire College | 1 + |
LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 + |
LAC #26 | Colorado College | 1 + |
#136 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + |
LAC #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + |
LAC #30 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + |
LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 1 + |
LAC #36 | Oberlin College | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Whitman College | 1 + |
LAC #42 | Occidental College | 1 + |
LAC #46 | Trinity College | 1 + |
LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 1 + |
LAC #60 | Bard College | 1 + |
American University of Paris | 1 + | |
Berklee College of Music | 1 + | |
College of the Atlantic | 1 + | |
Emerson College | 1 + | |
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts | 1 + | |
Marlboro College | 1 + | |
McGill University | 1 + | |
Parsons The New School for Design | 1 + | |
Pratt Institute | 1 + | |
Rhode Island School of Design | 1 + | |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 + | |
St. John's College | 1 + | |
University of Aberdeen | 1 + | |
University of Edinburgh | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2019-2021 | 2014-2016 | 2013-2015 | Total |
All schools | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 21 | ||
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#9 | Brown University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#105 | American University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2019-2021 | 2014-2016 | 2013-2015 | Total |
All schools | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 21 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#4 | Pomona College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#9 | Carleton College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#21 | Colgate University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#25 | Colby College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#33 | Colorado College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#35 | Scripps College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#36 | Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#39 | Pitzer College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 5 |
#67 | Reed College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#72 | Bard College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#73 | Lake Forest College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#75 | St. John's College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#100 | Earlham College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#112 | Bennington College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#139 | Hampshire College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#156 | College of the Atlantic | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2019-2021 | 2014-2016 | 2013-2015 | Total |
All schools | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
#3 | McGill University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2019-2021 | 2014-2016 | 2013-2015 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#5 | University of Edinburgh | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#26 | University of Aberdeen | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
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Rowing
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Running
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Skiing
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Soccer
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Basketball
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Rowing
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Running
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Skiing
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Soccer
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Aerobic Training
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Alpine Skiing
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Climbing
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Fitness
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Hiking
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Mountain Biking
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Riding
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Snowshoeing
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Wilderness Skills
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Yoga
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Badminton
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Ballet
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Dance
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Fencing
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Tai Chi
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Volleyball
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Farm
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Woods Crew
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Maintenance
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Carpentry
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Recycling
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Landscaping
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Farm
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Woods Crew
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Maintenance
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Carpentry
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Recycling
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Landscaping
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Community Service
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Chamber Music
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Literary Magazine
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Yearbook
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Cider Making
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Conservation Crew
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Foraging
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Garden & Greenhouse
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Kitchen & Cooking
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Sheep Farm and Dye Garden
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Theater Tech
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Animation
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Art: Recycle/Reuse & Construct
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Blacksmithing
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Book Arts
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Ceramics
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Comic and Graphic Novels
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Contemporary Embroidery
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Contra & Social Dance
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Creative Writing
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Dance Ensemble
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Digital Film Making
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Digital Illustration and Design
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Drawing for Painting
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Figure Drawing
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Furniture Building
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Handcrafts
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Hip Hop Dance
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Jazz I (Ensemble)
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Jazz II (Combo)
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Jewelry
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Knitting
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Latin Cooking
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Latin Dance
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Meditation
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Metal Sculpture
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Music Lesson and Practice
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Music Recording & Production
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Painting
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Photography: B&W
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Photography: Digital
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Printmaking
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Pysanky
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Sewing and Quilting
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Skateboard/Snowboard Making
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Songwriting
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Stained Glass
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Theater
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Traditional Music Ensemble
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Vocal Ensemble
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Watercolors
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Weaving
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Wood Sculpture
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Woodworking
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Acting
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Dance
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Music
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Music Theory
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Production
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Sound
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Acting
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Dance
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Music
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Music Theory
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Production
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Sound
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Drawing
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Filmmaking
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Painting
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Photography
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Printmaking
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Sculpture
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Studio Art
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Woodworking
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Art
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Jazz
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Songwriting
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Vocal
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Animation
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Book Arts
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Color
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Digital Imaging
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Film
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Glass
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Illustration
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Weaving
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Design
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Writing
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Yearbook
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