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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #3 | Yale University | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| LAC #9 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #55 | Trinity University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #67 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Fordham University | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #89 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 |
| #89 | Texas Christian University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 1 |
| #105 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #105 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #121 | Chapman University | 1 |
| #121 | Temple University | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Macalester College | 1 |
| #137 | Seattle University | 1 |
| #137 | Seton Hall University | 1 |
| LAC #29 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 |
| LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 |
| #219 | Texas Tech University | 1 |
| #234 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 |
| LAC #48 | Whitman College | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 | |
| California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 1 | |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus | 1 | |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 1 | |
| Marist College | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| Rutgers University | 1 | |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 1 | |
| University of California: Riverside | 1 | |
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | |
| University of Portland | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017-2018 | 2014-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 76 | 40 | 66 | 71 | 58 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 4 | ||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 5 |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Saint Louis University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #142 | University of the Pacific | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #195 | University of Tulsa | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #209 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | Texas Tech University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | |||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 | |
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 1 + | 6 | |
| University of California: Riverside | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 4 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017-2018 | 2014-2017 | Total |
| All schools | 11 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
| #15 | United States Military Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
| #59 | Trinity University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #86 | Beloit College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
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