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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#6 | University of Chicago | 1 + |
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
#14 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + |
#27 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
#28 | New York University | 1 + |
#28 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
#36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + |
#42 | Boston University | 1 + |
#42 | Brandeis University | 1 + |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + |
#49 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
#49 | Purdue University | 1 + |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
#104 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + |
#122 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#136 | Samford University | 1 + |
#148 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + |
Barry University | 1 + | |
Belmont University | 1 + | |
Bethel University | 1 + | |
Durham University | 1 + | |
Florida Atlantic University | 1 + | |
Florida Southern College | 1 + | |
Freed-Hardeman University | 1 + | |
Full Sail University | 1 + | |
Hampden-Sydney College | 1 + | |
High Point University | 1 + | |
Lipscomb University | 1 + | |
McMaster University | 1 + | |
Middle Tennessee State University | 1 + | |
Motlow State Community College | 1 + | |
Murray State University | 1 + | |
Oklahoma State University | 1 + | |
Parkland College | 1 + | |
Pellissippi State Community College | 1 + | |
Rollins College | 1 + | |
Tennessee Technological University | 1 + | |
Trevecca Nazarene University | 1 + | |
University of Alabama | 1 + | |
University of Alabama in Huntsville | 1 + | |
University of Tennessee: Chattanooga | 1 + | |
University of Tennessee: Martin | 1 + | |
Western Kentucky University | 1 + | |
Young Harris College | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
All schools | 28 | 35 | 19 | 34 | 46 | ||
#5 | Yale University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 6 | |
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#49 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#53 | Florida State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | North Carolina State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#73 | Tulane University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#80 | Brigham Young University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 + | 2 + | 1 + | 5 | 9 | |
#124 | Florida International University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Elon University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#136 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#136 | University of Texas at Dallas | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 2 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
#185 | Samford University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#185 | University of Detroit Mercy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#185 | Oklahoma State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#201 | Xavier University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#236 | Lipscomb University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#236 | Belmont University | 1 + | 2 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 7 |
#236 | Bethel University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#249 | Pace University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Union University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | Middle Tennessee State University | 1 + | 11 + | 1 + | 1 | 14 | |
#361 | Western Kentucky University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#376 | Wingate University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#382 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
Texas Southern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||||
University of Alabama | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
Barry University | 1 + | 1 | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#21 | Colgate University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Bates College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#30 | Berea College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#46 | Furman University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#51 | Centre College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#51 | The University of the South | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#63 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#73 | Lake Forest College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#135 | Birmingham-Southern College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#139 | Presbyterian College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#163 | Oglethorpe University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
Young Harris College | 1 + | 1 | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
All schools | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
#4 | McMaster University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#21 | Concordia University | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#28 | Durham University | 1 + | 1 |
Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Statistics
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Biology
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Environmental Science
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United States History
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Statistics
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Biology
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Environmental Science
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United States History
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World History
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Physics 1
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Physics 1
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United States Government and Politics
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Computer Science A
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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American Football
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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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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Tennis
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Volleyball
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Cross Country
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Track and Field
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Astronomy Club
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Arts & Crafts Club
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Board Games
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Campus Store Club
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Strings Club
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Cheerleading Club
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Astronomy Club
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Arts & Crafts Club
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Board Games
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Campus Store Club
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Strings Club
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Cheerleading Club
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Clay Targets
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Cooking Club
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Computer Programming
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Editor’s Club
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Dance Marathon
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Diversity Club
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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Drug Awareness Club
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Feet 2 Feet Peer Mentoring
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E Sports Club
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French Club
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Feet to Feet Peer Mentoring
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Green Feet
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History on Film
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Guitar/Songwriting Club
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Improvisation – Theatre Sportz
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Jigsaw Puzzles
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International Film Club
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Knitting Club
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Literary Magazine / Creative Writing
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Lacrosse
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Maker’s Club: C.H.A.O.S
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Library Book Club
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Photography Club
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Math Competition Club
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Pickleball
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Pop Dance Club
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Pop Dance Culture
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Spanish Club
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Social Justice
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Spanish Film Club
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Son Will Society
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Student Council
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Sunshine Club
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Table Tennis
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Video Editing
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Teenage Republicans/Democrats
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Volleyball
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The Oracle
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World Wide Web
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Yearbook
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Yoga/Mindfulness
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Choir
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Video Production
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Advanced Art
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AP 2-D Art & Design
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Art I
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Art II
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Choir
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Video Production
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Advanced Art
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AP 2-D Art & Design
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Art I
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Art II
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Ceramics Hand-Building
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Ceramics Wheel-Throwing
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Advanced Ceramics
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Guitar I
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Advanced Guitar
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Music Theory
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Orchestra
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Piano I
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Piano Intermediate
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Advanced Piano
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Strings I
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Strings Intermediate
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Tech Crew
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Theatre I
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Yearbook
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