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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| #3 | Harvard College | 1 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| #10 | Duke University | 2 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 1 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
| #15 | Rice University | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 2 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 2 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 3 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 2 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Carleton College | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 2 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 4 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 2 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #55 | Florida State University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 2 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 3 |
| #77 | Clemson University | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 3 |
| #89 | University of Delaware | 7 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 2 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 1 |
| #121 | Temple University | 1 |
| #151 | James Madison University | 1 |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| #194 | Rowan University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
| #219 | Hampton University | 1 |
| #250 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 3 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
| College of William and Mary | 2 | |
| Delaware State University | 1 | |
| Lynn University | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's University | 1 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| United States Coast Guard Academy | 1 | |
| University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 64 | 48 | 58 | 45 | 37 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #7 | Duke University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | New York University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #40 | Tufts University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #73 | Tulane University | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| #76 | University of Delaware | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 34 |
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | Rowan University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #195 | University of Louisville | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Immaculata University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #361 | Clark Atlanta University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Davidson College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #21 | Haverford College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | Wofford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #2 | University of Cambridge | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Swimming
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The Insider
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Young Republicans
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Lit Page
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Young Democrats Club
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Model UN
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Math League
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Science Olympiad
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Waterberg Club
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Animal Awareness Club
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Asian Pop Culture Club
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Tower Hill Chapter of the Anthony Penna Club
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Equities and Assets Club
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MENA Culture Exchange
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Bollywood Club
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Mock Trial
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Black Student Association
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Fantasy Football Club
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Hispanic Food and Culture Club
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Murder Mystery Club
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Fishing Club
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Equality United
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PYO (Put You On) Music
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Sports Podcast Club
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