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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#17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
#20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
#22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
#22 | Emory University | 1 + |
#25 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
#32 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + |
#34 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
#38 | University of California: Davis | 1 + |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + |
#38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
#41 | Boston University | 1 + |
#44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#44 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 + |
#55 | Pepperdine University | 1 + |
#55 | Santa Clara University | 1 + |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
#55 | University of Washington | 1 + |
#62 | George Washington University | 1 + |
#62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + |
#72 | American University | 1 + |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 + |
#77 | Baylor University | 1 + |
#77 | Michigan State University | 1 + |
#105 | University of San Francisco | 1 + |
#121 | Chapman University | 1 + |
#124 | Westmont College | 1 + |
#137 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 + |
#137 | Seton Hall University | 1 + |
#151 | Gordon College | 1 + |
#151 | San Diego State University | 1 + |
#151 | University of the Pacific | 1 + |
#166 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 + |
#194 | Biola University | 1 + |
#202 | University of Wyoming | 1 + |
#219 | Seattle Pacific University | 1 + |
#234 | San Francisco State University | 1 + |
Art Center College of Design | 1 + | |
California Baptist University | 1 + | |
California College of the Arts | 1 + | |
California Maritime Academy | 1 + | |
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 + | |
California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 1 + | |
California State University: Chico | 1 + | |
California State University: East Bay | 1 + | |
Chabot College | 1 + | |
City University of New York: Baruch College | 1 + | |
Diablo Valley College | 1 + | |
Elmhurst College | 1 + | |
Grand Canyon University | 1 + | |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 1 + | |
King's College London | 1 + | |
Las Positas College | 1 + | |
Lewis University | 1 + | |
Liberty University | 1 + | |
Life Pacific College | 1 + | |
Marist College | 1 + | |
Northwest Christian University | 1 + | |
Northwest University | 1 + | |
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | |
Ohlone College | 1 + | |
Penn State University Park | 1 + | |
Point Loma Nazarene University | 1 + | |
Saint Mary's College of California | 1 + | |
San Jose State University | 1 + | |
Sonoma State University | 1 + | |
Taylor University | 1 + | |
United States Military Academy | 1 + | |
University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + | |
University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | |
University of Nottingham | 1 + | |
Vanguard University of Southern California | 1 + | |
William Jessup University | 1 + | |
York College | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2019 | 2015-2017 | 2012-2015 | Total |
All schools | 44 | 37 | 70 | 37 | 15 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Brown University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#35 | New York University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#39 | Boston College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#48 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#51 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | North Carolina State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#64 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#89 | Fordham University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#91 | University of California: Riverside | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#93 | Auburn University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Gonzaga University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#104 | University of California: Merced | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | California State University: Long Beach | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | |
#105 | San Diego State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#142 | Oregon State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | University of the Pacific | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#151 | Seton Hall University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#178 | San Francisco State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#178 | Washington State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#185 | California State University: Fresno | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#195 | University of Nevada: Reno | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#216 | University of Wyoming | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#236 | Azusa Pacific University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#236 | University of New Mexico | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#236 | Biola University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#269 | Seattle Pacific University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#269 | Utah State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#269 | George Fox University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#280 | California State University: East Bay | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#361 | Clark Atlanta University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | ||
Trinity International University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 | ||
Liberty University | 1 + | 1 | |||||
Grand Canyon University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 4 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2019 | 2015-2017 | 2012-2015 | Total |
All schools | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
#4 | Pomona College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#56 | Wheaton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Whittier College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#107 | Westmont College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#107 | Linfield College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#163 | Gordon College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 | 1 + | 3 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2019 | 2015-2017 | 2012-2015 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#6 | King's College London | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#17 | University of Nottingham | 1 + | 1 | 2 |
Biology
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English Literature and Composition
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Biology
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English Literature and Composition
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Environmental Science
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Calculus AB
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Computer Science Principles
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United States Government and Politics
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Flag Football
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Soccer
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Softball
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Track and Field
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Flag Football
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Soccer
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Softball
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Academic Quiz Bowl
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Art Appreciation
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Chess
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Cooking
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Creative Writing
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Cryptocurrency
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Academic Quiz Bowl
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Art Appreciation
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Chess
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Cooking
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Creative Writing
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Cryptocurrency
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Dungeons & Dragons
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Int’l Space Station
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Youth Financial Literacy
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Digital Art
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Graphic Design
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Studio Art
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Design
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