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 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #28 | New York University | 3 |
| #28 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #42 | Boston University | 7 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 2 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2 |
| LAC #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 6 |
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 2 |
| #63 | University of Connecticut | 1 |
| #63 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #75 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 |
| #83 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #17 | Smith College | 1 |
| SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | |
| #93 | University of Denver | 3 |
| #99 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #103 | Clark University | 1 |
| #103 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
| #103 | Temple University | 1 |
| #103 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 |
| LAC #22 | Vassar College | 2 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 11 |
| #122 | University of Kansas | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Macalester College | 1 |
| #136 | University of New Hampshire | 2 |
| LAC #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 |
| SUNY University at Albany | 1 | |
| LAC #42 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 2 |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 4 |
| LAC #50 | The University of the South | 1 |
| Alderson-Broaddus University | 1 | |
| Anna Maria College | 2 | |
| Assumption College | 1 | |
| Bentley University | 2 | |
| Butler University | 1 | |
| Champlain College | 1 | |
| Colby-Sawyer College | 1 | |
| Colorado Mesa University | 1 | |
| Cornell College | 1 | |
| Curry College | 1 | |
| Elmhurst College | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 4 | |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | |
| Franklin Pierce University | 1 | |
| George Mason University | 1 | |
| Gettysburg College | 2 | |
| Goucher College | 1 | |
| Hartwick College | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 4 | |
| Jacksonville University | 1 | |
| Knox College | 1 | |
| Lawrence University | 1 | |
| Lebanon Valley College | 1 | |
| Lesley University | 1 | |
| Liberty University | 1 | |
| long island university-liu post | 2 | |
| Lycoming College | 1 | |
| Lynn University | 1 | |
| Manhattanville College | 1 | |
| Marist College | 1 | |
| Merrimack College | 1 | |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
| Mississippi State University | 1 | |
| Missouri State University | 1 | |
| Missouri Western State University | 1 | |
| Morehouse College | 1 | |
| Nazareth College | 2 | |
| Norwich University | 3 | |
| Ocean County College | 1 | |
| Paul Smith's College | 1 | |
| Pensacola State College | 1 | |
| Plymouth State University | 1 | |
| Pratt Institute | 1 | |
| Providence College | 2 | |
| Quinnipiac University | 2 | |
| Roger Williams University | 1 | |
| Royal Military College - Canada | 1 | |
| Sacred Heart University | 1 | |
| Saint Michael's College | 5 | |
| Salem State University | 1 | |
| Salisbury University | 1 | |
| Salve Regina University | 1 | |
| Sierra Nevada College | 1 | |
| St. Catherine University | 1 | |
| St. Lawrence University | 2 | |
| Stevenson University | 1 | |
| SUNY College at Fredonia | 1 | |
| University of Alabama | 1 | |
| University of Bridgeport | 1 | |
| University of Central Florida | 1 | |
| University of Hartford | 1 | |
| University of Maine | 1 | |
| University of Mary Washington | 1 | |
| University of New England | 3 | |
| University of New Haven | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 | |
| University of West Florida | 1 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 1 | |
| Westminster College-Salt Lake City-UT | 1 | |
| Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2020-2021 | 2020 | 2018-2019 | 2016 | Total |
| All schools | 88 | 51 | 24 | 17 | 16 | ||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 7 | |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #43 | Boston University | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 + | 16 | |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 5 | |
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 5 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 + | 11 | |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #115 | University of New Hampshire | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #124 | University of Central Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 16 | |
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | |
| #151 | University of Kansas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #170 | Quinnipiac University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #216 | Mississippi State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #216 | Springfield College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #216 | St. Catherine University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | University of Maine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #260 | University of New England | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| #304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #332 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #342 | Lesley University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #342 | Missouri State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #389 | University of Bridgeport | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liberty University | 1 | 1 | |||||
| University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2020-2021 | 2020 | 2018-2019 | 2016 | Total |
| All schools | 39 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #11 | United States Military Academy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #16 | Vassar College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Trinity College | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 8 | |
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #45 | Union College | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #75 | Knox College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #107 | Lycoming College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Saint Michael's College | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| #116 | Cornell College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #121 | Hartwick College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #154 | University of Mary Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2020-2021 | 2020 | 2018-2019 | 2016 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Concordia University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #39 | Royal Military College - Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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Spanish Language and Culture
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United States History
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English Literature and Composition
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Macroeconomics
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French Language and Culture
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Computer Science A
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United States Government and Politics
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Studio Art: Drawing
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Climbing
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Dance
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Climbing
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Dance
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Equestrain
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Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Mountain Biking
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Nordic Skiing
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Skiing
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Snowboarding
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Wilderness Skills
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Bread Club
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Robotics Club
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National Honor Society
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Pie Club
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Writing Center Tutors
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International Resource Center
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Bread Club
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Robotics Club
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National Honor Society
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Pie Club
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Writing Center Tutors
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International Resource Center
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Math Tutors
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Cheese Club
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Sustainability Club
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Yearbook
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Board Game Club
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Admissions Tour Guides
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Art Club
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Language Tutors
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PawPrint (literary magazine)
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Jazz
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Music
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Recording
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Digital Photography
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