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 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 |
| #38 | University of California: Davis | 1 |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #59 | University of Washington | 1 |
| #68 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #72 | Reed College | 1 |
| #75 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #79 | Brigham Young University | 1 |
| #83 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | |
| #99 | University of Oregon | 1 |
| #99 | University of Utah | 1 |
| #103 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #103 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 |
| #117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 |
| #118 | Iowa State University | 1 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
| #127 | DePaul University | 1 |
| LAC #27 | soka university of america | 1 |
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
| #166 | Kansas State University | 1 |
| #182 | Adelphi University | 1 |
| LAC #42 | Occidental College | 1 |
| #234 | San Francisco State University | 1 |
| #234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
| #250 | Utah State University | 1 |
| #263 | Montana State University | 1 |
| #285 | Portland State University | 1 |
| Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts | 1 | |
| High Point University | 1 | |
| Illinois Eastern Community Colleges: Lincoln Trail College | 1 | |
| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| Lynn University | 1 | |
| midwives college of utah | 1 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
| School of Visual Arts | 1 | |
| Snow College | 1 | |
| Southern Utah University | 1 | |
| University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | |
| Utah Tech University | 1 | |
| Utah Valley University | 1 | |
| Westminster College | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 37 | 43 | 58 | 61 | 66 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| #40 | Rutgers University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #43 | Boston University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| #49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #79 | Brigham Young University | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #83 | University of California: Riverside | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #103 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| #118 | Iowa State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Florida International University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #133 | University of Houston | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #163 | Adelphi University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #170 | Kansas State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | San Francisco State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #185 | California State University: Fresno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #195 | University of Tulsa | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #269 | Utah State University | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #280 | Portland State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #46 | Whitman College | 5 | 5 | ||||
| #56 | soka university of america | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | Reed College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #75 | Willamette University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Austin College | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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United States History
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Psychology
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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National Honor Society
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Model United Nations
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Yearbook
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Robotics
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STUCO
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Rock Climbing
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National Honor Society
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Model United Nations
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Yearbook
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Robotics
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STUCO
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Rock Climbing
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Mountain Biking
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Equestrian
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Rodeo
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Recreation Skiing/Snowboarding
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Horseshoe Mountain Hike
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Gender-Sexuality Alliance
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Winter Performing Arts Showcase
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Winter Formal
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Prom
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Yearly Play
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Yearly Musical
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Founder's Day
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International Food Court
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Jensen-Gill Performing Arts Showcase
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Multi-cultural Day
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Junior River Trip
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Community Garden
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Campus-Wide Recycling
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Sustainability Council
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Student Council
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Class Officers
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Ambassadors
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Dorm Prefects
Honor Council
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Guitar
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Music
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Music Theory
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Piano
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Theater
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Vocal
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Guitar
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Music
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Music Theory
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Piano
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Theater
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Vocal
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Ceramics
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Drawing
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Painting
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Photo
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Photography
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Portfolio
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Printmaking
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2D Art
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