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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| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| #29 | University of Florida | 1 + |
| #29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #44 | Tulane University | 1 + |
| #49 | University of Georgia | 1 + |
| #55 | Pepperdine University | 1 + |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + |
| #70 | Wofford College | 1 + |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 + |
| #77 | Clemson University | 1 + |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 + |
| Auburn University | 1 + | |
| #111 | Birmingham-Southern College | 1 + |
| #115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + |
| #127 | Samford University | 1 + |
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
| #137 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 + |
| #151 | San Diego State University | 1 + |
| #151 | University of Mississippi | 1 + |
| #166 | Mercer University | 1 + |
| #182 | Belmont University | 1 + |
| LAC #45 | Furman University | 1 + |
| LAC #55 | Centre College | 1 + |
| Asbury University | 1 + | |
| College of Charleston | 1 + | |
| Georgia College and State University | 1 + | |
| Georgia Southern University | 1 + | |
| Kennesaw State University | 1 + | |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 + | |
| North Greenville University | 1 + | |
| Piedmont College | 1 + | |
| Queens University of Charlotte | 1 + | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | 1 + | |
| Spartanburg Methodist College | 1 + | |
| Tri-County Technical College | 1 + | |
| Truett McConnell University | 1 + | |
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | |
| University of North Georgia | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 31 | 93 | 67 | ||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #28 | University of Florida | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 | ||
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 | ||
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 | ||
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | ||
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | ||
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | ||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #89 | University of South Florida | 1 | 1 | ||
| #93 | University of Iowa | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #105 | San Diego State University | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #105 | George Mason University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #115 | University of Utah | 1 | 1 | ||
| #115 | University of San Francisco | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #124 | University of Missouri: Columbia | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #124 | University of Central Florida | 1 | 1 | ||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | ||
| #124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 | 1 | ||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #142 | Oregon State University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #151 | Seton Hall University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #170 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #170 | Mercer University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 | 1 | ||
| #185 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | 1 + | 1 | ||
| #185 | Samford University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #195 | University of Louisville | 1 | 1 | ||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #216 | Mississippi State University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #216 | University of Wyoming | 1 | 1 | ||
| #227 | Georgia State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #227 | Western Carolina University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #249 | Pace University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #260 | Loyola University New Orleans | 1 | 1 | ||
| #260 | University of Missouri: St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||
| #280 | Oklahoma City University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #304 | Middle Tennessee State University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #352 | Point Park University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #352 | Georgia Southern University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #369 | long island university-liu post | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #376 | Wingate University | 1 | 1 | ||
| #382 | University of West Georgia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Valdosta State University | 1 admitted | 1 | |||
| Kennesaw State University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 | |
| Penn State University Park | 2 | 1 admitted | 3 | ||
| University of New Orleans | 1 admitted | 1 | |||
| Iowa State University | 1 | 1 | |||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 | |||
| University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | ||
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | ||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 5 | 10 | 11 | ||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #46 | Furman University | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #51 | Centre College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #56 | Rhodes College | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #59 | Wofford College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |
| #63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #82 | Saint Mary's College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #116 | Hampden-Sydney College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||
| #130 | Roanoke College | 1 | 1 | ||
| #135 | Birmingham-Southern College | 1 + | 1 | 1 admitted | 3 |
| #163 | Oglethorpe University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |
| Young Harris College | 1 admitted | 1 | |||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| #3 | McGill University | 1 | 1 | ||
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French Language and Culture
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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Calculus AB
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French Language and Culture
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Statistics
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European History
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Latin
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Seminar
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Diving
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American Football
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Cross Country
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Diving
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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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Swimming
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Music
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Music Theory
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Piano
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Public Speaking
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Band
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Chamber Choir
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Music
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Music Theory
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Piano
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Public Speaking
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2D Design
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3D Design
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Digital Photography
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Photography
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Studio Art
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2D Art
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3D Art
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Art
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Digital Design
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Storytelling
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