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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| #1 | Princeton University | 1 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 1 |
| #13 | Brown University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
| LAC #3 | Pomona College | 1 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 1 |
| #20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
| #22 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 1 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| LAC #5 | Wellesley College | 1 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 |
| LAC #6 | Carleton College | 1 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 1 |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 1 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 1 |
| #48 | Hillsdale College | 1 |
| #51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 |
| #51 | Spelman College | 1 |
| #55 | Florida State University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Washington | 1 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
| #62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| #62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
| #72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Grinnell College | 1 |
| #76 | Allegheny College | 1 |
| #76 | College of Wooster | 1 |
| #77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 |
| #89 | Howard University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Barnard College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
| #105 | Drexel University | 1 |
| #105 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 |
| #105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
| #111 | Goucher College | 1 |
| #120 | Hampshire College | 1 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 1 |
| Arizona State University | 1 | |
| #121 | University of Vermont | 1 |
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 |
| LAC #27 | Colorado College | 1 |
| #137 | DePaul University | 1 |
| #137 | University of Central Florida | 1 |
| #137 | University of Kentucky | 1 |
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 |
| #151 | Fisk University | 1 |
| #166 | Xavier University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Denison University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
| LAC #45 | DePauw University | 1 |
| #234 | Georgia State University | 1 |
| #234 | West Virginia University | 1 |
| #250 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 1 |
| #263 | Point Park University | 1 |
| #317 | Morgan State University | 1 |
| Babson College | 1 | |
| Barry University | 1 | |
| Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
| College of Charleston | 1 | |
| College of William and Mary | 1 | |
| Daemen College | 1 | |
| Emerson College | 1 | |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
| Full Sail University | 1 | |
| Ithaca College | 1 | |
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | 1 | |
| Oberlin College | 1 | |
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 1 | |
| Penn State University Park | 1 | |
| Robert Morris University: Chicago | 1 | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
| Towson University | 1 | |
| Union College | 1 | |
| University of British Columbia | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 1 | |
| University of St. Andrews | 1 | |
| University of Toronto | 1 | |
| University of West Florida | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 67 | 67 | 70 | 166 | 53 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 6 | |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | 1 +admitted | 9 |
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #17 | Rice University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 14 | 1 +admitted | 18 |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 6 | |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 7 | |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 9 | 1 +admitted | 13 |
| #39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #47 | Texas A&M University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 7 |
| #51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 6 | ||
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #60 | Michigan State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 8 |
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 10 | 1 +admitted | 14 |
| #67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 21 | 1 +admitted | 25 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 7 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 7 | |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Temple University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 6 | |
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 6 | |
| #124 | University of Central Florida | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #142 | University of Cincinnati | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #151 | Duquesne University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | Xavier University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #216 | West Virginia University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #227 | Georgia State University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #280 | Hampton University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #280 | Oklahoma City University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #332 | Morgan State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #352 | Point Park University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #361 | Clark Atlanta University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| Barry University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |||
| Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
| University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | |||
| Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | 1 +admitted | 8 | |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 26 | 27 | 30 | 34 | 25 | ||
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 3 | 1 +admitted | 5 | ||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #4 | Wellesley College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #27 | Macalester College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 |
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Spelman College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Hillsdale College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
| #39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
| #45 | Union College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 1 +admitted | 6 |
| #46 | DePauw University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #72 | Bard College | 1 + | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
| #75 | Allegheny College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 6 | |
| #93 | Whittier College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 5 | ||
| #100 | Morehouse College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
| #124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #130 | Eckerd College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
| #139 | Hampshire College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #146 | Fisk University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #182 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | 1 +admitted | 10 | |
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
| #2 | University of British Columbia | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2020-2023 | 2019-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2016-2019 | 2016-2018 | Total |
| All schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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Computer Science A
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English Language and Composition
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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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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French Language and Culture
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Macroeconomics
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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United States History
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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European History
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Art History
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Fencing
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Field Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Fencing
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Field Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Rowing
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Soccer
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Squash
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Tennis
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Western
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Asian Student Union (ASU)
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Black Student Union (BSU)
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Desi Student Union (DSU)
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Feminist Student Union
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Gender and Sexuality Student Union (GSSU)
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Jewish Student Union
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Asian Student Union (ASU)
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Latinx Student Union
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Acapella & Music Club
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Art Club
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Beartalk
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Black Buddies
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Book Lovers United (BLU)
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Botany/Mycology Club
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Chess Club
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Children of Steel
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Climate Changers
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Comedy Club
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Cooking Club
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Debate Club
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
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Fiber Arts Club
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Film Club
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The Forum
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Friendship Circle x Winchester
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Furiend Helper
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Gaelic Culture Club
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Game Club
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International Film Club
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Investment Club
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Language and Linguistics club
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Med Club
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Media on Morewood
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Mental Health and Wellness Club
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Mock Trial
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Model UN
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Mu Alpha Theta
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Peer Tutoring
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Ping Pong Club
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Plaid - Art & Literary Magazine
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Political Student Association
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Programming Club
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Quiz Bowl
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Science Olympiad
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Sigma Academic Journal
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Service Club
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Ski Club
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Sports Analytics Club
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Soccer Club
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STEMinists
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Student Ambassadors
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Team Seas Club
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Video Game Club
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Voices
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WT Math Team
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WT Students Demand Action For Gun Sense
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Yearbook
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Chorus
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Dance
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Guitar
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Technology
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Dance
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Jazz
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