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 |
|---|---|---|
| #2 | Columbia University | 1 + |
| #2 | Harvard College | 1 + |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + |
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 + |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 1 + |
| #8 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + |
| #9 | Duke University | 1 + |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 1 + |
| #13 | Dartmouth College | 1 + |
| #14 | Brown University | 1 + |
| #17 | Cornell University | 1 + |
| #19 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
| LAC #4 | Pomona College | 1 + |
| #21 | Emory University | 1 + |
| #22 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + |
| #23 | Georgetown University | 1 + |
| #23 | University of Michigan | 1 + |
| #25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 + |
| #27 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
| #28 | New York University | 1 + |
| #28 | Tufts University | 1 + |
| #28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + |
| #28 | Wake Forest University | 1 + |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 + |
| #34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
| #34 | University of Rochester | 1 + |
| #36 | Boston College | 1 + |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + |
| #42 | Boston University | 1 + |
| #42 | Tulane University | 1 + |
| #42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + |
| LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 1 + |
| #48 | University of Georgia | 1 + |
| #49 | Lehigh University | 1 + |
| #49 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
| #49 | Villanova University | 1 + |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 + |
| #59 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
| #63 | George Washington University | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Davidson College | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Grinnell College | 1 + |
| LAC #13 | Hamilton College | 1 + |
| #68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
| #68 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + |
| #83 | Elon University | 1 + |
| LAC #17 | Barnard College | 1 + |
| LAC #17 | Colby College | 1 + |
| LAC #17 | Colgate University | 1 + |
| LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 + |
| #93 | University of Delaware | 1 + |
| #93 | University of Denver | 1 + |
| #104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + |
| LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 1 + |
| #117 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + |
| #117 | University of Vermont | 1 + |
| #122 | Chapman University | 1 + |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 + |
| LAC #26 | Colorado College | 1 + |
| LAC #30 | Kenyon College | 1 + |
| LAC #30 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + |
| LAC #35 | Pitzer College | 1 + |
| LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 + |
| LAC #38 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + |
| LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 1 + |
| LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + |
| LAC #42 | Denison University | 1 + |
| LAC #45 | Union College | 1 + |
| LAC #46 | Trinity College | 1 + |
| LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 1 + |
| LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 1 + |
| Babson College | 1 + | |
| Berklee College of Music | 1 + | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 + | |
| College of Charleston | 1 + | |
| Endicott College | 1 + | |
| Fairfield University | 1 + | |
| Gettysburg College | 1 + | |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | |
| St. Lawrence University | 1 + |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 49 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 48 | ||
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #9 | Northwestern University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| #12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 + | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #28 | University of California: Davis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #35 | New York University | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| #38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #39 | Boston College | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #43 | Boston University | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| #47 | University of Georgia | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| #49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| #53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #57 | Penn State University Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| #67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| #73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| #73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #76 | University of Delaware | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #89 | Fordham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| #93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Drexel University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | Texas Christian University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| #105 | San Diego State University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #124 | Fairfield University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| #124 | James Madison University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #133 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #133 | Chapman University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| #133 | Elon University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| #133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #142 | Clarkson University | 2 | 2 | ||||
| #142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #185 | University of Detroit Mercy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #209 | Chatham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #303 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 30 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 48 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| #2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #4 | Pomona College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| #11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #11 | Barnard College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #16 | Vassar College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| #24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| #25 | Colby College | 1 + | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 + | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| #30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #33 | Colorado College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
| #35 | Occidental College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| #39 | Denison University | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Pitzer College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| #45 | Union College | 1 + | 2 | 3 | |||
| #46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
| #46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| #51 | The University of the South | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| #63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| #70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #72 | Bard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #73 | Lake Forest College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #107 | Susquehanna University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #152 | Emmanuel College-Boston-MA | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2021-2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 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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Environmental Science
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Environmental Science
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French Language and Culture
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Statistics
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United States History
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Comparative Government and Politics
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Computer Science A
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United States Government and Politics
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Field Hockey
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American Football
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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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Skiing
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Soccer
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Squash
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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Volleyball
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1907 Society
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Beatles Club
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Berkshire Aviators
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Business and Entrepreneurship Club
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Chess Club
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Creative Arts Club
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1907 Society
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Beatles Club
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Berkshire Aviators
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Business and Entrepreneurship Club
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Chess Club
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Creative Arts Club
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Dog Walking Club
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Environmental Action Club
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French Club
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Games Club
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GSA (Gender and Sexuality Alliance)
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Gender Equity Club
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Harry Styles Club
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Investment Club
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Japanese Club
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Karaoke Club
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Kindness Club
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Kitchen Club
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The LD (Learning Differences) Alliance Club
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Model UNMath Club
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Neuroscience and Mental Awareness Club
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Operation Smile
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Outing Club
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Ping Pong Club
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Poetry Club
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Robotics Club
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Sailing Club
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Self Love Club
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Slam Poetry Club
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Stock and Crypto Club
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True Crime Club
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WBSL - Berkshire School’s Radio Station
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Young Republicans Club
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BSU (Black Student Union)
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Book Club
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Green & Gray Newspaper
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Green & Gray Society
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Islamic Affinity
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Jewish Affinity
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LASA (Latin American Student Association)
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Philosophy Club
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TEDx Club
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Chamber Choir
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Chorus
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Improvisation
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Jazz
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Music Theory
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Vocal
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Chamber Choir
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Chorus
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Improvisation
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Jazz
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Music Theory
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Vocal
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2D Design
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3D Design
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Ceramics
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Digital Art
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Digital Music
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Photography
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Sculpture
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Studio Art
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