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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#16 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
#19 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
#24 | University of Southern California | 1 |
#26 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 |
#26 | University of Virginia | 1 |
#30 | New York University | 3 |
#30 | Tufts University | 2 |
#35 | Boston College | 11 |
#35 | University of California: San Diego | 2 |
#41 | Tulane University | 1 |
#42 | Boston University | 1 |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 |
#49 | Northeastern University | 2 |
#49 | University of Miami | 2 |
#53 | Purdue University | 3 |
#53 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 4 |
#53 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
#53 | Villanova University | 6 |
#57 | Penn State University Park | 6 |
#58 | Florida State University | 1 |
#58 | Syracuse University | 1 |
#58 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 |
#63 | University of Connecticut | 13 |
LAC #13 | Grinnell College | 1 |
#66 | Fordham University | 11 |
#66 | George Washington University | 1 |
#66 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 |
#72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 |
#74 | Clemson University | 4 |
#76 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 |
#80 | University of Denver | 2 |
#88 | Marquette University | 1 |
#97 | University of Delaware | 1 |
LAC #20 | Colgate University | 2 |
#103 | Miami University: Oxford | 4 |
#103 | Temple University | 1 |
#112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
#115 | Fairfield University | 9 |
#118 | University of Vermont | 2 |
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 |
#166 | Quinnipiac University | 2 |
LAC #34 | Bucknell University | 2 |
LAC #36 | College of the Holy Cross | 4 |
#182 | University of Rhode Island | 1 |
#219 | Sacred Heart University | 2 |
LAC #45 | Union College | 2 |
#234 | Western New England University | 1 |
LAC #52 | Furman University | 2 |
LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 2 |
Babson College | 1 | |
Bentley University | 3 | |
Bryant University | 1 | |
College of Charleston | 1 | |
Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | |
High Point University | 1 | |
Iona College | 1 | |
Johnson & Wales University: Providence | 1 | |
Loyola University Maryland | 6 | |
Providence College | 8 | |
Roger Williams University | 2 | |
Saint Joseph's University | 2 | |
Saint Peter's University | 1 | |
The College of New Jersey | 1 | |
University of Bridgeport | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2020 | 2015-2018 | 2014-2017 | 2015 | 2014 | Total |
All schools | 119 | 148 | 70 | 40 | 42 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#5 | Yale University | 1 admitted | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#7 | Duke University | 2 admitted | 1 + | 3 | |||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 admitted | 2 | 3 | |||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 2 admitted | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 |
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 admitted | 3 | 4 | |||
#22 | Georgetown University | 2 admitted | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 8 | |
#24 | Emory University | 2 admitted | 1 + | 3 | |||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 2 | ||||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 4 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 1 + | 5 | |
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 2 | 2 | ||||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#35 | New York University | 3 | 1 admitted | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 10 |
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 | 4 admitted | 6 | |||
#39 | Boston College | 11 | 10 admitted | 5 | 1 + | 1 + | 28 |
#40 | University of Washington | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#40 | Tufts University | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
#43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 2 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#53 | Northeastern University | 2 | 2 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#53 | Purdue University | 3 | 1 admitted | 4 | |||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#53 | College of William and Mary | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#54 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#57 | Penn State University Park | 6 | 2 admitted | 4 | 12 | ||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 13 | 1 admitted | 19 | 1 + | 1 + | 35 |
#58 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 4 | 2 admitted | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 12 |
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 3 admitted | 4 | |||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#67 | Villanova University | 6 | 4 admitted | 10 | |||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 5 admitted | 6 | 1 + | 1 + | 14 |
#67 | University of Miami | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 4 | ||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 2 | 2 | ||||
#73 | Tulane University | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
#76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 admitted | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
#84 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#86 | Clemson University | 4 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 7 | |
#86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 6 |
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#89 | Fordham University | 11 | 4 admitted | 4 | 1 + | 1 + | 21 |
#89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 1 admitted | 3 | |||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 2 admitted | 3 | 5 | |||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | |||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#105 | American University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Oklahoma | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Denver | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 4 | ||
#124 | Fairfield University | 9 | 5 admitted | 14 | |||
#124 | Creighton University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#133 | University of Vermont | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 4 | 6 admitted | 10 | |||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 4 admitted | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 9 |
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | University of Rhode Island | 1 | 1 admitted | 2 | |||
#163 | St. John's University | 5 admitted | 5 | ||||
#163 | Seattle University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 2 | 1 admitted | 3 | |||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#209 | Sacred Heart University | 2 | 5 admitted | 7 | |||
#236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#249 | University of Maine | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Pace University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#304 | Ferris State University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#389 | University of Bridgeport | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2020 | 2015-2018 | 2014-2017 | 2015 | 2014 | Total |
All schools | 16 | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#21 | United States Military Academy | 1 admitted | 3 | 4 | |||
#21 | Colgate University | 2 | 1 admitted | 2 | 1 + | 1 + | 7 |
#24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#25 | Colby College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#25 | University of Richmond | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 4 | 10 admitted | 3 | 1 + | 1 + | 19 |
#30 | Bucknell University | 2 | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#38 | Union College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#39 | Hillsdale College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#39 | Denison University | 2 admitted | 2 | ||||
#45 | Union College | 2 | 1 admitted | 3 | |||
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#46 | Furman University | 2 | 1 admitted | 3 | |||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#56 | Rhodes College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 2 | 2 admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 6 | |
#67 | Reed College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#67 | Thomas Aquinas College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 | 2 admitted | 3 | |||
#86 | Stonehill College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Drew University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Whittier College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#100 | Morehouse College | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#107 | Susquehanna University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
#130 | Roanoke College | 1 admitted | 1 |
Biology
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Calculus AB
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Latin
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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English Literature and Composition
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French Language and Culture
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Latin
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Spanish Language and Culture
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United States Government and Politics
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United States History
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Calculus BC
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Chemistry
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English Language and Composition
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European History
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Statistics
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Physics 1
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Physics 2
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Computer Science A
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Comparative Government and Politics
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Art History
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Music Theory
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Psychology
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World History
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Alpine Skiing
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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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American Football
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Alpine Skiing
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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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American Football
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Golf
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Ice Hockey
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Lacrosse
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Rugby
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Sailing
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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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Wrestling
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3D Printing Club
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African American Cultural Club (SEED)
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Architecture and Engineering Club
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ASPIRA (Hispanic/Latinx Cultural Club) (SEED)
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Aviation Club
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Intramural Program
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3D Printing Club
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African American Cultural Club (SEED)
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Architecture and Engineering Club
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ASPIRA (Hispanic/Latinx Cultural Club) (SEED)
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Aviation Club
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Intramural Program
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Irish Cultural Club
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Italian Cultural Club
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Jazzuits (Jazz Ensemble)
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J.E.D.I.
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Blues Band
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Bowling Club
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Math Team
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Mental Health Awareness Club
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Model U.N.
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Mountain Biking Club
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No Preparation: A Fairfield Prep
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Podcast
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Cardinal Key Society
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Chess Club
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Chinese Cultural Club (SEED)
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Club Woofgang
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Creative Writing Club
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Philosophy Club/Ethics Bowl Team
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Physics Club
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Political Awareness Society
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Prep Players
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Debate Club REIGNS (SEED)
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Robotics Team (JesuBots)
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Rock Climbing Club
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Environmental Club
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Esports
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Ski and Snowboard Club
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Share Hope Kids
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Sikorsky STEM Challenge
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Star Wars Club
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Stock Market Club
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Student Government
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Super Smash Bros. Club
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Fairfield Connections
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Fashion Club
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Film and Media Club
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Fishing Club
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Full Court Peace
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Transfer Student Society
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Trigstar
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Gaelic Football Club Weight Lifting Club
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White Ribbon Club
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Habitat for Humanity
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Hearthstone Yearbook
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Band
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Choir
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Guitar
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Music
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Music Theory
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Theater
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Band
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Choir
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Guitar
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Music
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Music Theory
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Theater
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Wind Symphony
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Art History
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Digital Photography
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Studio Art
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Art
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