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 |
#18 | Columbia University | 1 |
#25 | New York University | 1 |
#44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 |
#51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
#62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
#63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 |
#67 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
#68 | Kalamazoo College | 1 |
#70 | Wofford College | 1 |
#72 | Fordham University | 1 |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
#72 | Knox College | 1 |
#76 | Allegheny College | 1 |
#76 | College of Wooster | 1 |
#77 | Michigan State University | 1 |
#81 | Beloit College | 1 |
#81 | Earlham College | 1 |
#83 | Gonzaga University | 1 |
#83 | Marquette University | 1 |
#83 | University of Iowa | 1 |
#85 | University of Puget Sound | 1 |
#89 | Elon University | 1 |
#89 | Juniata College | 1 |
#89 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 |
SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | |
#89 | Ursinus College | 1 |
LAC #18 | Haverford College | 1 |
#94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 |
Auburn University | 1 | |
#97 | Clark University | 1 |
#97 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 |
#100 | Cornell College | 1 |
#102 | Transylvania University | 1 |
#105 | Drexel University | 1 |
#105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 |
#105 | University of Arizona | 1 |
#105 | University of Oregon | 1 |
#105 | University of San Francisco | 1 |
#105 | University of Utah | 1 |
#107 | Whittier College | 1 |
#111 | Birmingham-Southern College | 1 |
#111 | Goucher College | 1 |
#111 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 |
#120 | Hampshire College | 1 |
#120 | Roanoke College | 1 |
Arizona State University | 1 | |
#121 | Temple University | 1 |
#127 | Clarkson University | 1 |
#127 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 |
#127 | University of Dayton | 1 |
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 |
LAC #27 | Colorado College | 1 |
#137 | DePaul University | 1 |
#137 | Seattle University | 1 |
#147 | Wittenberg University | 1 |
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 |
LAC #31 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 |
LAC #31 | Kenyon College | 1 |
#166 | Xavier University | 1 |
#176 | Catholic University of America | 1 |
#176 | University of Arkansas | 3 |
#212 | Washington State University | 1 |
#219 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 |
#219 | Widener University | 1 |
LAC #45 | DePauw University | 1 |
#234 | Pace University | 1 |
#234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
#250 | Wayne State University | 1 |
#263 | George Fox University | 1 |
#285 | University of Toledo | 1 |
#299 | Marymount University | 1 |
Albright College | 1 | |
Alderson-Broaddus University | 1 | |
Appalachian State University | 1 | |
Art Institute of Pittsburgh | 1 | |
Bethany College | 1 | |
Bluffton University | 1 | |
Bowling Green State University: Firelands College | 1 | |
Brevard College | 1 | |
Canisius College | 1 | |
Chaminade University of Honolulu | 1 | |
Cleveland Institute of Art | 1 | |
Cleveland State University | 1 | |
College for Creative Studies | 1 | |
College of Charleston | 1 | |
College of Idaho | 1 | |
Colorado State University: Pueblo | 1 | |
Columbus College of Art and Design | 1 | |
D'Youville College | 1 | |
Davis and Elkins College | 1 | |
Eastern Mennonite University | 1 | |
Evergreen State College | 1 | |
Fayetteville Technical Community College | 1 | |
Florida SouthWestern State College | 1 | |
Frostburg State University | 1 | |
Geneva College | 1 | |
Goshen College | 1 | |
Green Mountain College | 1 | |
Guilford College | 1 | |
Heidelberg University | 1 | |
Hiram College | 1 | |
Indiana State University | 1 | |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
Ithaca College | 1 | |
Johnson & Wales University: Providence | 1 | |
Kent State University: Ashtabula | 1 | |
Linfield College | 1 | |
LIU Brooklyn | 1 | |
Loyola University Maryland | 1 | |
Lynn University | 1 | |
Manchester Community College | 1 | |
Maryland Institute College of Art | 1 | |
Maryville College | 1 | |
McDaniel College | 1 | |
Mercyhurst University | 1 | |
Miami University: Middletown | 1 | |
Mills College | 1 | |
Mount Ida College | 1 | |
Muskingum University | 1 | |
New Mexico Highlands University | 1 | |
New York Institute of Technology | 1 | |
Northland College | 1 | |
Ohio Northern University | 1 | |
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 | |
Otterbein University | 1 | |
parsons school of design | 1 | |
Penn State Altoona | 1 | |
Penn State University Park | 1 | |
Penn State York | 1 | |
Pratt Institute | 1 | |
Radford University | 1 | |
Remington College: Little Rock | 1 | |
Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
Robert Morris University: Chicago | 1 | |
Saint Leo University | 1 | |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
School of Visual Arts | 1 | |
Seton Hill University | 1 | |
St. Cloud Technical and Community College | 1 | |
St. Edward's University | 1 | |
St. John's College | 1 | |
SUNY College at Brockport | 1 | |
SUNY College at Fredonia | 1 | |
The King's College | 1 | |
Unity College | 1 | |
University of Akron | 1 | |
University of Central Missouri | 1 | |
University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
University of Maine at Machias | 1 | |
University of North Carolina at Asheville | 1 | |
University of Northern Colorado | 1 | |
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford | 1 | |
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | 1 | |
University of Portland | 1 | |
University of Rio Grande | 1 | |
Warner Pacific University | 1 | |
Warren Wilson College | 1 | |
Western Washington University | 1 | |
Westminster College | 1 | |
Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | |
Wheeling Jesuit University | 1 | |
William Woods University | 1 | |
Wilmington College | 1 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2017-2019 | 2016-2017 | 2013-2015 | Total |
All schools | 56 | 55 | 10 | 8 | ||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 | 1 | |||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
#12 | Cornell University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 | |||
#35 | New York University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#51 | Purdue University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#86 | Marquette University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
#89 | Fordham University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
#89 | Temple University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | Auburn University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | Gonzaga University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
#98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#133 | Elon University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#142 | Clark University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 + | 4 |
#142 | Clarkson University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#163 | Seattle University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#178 | University of Arkansas | 3 admitted | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
#178 | Washington State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#178 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#201 | Wayne State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#201 | Xavier University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#227 | Kent State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#227 | Widener University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#249 | Pace University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#269 | George Fox University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#304 | Radford University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#320 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#320 | Marymount University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#320 | Cleveland State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#352 | University of Northern Colorado | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#369 | long island university-liu post | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||
#382 | Indiana State University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#390 | Saint Leo University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
William Woods University | 1 admitted | 1 | ||||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
Penn State University Park | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2017-2019 | 2016-2017 | 2013-2015 | Total |
All schools | 36 | 32 | 2 | 0 | ||
#21 | Haverford College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
#33 | Colorado College | 1 admitted | 1 | |||
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | |
#46 | DePauw University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#59 | Wofford College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#63 | Agnes Scott College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#70 | Kalamazoo College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#75 | St. John's College | 1 admitted | 1 | |||
#75 | Allegheny College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#75 | Knox College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#82 | Juniata College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#82 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#86 | Beloit College | 1 admitted | 1 | |||
#86 | Ursinus College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | Whittier College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#100 | Earlham College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#107 | Linfield College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#116 | Cornell College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#121 | Transylvania University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#130 | Roanoke College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#135 | Birmingham-Southern College | 1 admitted | 1 | |||
#139 | University of North Carolina at Asheville | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#139 | Hampshire College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#146 | Albright College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#152 | Wittenberg University | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#167 | The King's College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#167 | Guilford College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
#172 | Maryville College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||
Warren Wilson College | 1 admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 |
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All-School Sing
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Electives in theater, photography, 2-D art, 3-D art
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Farm Team
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Gymnastics -- for the whole school
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Soccer, Field Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Running, Strength/Conditioning, Yoga
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Student Self-Government
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Electives in theater, photography, 2-D art, 3-D art
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Farm Team
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Gymnastics -- for the whole school
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Soccer, Field Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Running, Strength/Conditioning, Yoga
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Music
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