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 | 5 |
| #3 | Harvard College | 38 |
| #3 | Yale University | 8 |
| LAC #1 | Williams College | 2 |
| #6 | University of Chicago | 4 |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania | 3 |
| #10 | Duke University | 1 |
| #10 | Northwestern University | 3 |
| LAC #2 | Amherst College | 2 |
| #12 | Dartmouth College | 7 |
| #13 | Brown University | 18 |
| #13 | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| #15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
| #17 | Cornell University | 3 |
| #18 | Columbia University | 2 |
| #18 | University of Notre Dame | 3 |
| #20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 |
| #22 | Emory University | 1 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 18 |
| #25 | New York University | 1 |
| #25 | University of Southern California | 2 |
| #25 | University of Virginia | 1 |
| #29 | Wake Forest University | 3 |
| LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 5 |
| #32 | Tufts University | 14 |
| #36 | Boston College | 7 |
| #36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| #41 | Boston University | 4 |
| #44 | Brandeis University | 2 |
| #44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
| #44 | Northeastern University | 1 |
| #44 | Tulane University | 3 |
| #51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 |
| #55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
| #55 | University of Miami | 1 |
| LAC #11 | Middlebury College | 3 |
| #62 | George Washington University | 1 |
| #62 | Syracuse University | 2 |
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 7 |
| #67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 |
| #68 | St. Lawrence University | 1 |
| #72 | American University | 1 |
| #72 | Southern Methodist University | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Davidson College | 1 |
| LAC #15 | Hamilton College | 1 |
| #77 | Baylor University | 1 |
| #83 | Marquette University | 1 |
| #89 | Elon University | 1 |
| #89 | Howard University | 2 |
| #89 | Stonehill College | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Colgate University | 1 |
| LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 4 |
| #97 | University of San Diego | 2 |
| #105 | University of Arizona | 1 |
| LAC #24 | Colby College | 7 |
| LAC #25 | Bates College | 3 |
| #137 | Seattle University | 1 |
| LAC #33 | College of the Holy Cross | 9 |
| #182 | Belmont University | 1 |
| LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Skidmore College | 1 |
| LAC #39 | Trinity College | 5 |
| #202 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | 1 |
| #234 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 |
| LAC #55 | Connecticut College | 2 |
| Assumption College | 1 | |
| Babson College | 3 | |
| California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo | 1 | |
| College of William and Mary | 1 | |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 1 | |
| Oberlin College | 1 | |
| Providence College | 1 | |
| Roger Williams University | 2 | |
| Salve Regina University | 1 | |
| Union College | 4 | |
| Wheaton College | 1 |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 191 | 181 | 173 | 36 | 38 | ||
| #1 | Princeton University | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 | |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #3 | Harvard College | 38 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 124 |
| #3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #5 | Yale University | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| #9 | Northwestern University | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| #9 | Brown University | 18 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 55 |
| #9 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #12 | University of Chicago | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| #12 | Columbia University | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| #12 | Cornell University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #18 | Dartmouth College | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | |
| #20 | University of Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| #22 | Georgetown University | 18 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| #24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| #24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #28 | University of Southern California | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| #35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #35 | New York University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #39 | Boston College | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| #40 | Tufts University | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 48 |
| #43 | Boston University | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| #47 | Wake Forest University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| #47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Northeastern University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #60 | Brandeis University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| #60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #67 | George Washington University | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| #67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| #67 | Syracuse University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| #73 | Tulane University | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| #82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| #86 | Marquette University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
| #89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #98 | University of San Diego | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #105 | American University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #115 | Howard University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #201 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #236 | Belmont University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Matriculation | |||||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 55 | 55 | 52 | 9 | 12 | ||
| #1 | Williams College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| #2 | Amherst College | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| #9 | Bowdoin College | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| #11 | Wesleyan University | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| #11 | Middlebury College | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| #16 | Davidson College | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| #16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #21 | Colgate University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #24 | Bates College | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| #25 | Colby College | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| #25 | University of Richmond | 3 | 3 | ||||
| #27 | College of the Holy Cross | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| #30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| #39 | Trinity College | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| #45 | Union College | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| #46 | Connecticut College | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| #56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| #59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| #86 | Stonehill College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| #89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oberlin College | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| Ranking | University/College | 2019-2023 | 2018-2022 | 2017-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
| All schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| #12 | Dalhousie University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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