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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#19 | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
#23 | University of Michigan | 1 |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 |
#36 | Boston College | 1 |
#42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
LAC #9 | Carleton College | 1 |
#49 | Purdue University | 1 |
#59 | Syracuse University | 1 |
#63 | Lawrence University | 3 |
#68 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 2 |
#75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 |
#103 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
#103 | Temple University | 1 |
#107 | Luther College | 1 |
LAC #27 | Macalester College | 2 |
#136 | Drake University | 1 |
#139 | University of St. Thomas | 1 |
#145 | Concordia College: Moorhead | 2 |
LAC #42 | Denison University | 1 |
#250 | University of North Dakota | 1 |
LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
Cedarville University | 1 | |
Concordia University Chicago | 3 | |
Franklin Marshalls College | 1 | |
Hamline University | 1 | |
Pratt Institute | 1 | |
Saint Cloud State University | 1 | |
Saint Johns University | 4 | |
University of Duluth Minnesota | 1 | |
University of Minneasota Twin Cities | 5 | |
University of Minnesota: Duluth | 2 | |
University of Minnesota: Morris | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2015-2017 | Total |
All schools | 15 | 13 | 131 | 23 | 65 | ||
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#7 | Duke University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#9 | Brown University | 1 +admitted | 2 | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#17 | Rice University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#24 | Emory University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#28 | University of Florida | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 2 + | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#39 | Boston College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#43 | Boston University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2 + | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#49 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 2 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 8 | 1 +admitted | 13 |
#57 | University of Maryland: College Park | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#60 | North Carolina State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#73 | Tulane University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#82 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Newark Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#86 | Marquette University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#93 | Gonzaga University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#115 | University of Utah | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | Creighton University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Elon University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | Clark University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#151 | University of Kansas | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | Seton Hall University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#151 | Michigan Technological University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#163 | University of St. Thomas | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 | 3 | ||
#163 | Rowan University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#163 | St. John's University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | Ohio University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | Drake University | 1 | 2 + | 1 +admitted | 4 | ||
#185 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#195 | University of Tulsa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#201 | Xavier University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#216 | St. Catherine University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#216 | Texas Tech University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#227 | Nova Southeastern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#236 | University of North Dakota | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Pace University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#269 | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#269 | University of Missouri: Kansas City | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#296 | South Dakota State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#303 | Montana State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#303 | Aurora University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | Middle Tennessee State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | Harding University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | Western Michigan University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#332 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#352 | Point Park University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||||
University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | ||||
University of California: Riverside | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||||
Iowa State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | ||||
Penn State University Park | 1 +admitted | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2015-2017 | Total |
All schools | 12 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 17 | ||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#4 | Pomona College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#7 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Smith College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#21 | Colgate University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#24 | Bates College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#25 | University of Richmond | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#25 | Colby College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#27 | Macalester College | 2 | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 5 | |
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#33 | Colorado College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | Scripps College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#36 | Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 3 | ||
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#39 | Denison University | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | Furman University | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#51 | St. Olaf College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#56 | soka university of america | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#67 | Reed College | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#67 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#72 | Bard College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#73 | Lake Forest College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Lawrence University | 3 | 1 +admitted | 4 | |||
#86 | Stonehill College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#86 | Beloit College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Whittier College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#100 | Morehouse College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#116 | Luther College | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#116 | Cornell College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | St. Vincent College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#130 | University of Minnesota: Morris | 1 | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#130 | Coe College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#135 | Central College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#146 | Concordia College: Moorhead | 2 | 1 +admitted | 3 | |||
#156 | College of the Atlantic | 1 +admitted | 1 | 2 | |||
#159 | Bethany Lutheran College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#167 | Guilford College | 1 +admitted | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2015-2017 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 1 + | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#8 | University of Ottawa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#9 | University of Waterloo | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#11 | Simon Fraser University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#15 | University of Manitoba | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#16 | Queen's University | 1 +admitted | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2024 | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2021 | 2015-2017 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#29 | University of Dundee | 1 + | 1 |
Chinese Language and Culture
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German Language and Culture
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Latin
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Biology
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Chinese Language and Culture
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German Language and Culture
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Latin
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Spanish Literature and Culture
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Physics 1
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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Computer Science Principles
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Statistics
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Comparative Government and Politics
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Human Geography
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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Psychology
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United States History
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English Literature and Composition
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IB English A: Literature
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IB English
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IB History
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IB World Literature
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IB Biology
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IB Chemistry
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IB English A: Literature
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IB English
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IB History
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IB World Literature
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IB Biology
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IB Chemistry
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IB Physics
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IB Math Studies
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IB Mathematics
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IB Music
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IB Visual Arts
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IB Theory of Knowledge
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IB Chinese
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IB Spanish
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IB Philosophy
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IB German
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Baseball
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Basketball
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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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Baseball
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Basketball
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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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Volleyball
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Student Council
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World Club
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National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)
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Yearbook (Pine Curtain)
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Newspaper (Prep Post)
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Creative Writing Magazine (The Triangle)
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Student Council
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World Club
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National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)
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Yearbook (Pine Curtain)
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Newspaper (Prep Post)
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Creative Writing Magazine (The Triangle)
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Robotics
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Math Team
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Knowledge Bowl and Envirothon
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Acting
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Band
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Choir
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Orchestra
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Acting
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Band
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Choir
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Orchestra
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Painting
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Printmaking
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Studio Art
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3D Art
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