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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LAC #1 | Williams College | 1 |
#7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
#10 | Northwestern University | 1 |
#12 | Dartmouth College | 1 |
#15 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 + |
LAC #3 | Pomona College | 1 |
#17 | Cornell University | 1 |
#20 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 + |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 3 + |
#22 | Emory University | 1 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 |
#25 | New York University | 1 + |
#25 | University of Michigan | 1 |
#25 | University of Southern California | 3 + |
LAC #6 | Bowdoin College | 1 |
#34 | University of California: Irvine | 2 + |
#34 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + |
#36 | University of Rochester | 1 |
#38 | University of California: Davis | 2 + |
#38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
#41 | Boston University | 4 + |
#44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
#44 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
#44 | Northeastern University | 5 + |
#44 | Tulane University | 1 + |
#51 | Lehigh University | 1 |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 |
#55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
#55 | University of Miami | 1 |
LAC #11 | Washington and Lee University | 1 |
LAC #13 | Smith College | 1 |
#67 | Texas A&M University | 1 |
#72 | American University | 1 |
#77 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
LAC #18 | Barnard College | 1 |
#94 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 |
#105 | University of Oregon | 1 |
#121 | Chapman University | 1 |
#137 | Seattle University | 1 |
LAC #33 | Pitzer College | 1 |
#166 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 |
LAC #37 | Occidental College | 5 + |
LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 |
LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 1 |
Art Center College of Design | 1 | |
Babson College | 1 | |
California State University: Chico | 1 + | |
Diablo Valley College | 1 | |
Endicott College | 1 | |
Las Positas College | 1 | |
Otis College of Art and Design | 1 | |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1 | |
Saint Mary's College of California | 1 | |
University of California: Riverside | 1 + | |
University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | |
University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | |
University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | |
Wentworth Institute of Technology | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
All schools | 52 | 69 | 69 | 62 | 50 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#3 | Harvard College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#7 | California Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Northwestern University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 3 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | ||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 2 + | 1 + | 3 | |||
#17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#18 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 | |
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Emory University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of Southern California | 3 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 7 |
#28 | University of California: Davis | 2 + | 2 | ||||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 2 + | 2 | ||||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#43 | Boston University | 4 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 8 |
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#53 | Northeastern University | 5 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 9 |
#53 | College of William and Mary | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#53 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#67 | University of Miami | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#73 | Tulane University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#76 | Pepperdine University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#76 | Colorado School of Mines | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#86 | Marquette University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#93 | Baylor University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#98 | Texas Christian University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#98 | Drexel University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#98 | University of San Diego | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#105 | American University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#115 | Howard University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#118 | Iowa State University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#133 | Elon University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#133 | California State University: Fullerton | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#142 | Oregon State University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#142 | University of the Pacific | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#163 | Seattle University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#178 | Washington State University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#236 | Belmont University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#249 | Northern Arizona University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#342 | Lesley University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
University of Maryland: College Park | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | |||
University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | |||||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | ||
Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | ||||
University of California: Riverside | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
All schools | 15 | 37 | 36 | 25 | 26 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#2 | Amherst College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#4 | Pomona College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#9 | Carleton College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#16 | Smith College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#16 | Harvey Mudd College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#21 | Colgate University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#22 | United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#25 | Colby College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#33 | Colorado College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#35 | Occidental College | 5 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 9 |
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#35 | Scripps College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#38 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Pitzer College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#39 | Denison University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#56 | Rhodes College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#59 | Trinity University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | Reed College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#72 | Bard College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#75 | Willamette University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#93 | Washington College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#93 | Drew University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#139 | Hampshire College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#3 | McGill University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#13 | University of Victoria | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2019-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2016-2020 | 2015-2018 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 + | 1 |
Badminton
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Badminton
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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American Football
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Golf
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Sailing
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Soccer
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Softball
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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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Wrestling
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Airplane Construction Project
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Asian Club
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Athenian Wilderness Experience--required
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Band/Orchestra
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Basketball
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Capoeira
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Airplane Construction Project
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Asian Club
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Athenian Wilderness Experience--required
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Band/Orchestra
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Basketball
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Capoeira
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Chorus
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Community Action Board
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Conditioning
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Conservative Club
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Dance
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Fencing
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Hiking
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Independent Physical Education Option
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Interim Trips--teacher-led adventuresome trips or activities
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Interweave-
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Jew Crew
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Latino Club
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LIterary Magazine
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Music and Dance Concerts
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On Campus speakers and artists
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Outdoor Adventure
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Poetry Readings
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QED Math Club
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Robotics Team--award-winning
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Rock Climbing
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Round Square
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Round Square Study Abroad
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Running
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Sailing
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Students of Color
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Theater Productions
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Ultimate Frisbee
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Weight Lifting
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Yearbook
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Yoga
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Choir
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Dance
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Music
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Music Production
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Theater
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3D Design
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Choir
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Dance
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Music
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Music Production
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Theater
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3D Design
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Ceramics
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Digital Art
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Drawing
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Filmmaking
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Glass
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Painting
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Photography
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Portfolio
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Printmaking
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Sculpture
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Video
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2D Art
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Art
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Audition
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