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 #2 | Amherst College | 1 + |
#13 | Brown University | 1 + |
#22 | Emory University | 1 + |
#36 | University of Rochester | 1 + |
#44 | Northeastern University | 1 + |
#49 | University of Georgia | 1 + |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 + |
#51 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
#51 | Villanova University | 1 + |
#62 | Syracuse University | 1 + |
#62 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + |
#67 | University of Connecticut | 1 + |
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 + |
#67 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
#72 | American University | 1 + |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 + |
#77 | Clemson University | 1 + |
#77 | Michigan State University | 1 + |
SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 + | |
SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 + | |
#83 | University of Iowa | 1 + |
#84 | Bennington College | 1 + |
#89 | Howard University | 1 + |
SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 + | |
#89 | University of Delaware | 1 + |
LAC #18 | Barnard College | 1 + |
#97 | Clark University | 1 + |
#105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 + |
#111 | Drew University | 1 + |
#111 | Goucher College | 1 + |
#115 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 + |
#121 | Temple University | 1 + |
#121 | University of Vermont | 1 + |
#127 | Clarkson University | 1 + |
#130 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1 + |
#136 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 + |
#137 | George Mason University | 1 + |
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + |
#137 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 + |
#137 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + |
#142 | Hartwick College | 1 + |
SUNY University at Albany | 1 + | |
#194 | Mississippi State University | 1 + |
LAC #39 | Trinity College | 1 + |
#219 | University of Maine | 1 + |
#234 | University of Hartford | 1 + |
#234 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 + |
LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 + |
Alfred University | 1 + | |
Arcadia University | 1 + | |
Becker College | 1 + | |
Bentley University | 1 + | |
Bryant University | 1 + | |
Castleton University | 1 + | |
Champlain College | 1 + | |
City University of New York: City College | 1 + | |
College of Saint Rose | 1 + | |
Culinary Institute of America | 1 + | |
Delaware Valley University | 1 + | |
Georgia Southern University | 1 + | |
Iowa State University | 1 + | |
Ithaca College | 1 + | |
Johnson & Wales University: Providence | 1 + | |
Lasell College | 1 + | |
Marist College | 1 + | |
Merrimack College | 1 + | |
Monmouth University | 1 + | |
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | |
Penn State University Park | 1 + | |
Providence College | 1 + | |
Roger Williams University | 1 + | |
Rutgers University | 1 + | |
Saint Bonaventure University | 1 + | |
Saint Joseph's University | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Brockport | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Cortland | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Geneseo | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Old Westbury | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Oneonta | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Oswego | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 1 + | |
SUNY College at Potsdam | 1 + | |
Union College | 1 + | |
University of Brighton | 1 + | |
University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | |
University of Maryland: College Park | 1 + | |
University of New Haven | 1 + | |
University of Stirling | 1 + | |
Wheaton College | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 46 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 30 | ||
#3 | Harvard College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#9 | Brown University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#24 | Emory University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#43 | Boston University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 5 |
#48 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#51 | Purdue University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#60 | North Carolina State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#76 | University of Delaware | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#86 | Clemson University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Temple University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | American University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#105 | George Mason University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#105 | City University of New York: City College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#115 | Howard University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of South Carolina: Columbia | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | Fairfield University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 4 | |
#133 | SUNY University at Albany | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | Clark University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 3 | ||
#142 | Clarkson University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#142 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#163 | Adelphi University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#170 | Quinnipiac University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#216 | University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#216 | Mississippi State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | University of Maine | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#304 | University of Hartford | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#352 | Georgia Southern University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
University of Maryland: College Park | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||||
Iowa State University | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||||
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 +admitted | 1 | |||||
Penn State University Park | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 4 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 12 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 18 | ||
#2 | Amherst College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Barnard College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#35 | Occidental College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#38 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 2 | |||
#45 | Union College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#56 | Wheaton College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#72 | Bard College | 1 +admitted | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#73 | Lake Forest College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Willamette University | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#82 | Juniata College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#93 | Drew University | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#112 | Bennington College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#121 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#121 | Hartwick College | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 | |||
#139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 +admitted | 1 +admitted | 2 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#47 | University of Brighton | 1 +admitted | 1 | ||||
#51 | University of Stirling | 1 +admitted | 1 |
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