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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#6 | University of Chicago | 1 |
#7 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
#20 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 |
LAC #4 | Swarthmore College | 1 |
#25 | New York University | 2 |
#29 | University of Florida | 1 |
#32 | Tufts University | 1 |
#38 | University of California: Davis | 3 |
#41 | Boston University | 1 |
#44 | Brandeis University | 1 |
#51 | Purdue University | 1 |
#51 | Villanova University | 4 |
#62 | Syracuse University | 1 |
#62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 2 |
#72 | American University | 1 |
#72 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
#77 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 |
SUNY University at Stony Brook | 2 | |
#81 | Beloit College | 1 |
#89 | Howard University | 1 |
#89 | Juniata College | 1 |
#89 | University of Delaware | 2 |
LAC #18 | Wesleyan University | 2 |
#94 | Augustana College | 1 |
#97 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 |
#105 | Drexel University | 2 |
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 |
#105 | University of Arizona | 1 |
#121 | Temple University | 2 |
#127 | Clarkson University | 1 |
#127 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 |
#127 | Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls | 3 |
#136 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 |
#151 | Duquesne University | 1 |
#151 | Florida International University | 1 |
#151 | Oregon State University | 2 |
#166 | Hofstra University | 1 |
#166 | Xavier University | 2 |
#182 | University of Rhode Island | 3 |
LAC #37 | Bucknell University | 1 |
LAC #39 | Lafayette College | 1 |
#202 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 |
#202 | La Salle University | 1 |
#212 | Washington State University | 4 |
#234 | Suffolk University | 1 |
#250 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
LAC #51 | Dickinson College | 3 |
#299 | Marshall University | 2 |
LAC #61 | Gettysburg College | 1 |
#317 | Morgan State University | 2 |
Albright College | 1 | |
Art Center College of Design | 1 | |
Bowie State University | 1 | |
Cabrini University | 1 | |
Carleton University | 2 | |
Cecil College | 3 | |
Christopher Newport University | 2 | |
Clayton State University | 1 | |
College of William and Mary | 1 | |
Eastern Nazarene College | 1 | |
Elizabethtown College | 1 | |
Emerson College | 1 | |
Framingham State University | 1 | |
Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | |
Harcum College | 1 | |
Harford Community College | 1 | |
High Point University | 1 | |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 | |
Iowa State University | 1 | |
Irvine Valley College | 1 | |
Ithaca College | 1 | |
Johnson & Wales University: Providence | 1 | |
Lindenwood University | 1 | |
Loyola University Maryland | 1 | |
Lynn University | 1 | |
Marist College | 1 | |
Maryland Institute College of Art | 1 | |
Miami University: Hamilton | 2 | |
Millikin University | 1 | |
Mount Saint Mary College | 1 | |
Mount St. Mary's University | 5 | |
Neumann University | 1 | |
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | 1 | |
Northern Virginia Community College | 1 | |
Oral Roberts University | 1 | |
Penn State University Park | 2 | |
Ranger College | 1 | |
Rhode Island School of Design | 1 | |
Rutgers University | 2 | |
Saint Michael's College | 1 | |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 1 | |
St. John's College | 1 | |
St. John's University | 1 | |
The College of New Jersey | 1 | |
Towson University | 2 | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | |
University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | |
University of Southern Mississippi | 1 | |
University of Tampa | 1 | |
York College of Pennsylvania | 3 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2022 | 2015-2018 | 2016 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 75 | 30 | 50 | 9 | ||
#2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | |||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | |||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 | 1 | |||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | |||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 | |||
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | |||
#24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
#28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 | |||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 3 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | |
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 | |||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | |||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 | |||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 | |||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 + | 2 | 3 | ||
#35 | New York University | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 | |||
#40 | Rutgers University | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 | 1 | |||
#40 | University of Washington | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
#43 | Boston University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | |
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 2 | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Rochester | 2 | 2 | |||
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 | 1 | |||
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 | 1 | |||
#51 | Purdue University | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
#53 | College of William and Mary | 1 | 1 | |||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
#56 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 1 + | 4 | 5 | ||
#58 | SUNY University at Stony Brook | 2 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | |||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | |||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
#67 | Villanova University | 4 | 4 | |||
#67 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1 | 1 | |||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 2 | 3 | ||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | |
#70 | University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
#76 | University of Delaware | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
#82 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 1 | 1 | |||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | |||
#89 | Temple University | 2 | 2 | |||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 2 | 3 | ||
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 | 1 | |||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 2 | 2 | |||
#98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | |||
#98 | Drexel University | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 1 | |||
#105 | American University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 1 | |||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | |||
#115 | Howard University | 1 | 1 | |||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
#124 | Florida International University | 1 | 1 | |||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 2 | 2 | |||
#142 | Clarkson University | 1 | 1 | |||
#142 | Clark University | 1 | 1 | |||
#142 | Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls | 3 | 3 | |||
#142 | Oregon State University | 2 | 2 | |||
#151 | University of Rhode Island | 3 | 3 | |||
#151 | Duquesne University | 1 | 1 | |||
#163 | St. John's University | 1 | 1 | |||
#178 | Washington State University | 4 | 4 | |||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | |||
#201 | La Salle University | 1 | 1 | |||
#201 | Xavier University | 2 | 2 | |||
#209 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | |||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 | 1 | |||
#269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | |||
#320 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | |||
#332 | Morgan State University | 2 | 2 | |||
#332 | Marshall University | 2 | 2 | |||
#352 | University of Southern Mississippi | 1 | 1 | |||
Iowa State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
Penn State University Park | 2 | 1 + | 4 | 7 | ||
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
University of Maryland: College Park | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2022 | 2015-2018 | 2016 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 17 | 9 | 4 | 7 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 | 1 | |||
#4 | Wellesley College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 1 | |||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 1 | 1 | |||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 2 | 2 | |||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 | |||
#18 | United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 | |||
#21 | Haverford College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | ||
#24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | |||
#25 | Colby College | 1 + | 1 | |||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | |
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | |
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | ||
#38 | Union College | 1 | 1 | |||
#45 | Union College | 1 + | 1 | |||
#46 | Dickinson College | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | |
#75 | St. John's College | 1 | 1 | |||
#82 | Juniata College | 1 | 1 | |||
#86 | Beloit College | 1 | 1 | |||
#100 | Augustana College | 1 | 1 | |||
#116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 | 1 | |||
#139 | SUNY College at Purchase | 1 | 1 | |||
#146 | Albright College | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | ||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2018-2022 | 2015-2018 | 2016 | 2015 | Total |
All schools | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#18 | Carleton University | 2 | 2 |
Biology
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Calculus AB
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Physics B
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Physics B
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Chemistry
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Environmental Science
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science Principles
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English Literature and Composition
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Music Theory
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Physics 1
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Physics 2
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Statistics
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States History
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Lacrosse
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Soccer
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Softball
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Strength and Conditioning
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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Tennis
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Creative Writing Club
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Global Citizenship Program
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International Club
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Model United Nations
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National Art Honor Society
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Student Government Association
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Creative Writing Club
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Global Citizenship Program
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International Club
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Model United Nations
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National Art Honor Society
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Student Government Association
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VEX Robotics
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National Honor Society
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Diversity Support Group
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Ceramics
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Digital Art
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Pottery
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Printmaking
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Studio Art
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Modern Art
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