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 | 1 |
#2 | Columbia University | 1 |
#5 | Yale University | 1 |
#6 | Stanford University | 1 |
#9 | Duke University | 1 |
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 |
#9 | Northwestern University | 2 |
#14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
#17 | Cornell University | 2 |
#17 | Rice University | 1 |
#19 | University of Notre Dame | 2 |
#21 | Emory University | 2 |
#23 | Georgetown University | 1 |
#28 | New York University | 2 |
#28 | Tufts University | 1 |
#28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 6 |
#34 | University of Rochester | 1 |
#36 | Boston College | 1 |
#42 | Boston University | 1 |
#42 | Brandeis University | 1 |
#42 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 |
#42 | Tulane University | 2 |
LAC #9 | Middlebury College | 1 |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 |
#49 | Northeastern University | 3 |
#49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 8 |
#49 | Villanova University | 1 |
#55 | Santa Clara University | 1 |
#55 | University of Miami | 4 |
#63 | George Washington University | 1 |
LAC #13 | Davidson College | 1 |
LAC #13 | Grinnell College | 1 |
#68 | Fordham University | 1 |
#68 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 |
#75 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 |
#79 | Brigham Young University | 1 |
#83 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 2 |
LAC #17 | Barnard College | 1 |
LAC #17 | Wesleyan University | 1 |
#99 | University of Oregon | 1 |
#103 | Drexel University | 1 |
#103 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 |
#103 | Miami University: Oxford | 3 |
#103 | Saint Louis University | 1 |
#103 | Temple University | 1 |
#104 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 |
LAC #22 | University of Richmond | 2 |
Arizona State University | 1 | |
#117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 |
LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 |
#127 | University of Dayton | 1 |
#127 | University of Kentucky | 1 |
LAC #26 | Colorado College | 1 |
#148 | Duquesne University | 2 |
LAC #38 | Bucknell University | 1 |
LAC #38 | Lafayette College | 1 |
LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 |
LAC #45 | Union College | 1 |
LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 3 |
LAC #50 | Dickinson College | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2020-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 77 | 165 | 76 | 69 | 59 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#3 | Stanford University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#3 | Harvard College | 3 | 1 + | 2 | 6 | ||
#5 | Yale University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#7 | Duke University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#9 | Brown University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
#9 | Northwestern University | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 5 | ||
#12 | Cornell University | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#12 | Columbia University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#12 | University of Chicago | 4 | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | ||||
#15 | University of California: Berkeley | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
#17 | Rice University | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
#18 | Vanderbilt University | 4 | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
#20 | University of Notre Dame | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 3 | 4 | |||
#22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 6 | 1 + | 1 | 10 | |
#24 | Emory University | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 6 |
#24 | University of Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 3 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | ||
#28 | University of Florida | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#28 | University of California: Davis | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#35 | New York University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
#38 | University of Texas at Austin | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#39 | Boston College | 1 | 5 | 1 + | 1 | 8 | |
#40 | University of Washington | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 5 | |
#40 | Rutgers University | 2 | 2 | ||||
#43 | Boston University | 1 | 6 | 1 + | 4 | 1 | 13 |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
#47 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Georgia | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#47 | Texas A&M University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
#47 | Lehigh University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 | 3 | 1 + | 3 | 1 | 9 |
#49 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#49 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus | 8 | 1 + | 4 | 6 | 19 | |
#53 | Florida State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#53 | College of William and Mary | 6 | 1 + | 2 | 9 | ||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 | 6 | 1 + | 1 | 9 | |
#53 | Northeastern University | 3 | 1 + | 2 | 6 | ||
#57 | Penn State University Park | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 | 1 | ||||
#60 | Michigan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#60 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 3 | 4 | |||
#67 | Villanova University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
#67 | University of Miami | 4 | 1 + | 2 | 7 | ||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 | 4 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 8 |
#73 | Tulane University | 2 | 1 | 1 + | 4 | ||
#73 | Indiana University Bloomington | 1 | 3 | 1 + | 5 | ||
#73 | SUNY University at Binghamton | 1 | 1 | ||||
#76 | SUNY University at Buffalo | 1 | 1 | ||||
#76 | University of Delaware | 1 | 1 | ||||
#76 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 2 | 2 | ||||
#79 | Brigham Young University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#86 | Clemson University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#89 | Temple University | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 | 2 | 1 + | 2 | 3 | 9 |
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#93 | Baylor University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | University of Iowa | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | Gonzaga University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | Auburn University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | Drexel University | 1 | 3 | 1 + | 5 | ||
#98 | University of Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||||
#98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 | 1 | ||||
#105 | Arizona State University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#105 | Saint Louis University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#105 | American University | 6 | 1 + | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
#105 | George Mason University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 | 1 | ||||
#115 | Howard University | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#124 | Fairfield University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#124 | University of Denver | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#124 | Florida International University | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 | 1 | ||||
#133 | Miami University: Oxford | 3 | 1 + | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
#133 | University of Dayton | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#133 | Elon University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 | 1 | ||||
#142 | University of Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | ||||
#142 | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#142 | Clark University | 4 | 1 + | 1 | 6 | ||
#151 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#151 | Duquesne University | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
#151 | DePaul University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#159 | University of Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||||
#163 | University of Mississippi | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1 | 1 | ||||
#178 | Ohio University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#178 | Catholic University of America | 1 | 1 | ||||
#185 | University of Detroit Mercy | 1 | 1 | ||||
#185 | Bradley University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#185 | Hofstra University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#201 | Wayne State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#201 | Xavier University | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#201 | Valparaiso University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#209 | Florida Atlantic University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#209 | Chatham University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#227 | Kent State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#227 | Georgia State University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#236 | Belmont University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
#236 | Western New England University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#249 | University of Maine | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#269 | Florida Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#304 | University of Indianapolis | 1 | 1 | ||||
#304 | University of Hartford | 1 | 1 | ||||
#304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#320 | Abilene Christian University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#320 | Cleveland State University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#352 | Walsh University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#361 | Clark Atlanta University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#376 | Eastern Michigan University | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
Tennessee State University | 1 | 1 | |||||
University of California: Riverside | 1 | 1 | |||||
Texas Southern University | 1 | 1 | |||||
Iowa State University | 1 | 1 | |||||
Jackson State University | 1 | 1 | |||||
University of California: Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2020-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 17 | 68 | 32 | 24 | 6 | ||
#2 | Amherst College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#3 | United States Naval Academy | 3 | 1 + | 3 | 7 | ||
#4 | Swarthmore College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#4 | Wellesley College | 3 | 1 + | 2 | 6 | ||
#9 | Carleton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#9 | Bowdoin College | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
#11 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 3 | ||
#11 | United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | Barnard College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#11 | Grinnell College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#16 | Davidson College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#21 | Colgate University | 3 | 3 | ||||
#21 | Haverford College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#21 | Washington and Lee University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#24 | Bates College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#25 | Colby College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#25 | University of Richmond | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | ||||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#30 | Lafayette College | 1 | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
#30 | Bucknell University | 1 | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 |
#33 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#35 | Franklin & Marshall College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#36 | Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Kenyon College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#39 | Hillsdale College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#39 | Denison University | 6 | 1 + | 1 | 8 | ||
#45 | Union College | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
#46 | DePauw University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#46 | Furman University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#46 | Connecticut College | 3 | 1 | 1 + | 5 | ||
#46 | Whitman College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 | 4 | 1 + | 6 | ||
#51 | The University of the South | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#51 | Centre College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#56 | Rhodes College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#56 | Wheaton College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#59 | Wabash College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#75 | Allegheny College | 2 | 1 + | 1 | 4 | ||
#86 | Ursinus College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#89 | University of Puget Sound | 1 | 1 | ||||
#93 | Drew University | 1 | 1 + | 2 | |||
#93 | Washington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#100 | Earlham College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#112 | Bennington College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#116 | Saint Michael's College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#121 | Transylvania University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#121 | Hartwick College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#124 | Goucher College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#124 | Hollins University | 1 | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#124 | Albion College | 1 | 1 | ||||
#130 | Eckerd College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#152 | Wittenberg University | 3 | 1 + | 4 | |||
#182 | ave maria university | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2020-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 7 | 7 | ||||
#2 | University of British Columbia | 2 | 1 + | 3 | |||
#5 | University of Alberta | 1 | 1 | ||||
#7 | University of Calgary | 1 | 1 | ||||
#9 | University of Waterloo | 1 | 1 | ||||
#10 | Western University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#13 | University of Victoria | 1 | 1 | ||||
#17 | York University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#19 | University of Guelph | 1 | 1 | ||||
#31 | Wilfrid Laurier University | 1 | 1 | ||||
#33 | Brock University | 1 | 1 |
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2020-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#3 | University College London | 1 | 1 | ||||
#4 | Imperial College London | 1 | 1 | ||||
#5 | University of Edinburgh | 1 | 1 | ||||
#20 | University of Exeter | 1 | 1 | ||||
#27 | University of York | 1 | 1 | ||||
#56 | University of Hull | 1 | 1 |
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Cross Country
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Diving
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Fencing
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Field Hockey
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Diving
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Fencing
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Field Hockey
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Golf
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Lacrosse
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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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Mock Trial
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Spanish Club
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Black Student Union
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BUFO
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Desi Club
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Korean Club
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Mock Trial
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Spanish Club
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Black Student Union
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BUFO
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Desi Club
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Korean Club
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Mandarin Club
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Math Club
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Students Who Care
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Viewpoints
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Asian American Club
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Chess Club
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Model United Nations
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Airsoft Club
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Art Club
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Autism Awareness Club
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Badminton Club
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Civilization VI Club
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Computer Science Club
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Creative Writing Club
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Eco Club
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Film Club
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Football Club
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Forest Evolution
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French Club
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Gender and Sexuality Alliance
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Girls Who Code
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Hiking Club
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Jewish Student Union
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Latinos Unidos
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Mahjong Club
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Photography Club
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Quizbowl
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Red Cross Club
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Reserve Christian Fellowship
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Italian Club
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Reserve Music Network
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Reserve Record
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Reserve Sports Network
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Ski Club
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Student Investment Committee
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TEAMS
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UNICEF
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Venus Club
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Yearbook
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Acting
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Choir
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Production
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Acting
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Choir
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Dance
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Jazz
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Music
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Music Production
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Music Theory
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Production
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Stagecraft
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Theater
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Ceramics
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Environmental Art
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Photography
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Portfolio
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Printmaking
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Studio Music
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3D Art
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Art
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Costume Design
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