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 + |
#6 | Stanford University | 1 + |
#17 | Rice University | 1 + |
#20 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + |
#21 | Emory University | 1 + |
#27 | University of Southern California | 1 + |
#28 | New York University | 1 + |
#36 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + |
#42 | Boston University | 1 + |
#42 | Brandeis University | 1 + |
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + |
#49 | Villanova University | 1 + |
#55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + |
#62 | Rutgers University | 1 + |
#63 | George Washington University | 1 + |
#63 | University of Connecticut | 1 + |
#72 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + |
#72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + |
#79 | American University | 1 + |
LAC #17 | Smith College | 1 + |
#103 | Clark University | 1 + |
#104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + |
#111 | Drew University | 1 + |
#122 | Chapman University | 1 + |
LAC #25 | Bates College | 1 + |
LAC #36 | Oberlin College | 1 + |
LAC #38 | Skidmore College | 1 + |
LAC #45 | Union College | 1 + |
#234 | Suffolk University | 1 + |
#234 | University of Hartford | 1 + |
LAC #50 | Connecticut College | 1 + |
#317 | Morgan State University | 1 + |
American University of Paris | 1 + | |
California State Polytechnic University: Pomona | 1 + | |
College of Charleston | 1 + | |
Concordia University | 1 + | |
Ithaca College | 1 + | |
Marist College | 1 + | |
Parsons The New School for Design | 1 + | |
Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 + |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 23 | 44 | 54 | 33 | 20 | ||
#1 | Princeton University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#3 | Stanford University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#5 | Yale University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#6 | University of Pennsylvania | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#7 | Duke University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#9 | Johns Hopkins University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#9 | Brown University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#12 | University of Chicago | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#12 | Cornell University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#15 | University of California: Los Angeles | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#17 | Rice University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#21 | University of Michigan | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#22 | Georgetown University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#24 | Emory University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#28 | University of California: San Diego | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#28 | University of Southern California | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#28 | University of California: Davis | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#33 | University of California: Irvine | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#35 | University of California: Santa Barbara | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#35 | New York University | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | 5 | ||
#39 | Boston College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#40 | Rutgers University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#40 | Tufts University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
#43 | Boston University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
#47 | Wake Forest University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#47 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#47 | University of Rochester | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#49 | Purdue University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#53 | Northeastern University | 1 + | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
#53 | Case Western Reserve University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#58 | University of Connecticut | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 5 | 9 |
#60 | Santa Clara University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#60 | Brandeis University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 1 | 5 |
#67 | University of Pittsburgh | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | University of Miami | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#67 | Syracuse University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#67 | George Washington University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 5 | |
#67 | Villanova University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#82 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#89 | Fordham University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | University of South Florida | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Temple University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Southern Methodist University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#93 | Loyola Marymount University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#105 | American University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#115 | University of Arizona | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#115 | University of San Francisco | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#115 | Howard University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#115 | University of New Hampshire | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#124 | Fairfield University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#133 | Chapman University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#133 | University of Vermont | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#137 | University of Alabama | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#142 | Clark University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#163 | St. John's University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#201 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#209 | Sacred Heart University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#216 | Springfield College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | 4 | ||
#249 | Suffolk University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#304 | University of Hartford | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#304 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#332 | Morgan State University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#345 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 10 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 7 | ||
#1 | Williams College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#11 | United States Military Academy | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#11 | Middlebury College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#11 | Claremont McKenna College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#16 | Smith College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#16 | Hamilton College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#16 | Vassar College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#24 | Bates College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#25 | University of Richmond | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#27 | Macalester College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#27 | College of the Holy Cross | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#30 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#34 | Mount Holyoke College | 1 + | 1 | 2 | |||
#36 | Oberlin College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#38 | Skidmore College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 3 | ||
#39 | Trinity College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#45 | Union College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 4 | |
#46 | Dickinson College | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#46 | Connecticut College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#51 | The University of the South | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#56 | Rhodes College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#59 | St. Lawrence University | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#63 | Gettysburg College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#67 | Reed College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#70 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#70 | Muhlenberg College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#72 | Bard College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#75 | Wheaton College-Norton-MA | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#82 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#86 | Stonehill College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#89 | Saint Anselm College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#93 | Lewis & Clark College | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#93 | Washington College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 | |||
#93 | Drew University | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#100 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1 + | 1 + | 2 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
#1 | University of Toronto | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#3 | McGill University | 1 + | 1 + | 1 | 3 | ||
#5 | University of Alberta | 1 + | 1 | ||||
#21 | Concordia University | 1 + | 1 |
Matriculation | |||||||
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Ranking | University/College | 2023 | 2018-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018-2020 | 2019 | Total |
All schools | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#33 | University of St. Andrews | 1 + | 1 |
Art History
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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European History
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Art History
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Biology
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Calculus AB
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Calculus BC
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Computer Science A
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European History
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French Language and Culture
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Music Theory
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Spanish Language and Culture
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Statistics
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Chemistry
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Chinese Language and Culture
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English Language and Composition
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English Literature and Composition
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Environmental Science
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Latin
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Psychology
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Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Studio Art: Drawing
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United States History
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Comparative Government and Politics
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Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
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World History
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Human Geography
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Physics 2
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Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics C: Mechanics
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Softball
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Basketball
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Crew
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Cross Country
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Golf
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Soccer
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Softball
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Squash
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Swimming
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Tennis
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Volleyball
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Lacrosse
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Cooking Club
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Crocs Committee
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Harry Potter Club
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Just Flex It (streetwear & trending brands)
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Anti Gun Violence Committee
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Asian Students In America (A.S.I.A)
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Cooking Club
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Crocs Committee
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Harry Potter Club
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Just Flex It (streetwear & trending brands)
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Anti Gun Violence Committee
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Asian Students In America (A.S.I.A)
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Model UN
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Glee Club
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Animal Rights Club
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Asian Culture Club
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WALSA
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Amnesty International
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Westover Letterpress Collective
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Philosophy Club
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Animal care club
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BSU (Black Student Union)
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ASL
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Multi Ethnic and Racial Organization
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YESAction
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Arts and Crafts
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Mental Health/Co-Harbor
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Jewish Student Union
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Fiber Arts Club
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The Wick
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Latino/a/x Student Union
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Service Learning
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Fair Trade Club
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Tudor Rose Society
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Bananagrams
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2D Design
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Art History
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Ceramics
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Oil Painting
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2D Design
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Art History
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Ceramics
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Digital Photography
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Drawing
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Oil Painting
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Photography
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Painting
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Portfolio
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Video
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Art
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Design
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