Me and my sister both got into berkeley, which is both of our dream schools. We are transfer students. Theres one problem though, we are twin sisters. I dont want to be around her or be confused for her. But neither of us wants to give in and go to another UC, since berkeley is offering more grant money, and it is better for both of our majors. What if we live in the same dorms, since the housing is randomized? Seems like I wont be able to fully be myself, since Ill always wonder if she’s gonna show up. I hate explaining to people that I have a twin. I just want to be seen as my own person and to be able to form my own identity at whatever university I go to.
Lol. Ok so I have a brother in law who has twin sisters in his family and I see them every once in a while. Both go to the same school. I have asked them about their experience as twins in the same school. Seems one of their biggest problems was that they would be approached by random people and they would say something like “hey! How are you? How come you didn’t say hi?!? Ect.”
I think the best thing for you if you want to distance yourself from your sister is to live in a separate building and cut your hair differently and or color it. It would be harder for people to confuse you for her and vice versa.
Grade school is very different from university in that you are constantly surrounded by the same people. At university, you will be in your final year and still feel as though you are surrounded by strangers most of the time. There are so many people on college campuses that it is unlikely that too many people will notice aside from those who are friends of either of you. Obviously, those who are friends with either of you will know that you are twins and learn to differentiate from you two after the first couple weeks.
My soon-to-be former university is not even as close to as large as Berkeley and I have yet to see either of my friends from high school in passing in the two years that I have studied her. I even used to keep an eye out for them when I first got here. You might have to correct a few people every once in a while who might mistake you for her, but believe me when I say that it seems like it will be a bigger issue than it will be.
Personally, I would even recommend not avoiding being around each other in the beginning. If people in the dorms see the two of you together in the beginning, then it immediately gets the fact that you both are twins out of the way so that it is not something that is drawn out over the semester. High school students make a big deal out of everything because they have nothing better to do. People on campus will respond with “Good to know” or “Thats cool” and never address it again.
I’m not gonna lie, that would be a horribly stupid reason to pass up on your dream school. We got people moving their families up to Berkeley to attend. You can’t actually be considering a different UC for the sole purpose of not being confused for your twin.
Well, if you explain to people that you have a twin, maybe less people will get confused when they see you and mistake you for your twin. Also, you can have your own identity. The only person who’s going to make a big deal about it is yourself if you let it.
Have you contacted the university housing office to see if you can be assigned to different dorms? Even if assignment is random, there is a good chance you will rarely see your sister, especially if you don’t seek her out. You might rarely see others from your high school as well in a school that size.
I go to a community college with a student population… last I heard, about 15k?
My best friend has a twin. I’ve -never- seen her twin on campus and all three of us are there pretty much all day every day. I think you are making it out to be worse than it will be… especially since Berkeley will be quite a bit bigger.
I’m a guy and I have a twin sister haha. We’re both transfers too but I’m going to UCLA and she’s going to Berkeley
I agree, one of you should cut and/or color your hair if you don’t want to be mistaken for the other. I’m imagining the social embarrassment that could ensue over a hook-up gone wrong if you looked identical… 
Berkeley’s pretty big. I’m sure you can manage to achieve some distance if that’s your goal.
Actually I think you can put a request in to be in a different building. Contact housing.