<p>Do any of you have children who have twins at their school? With as rigorous as admissions are I am wondering what are the possibilities of having identical twins admitted. I know that some colleges won't split families up when identical twins or triplets apply (supposing that they are both qualified), just wondering if it was similar with New England boarding schools? We won't be entertaining the idea of splitting up our twins which is the reason why I ask.</p>
<p>I do not believe the fact that they are identical twins will have any bearing on their admission to a New England Boarding School. They will be reviewed independently by admissions as individuals, not as a package.</p>
<p>There are identical twins at my D school. I don’t know anything about their admissions but I assume they are not a package deal. And I hear these girls are looking at the same college and play the same sport.</p>
<p>Schools ARE sensitive to identical twins and will make every effort to admit both if they are equally qualified (and if the School wants them.)</p>
<p>Agree with Parlabane (I think that’s twice now, P.–time to maybe restart that laundry thread?)</p>
<p>Oh come on, mama. Life would be a bore if everybody agreed with you all the time!</p>
<p>Exactly…and think how fuzzy my thinking would get without a good opponent to sharpen it against. </p>
<p>But I fear I’m hijacking OP’s thread. My kid was on a team last year with identical twins. Aside from the difficulty of telling who was who (I think their teammates eventually gave up), they were a real asset to the team and ended up getting recruited to the same college.</p>
<p>There are at least one set of twins at SAS…and I know of a set from my church who go to the same college.</p>
<p>Think Winklevii. 
Both attended the Brunswick School, Harvard college, and Oxford. Probably helps if you can row and the school needs port and starboard oarsmen.</p>
<p>My identical twins had strong and virtually identical GPAS, SSAT scores and activities/interests when they applied to 3rd Form. They were non-legacies to any school and weight listed at 2 top New England schools. We were told by each school to “pick one to stay on the list” because it was impossible to choose between them AND the because the “collection theory of admissions” dictates that “all who sit at the table should come with similiar abilities to suceed, but each should bring a different background or viewpoint in order to satisfy the goal of true diversity from one individual to the next”—so our experience would lead us to believe that these schools were either just being polite to us or alternatively were too small to see our kids as anything but “1 person taking up 2 spots”. We are eternally grateful that our Mid Atlantic school saw them as strong applicants who would each contribute to the school community in their own way. It has been a great match both directions and each twin has had the opportunity to grow beyond the other despite their proximity within a small student body. I do believe that the “identical factor” matters less at the university level than at the prep school level.</p>
<p>You also might consider adding some all girls schools to your list such as Emma Willard in NY, Ethel Walker and Miss Porters in CT, Madeira in VA and Oldfields in MD.</p>