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<p>Schools do that all the time . . . accept one twin but not the other. I’ve had parents call me and tell me if we don’t accept Twin A then Twin B won’t be coming to our school. I wish both twins luck at another university.</p>
<p>In this case, all 4 seem like very qualified URM students . . . I’m guessing they’ll get in to most, if not all, of the schools to which they applied. Yale didn’t play games,(in my opinion).</p>
<p>I’m sure they did play a game. But oh well, that’s their prerogative. If they determine the novelty factor of quads is worth it (even if only, say, 3 of the 4 were “Yale worthy”) … well, then so be it. They make decisions like that about athletes and developmental admits all the time, and being quads <em>is</em> an interesting hook.</p>
<p>I think any student at any college is there because they are wanted. There isn’t a “deserve to be there” criteria to me. I know many sub-par students that have full rides at colleges I could never afford with athletic scholarships for example. Some might say, they don’t deserve it, but the college wanted them. If a college, Yale, or any other institution, admits a student and not another, it’s their choice and they wanted that student. Too many parents personalize it, although I understand that feeling, it isn’t part of the process.
I think the quads seem like great kids on the surface, bright, engaged and driven, and will probably do well at whatever college they end up at.</p>
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<p>Yale chooses applicants that they feel will boost the school in prestige. Be it academic prestige or novelty, and to that extent the quads are doing exactly what Yale desired bringing Yale more recognition and thereby increasing Yale’s prestige.</p>
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<p>Since when has Yale needed the publicity or PR? </p>
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<p>My son was rejected from Yale last week. He thought this story was great and passed it on to us. We feel the same way. </p>
<p>Being competitive for Yale is a privilege in and of itself, one worth being thankful for no matter the results. I cannot see any good coming from begrudging others for their success.</p>
<p>I thought the story was great, at least one of the twins had an 800 CR score and I bet the other scores for the other twins were in range as well. I didn’t think the article had enough information that we could possibly judge how they compared to other Yale applicants.</p>
<p>Great story…the kids must be so happy and the parents beyond proud. I am sure the aid package will be great with four kids at Yale. </p>
<p>Wishing all of them the best of luck they seem like terrific kids!!!</p>
<p>Agree with Mathmom. I think it’s a shame anyone would jump to the conclusion that they got in somehow unfairly (calling for teeth-gnashing). </p>
<p>Twins from my S’s class got totally identical decisions from every school they applied to, including Swarthmore and Cornell. I thought it was great; they had similar profiles, and I do think that, barring a real dissimilarity in ability/accomplishments, it would be a shame to see one accepted and one not.</p>
<p>I thoroughly enjoyed this story; they seem like great kids, though I confess I am hoping the girls get into Wes and decide to go there. I think they’d be a fabulous match with that school, judging by their descriptions in the article.</p>
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<p>There’s a Yale reject with an 800 CR score playing the piano in my living room right now. 
Judging by the article, his qualifications were at least as good if not better than those of the quads…except he’s not an URM and not a quad. And of course I think he’s just as wonderful as they are. </p>
<p>BTW, Yale has reps assigned to each region who go through the applications and recommend some to carry forward to the next round. I’m sure they knew these were quads.</p>
<p>Oh stop the whining about publicity stunt already…I mean seriously, is this news? The selection process was never ‘fair’ and never based solely on scores and grades but was always about what is good for the college (in all kinds of forms, from advertising to funding to sports rankings). </p>
<p>The vast majority of applicants to top schools could make great students at those schools. I’m sure these students are more than qualified. And each top college selects students on the basis of all kinds of non-academic stuff that has nothing to do with academic numbers. From the ‘extra-curriculars’ one reports, to one’s sports ability, to predictions about future family donations…it all matters. We all know if you are an actor in Hollywood, a child of a famous family, or a distinctive minority, you have much better odds than others.</p>
<p>The more people realize it is a very unpredictable crap shoot based on lots of crazy factors that do not fit a formula and will never be explained (or even necessarily replicated), and the more people can realize you can’t get a particular GPA, rank, score or set of AP tests to crack the code and ‘win’, the more people can hopefully relax and not take it so damn seriously. This process is not the Olympics nor a game assessing one’s intelligence, competence as a human being nor success in the future.</p>
<p>Given the odds of a Yale acceptance for anyone, there is little doubt that the acceptance of all four quads from one family had at least something to do with their quad status and/or AA status. However, that alone is not indicative of whether they are as good as, better than, or slightly “below” other applicants in the pool. I am quite certain that each of them (along with at least 75% of others in the pool) had what it takes to receive a Yale acceptance. I wish them the best and hope that wherever they choose to go, they make the best of their opportunities!</p>
<p>I agree that there’s not enough information to judge. But I will say that Martina’s class rank is rather low for a top-tier Ivy admit (esp. given the fact that 3 URM’s with an identical family background had higher ranks at the same school) and she herself expected to be rejected. It’s likely that of the 4, at least she benefited from quad status. Though she could have really great EC’s!</p>
<p>At least their “commute” is simplified if they all go. And the family doesn’t have to worry about potentially conflicting graduation ceremonies. As a mother of twins (who will NOT be applying to the same schools) I worry about logistics too.</p>
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<p>Why? They get four times as much need-based financial aid as everyone else! :)</p>