Congrats and welcome to the Tar Heel family.
@Eziada - Wow!! Thanks. She is over the moon about UNC. It has everything she wants. I am especially thrilled to hear about balance. We are definitely excited to become Tar Heel fans at my house. Hopefully our Ds had a chance to meet at Robertson Weekend and will continue to see each other over the next 4 years!
I’ve watched this thread over the last few weeks as well. My daughter also chose the Robertson Scholarship at UNC over Stanford and others. Very happy about her choice!
Congrats to your daughter, @RandRDad. Welcome to the Tar Heel family. I can’t wait for the Robertson class of 2020 to be announced. So happy for these young men and women.
@Madredos - I hear each class forms a pretty tight bond as they engage and explore, so I have no doubt they will all get to know each other well.
I’m surprised to see so many recommend Stanford after you stated it would be a financial hardship to send both girls there. For that reason alone I’d take it off the table and it sounds like the girls already did. With such high stats and exclusive scholarships I can’t imagine them not doing well. Good for them!
What are they planning on studying? Glad for your family @madredos .
Thanks all!! @RandRDad, so great to hear other people in our boat!! Makes me feel terrific.
@SOSConcern - my UNC D will be studying environmental science with a leaning towards public policy. My UF D is a horticulture major hoping to focus on sustainable hunger relief. I was a straight up advertising major so all of this is odd to me!
@Rdtsmith - The pressure to choose Stanford over anywhere is intense. As a mom it had me in tears a few times. I am grateful that my kids are stronger than I am.
We have Tar Heel sheets on one bed and Gator sheets on the other!! Now we just need to get through graduation at 2 different high schools on the same day.
Congratulations to both daughters. UF typically doesn’t get much love on these boards because the school as the school does not try to attract OOS, but she will get an excellent education and have a great time in Gainesville. There is always time for Stanford or another elite for grad school.
Thumbs up @madredos - enjoy graduation and all the new experiences. College graduation, which we experienced with our older DD a few weeks ago was even better than HS. Sounds like you can now have a breather even with preparing to send them away. Task oriented versus mental energy - as when some things totally out of you/your students’ control, be it on the college merit or figuring out all the pros and cons and what is best for the kiddos.Terrific when it really falls into place and all are happy.
Dear @madredos, I have twin ds. I am wondering if they applied to the same schools or separate (other than Stanford) \ Did you find applying together to be an advantage or disadvantage? just starting down this path.
@AllenGlen - I will PM you when I get a chance. There was a bit of a strategy for sure.
Fall semester update: Both of my Ds are settled and happy. The Robertson opportunity has been better than we even expected, and we had high expectations. It is an amazing scholarship that supports students on every front. Likewise, the Lombardi program at UF has been incredible. The other students in both of these cohorts are the nicest, most collaborative, intelligent kids. I feel lucky that my kids have been able to meet them. Mostly I think it goes to show that parents should trust their kids to make the right decision. 
Awesome. I am glad it worked out for your family.
^ I’ve never heard that colleges don’t want to break up twins.
@Endora - We didn’t have a plan per se. We allowed them each a veto over the other for one school. But that was more about scholarships. While we didn’t see that colleges had any issues with twins applying together, we did feel it worked out better to have a strategy when applying for scholarships.
@Endora - That is an interesting article. I hadn’t seen it before. My kids applied to 5 of the same schools and they were admitted to all of them. But they also have eerily similar stats. They did go to different high schools, which could definitely be another factor. And the most school specific merit aid came from places where only one of them was vying for the scholarship. Does that make sense? Good luck!
Why did they choose different high schools?
@soyunchico - They wanted different experiences. And they were drawn to different environments. It worked great for them both.
@madredos - I had forgotten about your kids and Stanford. Wow, still amazed by them both! :-bd