<p>i don't know about twins, but in the past, PLME has been pretty friendly to siblings applying in different years</p>
<p>I knew identical twins at Stanford; there were identical twins in my law school class at Berkeley. </p>
<p>There were identical twins from my high school who went to Harvard and Cornell, respectively. Harvard accepted only one of them.</p>
<p>I have fraternal twin sons who are seniors in HS; similar interests, but one has slightly better stats. When we've asked the question to various colleges, we've gotten both answers - "We look at every application individually" and "We really don't like to admit one and deny the other unless there's a very good reason." I suspect that cases where just one is accepted would be the exception, but that's just a guess.</p>
<p>My identical twin sons applied to all the same colleges last year-not because they absolutely wanted to go together, but because they liked all the same places!. S1 accepted to all 5, EA at Georgetown. S2 accepted to 4-deferred EA at Georgetown, ultimately rejected. Their stats were very close-rank(top 2%), SATs, ECs. We did not ask why one got in and one did not--speculation is that they applied to different schools within GU, or that because there were 3 very qualified kids from their high school, they wanted to diversify a bit. S1 is currently at Georgetown, S2 at Lafayette as a Marquis Scholar--we are very confident that both are where they were meant to be--they love their schools, are involved, made friends, everything we could hope for. </p>
<p>Both schools have sets of twins attending, both have sets that were both accepted but only one attended, both have sets that one was not accepted--there seems to be no hard and fast rule.</p>
<p>thank god i'm not applying to Brown PLME or whatever and Lisa/her twin aren't applying to MIT</p>
<p>PS: I also have a ferternal twin... (Vintor = Vincent + Victor) my stats are slightly better than my brother's... but he has some stuff I don't (like piano) so if I got into Cornell and got my brother into Cornell... and I didn't even want to go in the first place.....</p>
<p>*fraternal</p>
<p>Does anybody think that being a twin could increase (even slightly) my chances of getting into a competitive college? Do admission committees look at twins differently than they would an applicant who isnt one? It might sound silly, but can twins be kind of like a "minority" group?</p>
<p>Seems that most colleges have a "Twins Rule" and they try to make similar decisions for the pair.</p>
<p>I knew a pair of Quadruplets that all went to the University of Delaware.</p>
<p>^ "pair of quadruplets"? Hahahaha.</p>
<p>I have a twin brother (obviously fraternal since I'm a girl) but we don't have any of the same interests in a college AT ALL and our stats are pretty different. So basically, that was no help to you at all.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think they will either admit or deny you both. It doesn't seem likely that they'd pick one over the other seeing as you're so similar.</p>
<p>that is correct, a PAIR of quadruplets (two sets of quadruplets actually which is what i meant) - I'm not sure why that is so amusing.</p>
<p>Here is a link to one: <a href="http://www.udel.edu/PR/Messenger/01/3/cover.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.udel.edu/PR/Messenger/01/3/cover.html</a></p>
<p>Since your (and your twin's) stats are quite a bit above PLME's average, I don't think it's gonna be an issue. Both of you have good chance.</p>
<p>You know, it might be a good idea to call Brown & ask them. Maybe they have some official policy one way or another & it might be helpful to hear their take on it. If they tend to admit just one student, you may want to call other schools & find one what you could both be happy at who likes to take twins as a set. Good luck!</p>
<p>I know twins who both applied to Brown ED, although not to PLME. One was accepted; the other was deferred and ultimately rejected. Both were good students, although the one who was not accepted was slightly better, the one who was accepted was recruited for running. Both were runners, had similar, though not identical ECs.</p>
<p>i know a set of twins at rice. there are two other sets i dont know.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your posts! Jessetfan, I will definitely do as you suggested!</p>
<p>My twin brother and I have had different interests from the start yet both applied to one particular school. We both got in, and figured it was due to the fact that the day we visited everyone in admissions was VERY excited about having twins visiting that day; they must've mentioned it ten times.
Interestingly enough, however, housing put me with a twin for my freshman roommate. :)
Not all twins like being together though, I know a pair that was heading off to Princeton and one twin wrote a letter to Princeton saying he didn't want to have any contact blah blah blah with his twin at all.</p>
<p>Haha..No contact with his twin? I dont think I could survive more than a week without at least talking to her once somehow. What school do you and your brother go to, stargirl?</p>
<p>At Dartmouth I have already met two twins, one pair recruited for tennis, but the other pair non-athletes.</p>
<p>There is a pair of twins in Northwestern's HPME program this year (very similar to Brown's PLME). They told us that usually there is a set of twins every year, which is pretty cool.</p>