<p>Both my twin brother and I plan on applying to some of the same schools (Northwestern and Emory). He got a 35 on the ACT's and I got a 2230 on the SAT's. Do you think the 2 of us applying to the same schools (although we are really going to try and avoid attending the same school) help or hurt our chances of admission?</p>
<p>I don’t know a lot about this, but you should look at what happened with FrecklyBeckly on CC, who went to the University of Michigan, while her twin brother got accepted to Yale and some other top colleges.</p>
<p>My twin brother and i had almost identical stats and applied to northwestern. One of us got waitlisted and one of us got in, however neither of us will be attending.</p>
<p>^ But was Northwestern aware that you two were twins?</p>
<p>I have no idea… they should have been. Perhaps they weren’t but i never bothered putting myself on the wait list or reminding them that we were twins. My college decisions for all the other schools we applied to were identical, so its pretty odd.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot. What other schools did you two apply to?</p>
<p>I don’t see how it could either help or hurt.</p>
<p>I know a pair of amazing twins at my high school both got into Harvard, though one is going to MIT instead. Ah what awesome kids :3</p>
<p>My friend and her twin, both very smart people, got accepted to Rice, Wash U, and a number of UCs, she also got into Penn, her twin got into Cornell. </p>
<p>But I honestly dont know if it will help/hurt your chances, hopefully the effect will be neutral. :]</p>
<p>I know Duke asks whether your twin/triplet is also applying (or at least they used to).</p>
<p>There also seemed to be a large number of sets of twins there.</p>
<p>I don’t see why it’s any different than two people applying from the same school. Now, a cooler question is, what if siamese twins applied to the same school separately and only one got accepted?</p>
<p>Some parents on this forum said they noticed a trend with some colleges to take both if they applied and were close in stats. Some schools encourage you to tell them because there is a sibling discount that can be applied. For instance, G.Wash has a 1/2 tuition discount for the second twin or sibling.</p>
<p>It will be interesting with my girls, they have almost identical grades at school (except a slight dip in math for one) and share 2 of the same teachers. They test though very differently (SAT/ACT), one gets much higher overall, which shows that the test isn’t always accurate for everything. One D is more anxious and tires with long tests, although her exams at school are fine and I’m sure her recs will tell a lot.</p>
<p>the Northwestern Supplement Application asks whether your twin brother or sister is applying. it won’t hurt your chances though. why should it</p>
<p>I have also heard many times that colleges will take both twins if they have similar stats, and what I have observed seems to bear that out. Do you actually want to go to the same school?</p>
<p>^ Haha, DwightEisenhower! Now that is a VERY good question…</p>
<p>^HaHa, I found it funny too.</p>
<p>Yea every other school we applied to gave us similar decisions, and we were fortunate to get generous offers from both pomona and amherst college, and we are weighing those two options right now.</p>