Twins ........ what a ride

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<p>The joys of twins. One son likes every school we go to and says "I can see myself here" or "they all seem alike" while the other finds a flaw or two in each and still hopes for the perfect fit and keeps digging for that magic school. The first one could care less about the rankings while the perfect fit son peeks at USNEWS from time to time. They really like the book " The Unofficial Biased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges". Good Book </p>

<p>One son is nation merit semifinalist while the other missed the cutoff by one point and is commended. It is amazing the difference in mail we see just because of one point on a test. Thank goodness they are not real competitive with each other in this area. The commended twin is barely outscoring his brother on the ACT and SAT though, go figure.</p>

<p>I have tried to have the boys limit their choices to 10 schools. One is pretty good at it and is at 7 schools and the other still has 15 choices. I told him you have to pay the fees for any schools past 10 and now he is working on getting the number down to 10. Amazing the difference I see when it is not on Dad's dime.</p>

<p>At least we got two apps out this weekend to safety schools with good merit opportunities for EA.</p>

<p>Powder River let er Buck (old rodeo saying here in the west) here we go.</p>

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<p>Drizzit, I am in awe of those folks who are doing two or more at a time.</p>

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<p>My kids are 14 months apart and also one NMS one commended; ditto on the mail. They both ended up going to college the same year, so we had two wildly different kids applying to college at the same time. One ended up at MIT, the other at Reed.</p>

<p>You have my sympathies, it's a wild year.</p>

<p>But it does get worse, really; wait until you pay the bills next year ;)</p>

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<p>Wow, this sounds exactly like my parents situation from last year. </p>

<p>Im sure it will all work out and they will find the school they are looking for. I applied to 8 and my brother applied to 7. </p>

<p>BTW, I was the commended one, but I too beat him on the SAT although we tied on the ACT.</p>

<p>It will work out. I ended up at Duke and he ended up at MIT. Im sure I am having more fun!!!!</p>

<p>Good Luck
It will be fun the day you get the acceptances, but when the bills arrive in the following 3 days, it can be a big shock (bc as you know, everything is x2!).</p>