Siblings at the same college?

[Anonymous]

Size of school obviously matters a lot. At a huge flagship, who cares? There were a few sets of siblings at my tiny SLAC and it seemed a little strange; they couldn't avoid each other and it was part of their personalities ("that's Joe, his sister goes here too.")

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother told me to never visit. Didn't want me anywhere near his college friends. And for that I am grateful

Wha?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My twins are at the same college. They don't room together or in the same dorm. They have different majors but they are on the same club sport team so they see each other a few times a week at practice. They occasionally will go eat together after practice. They didn't seek to go together, just how it worked out with college preferences/finances.

I do think it was helpful their freshman year to have each other as they were navigating college. They didn't spend a lot of time together in HS, but it was nice knowing at least one person on campus and having someone to do orientation activities with.

It has been convenient for us re: family weekends, pick up/drop off, etc.

This is my dream!

[Anonymous]

My twins are at the same college and it’s been great. They live almost entirely separate lives but they will get together to study at Starbucks or go grocery shopping. Totally different friend groups and activities but they are boy girl twins so that is unsurprising. best of all they can drive to and from school together and have the same schedule as far as back to school and breaks.

[Anonymous]

My sons are extremely close and so much alike. I hope my younger one (junior HS) ends up at sane school as his Freshmen brother in college. Older one absolutely loves it there and it would be a great fit for younger one too. They were together all break- with their silliness, and private language jokes.

We also like the idea of seeing each at same trips/breaks, etc. They play the same sport too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two of my kids are at the same college but different years. They get along well and have similar friend groups, share use of a car and the older one advises on classes etc. same major. Very fun for us to visit both of them together.

^ my dream!

[Anonymous]

OP, I don’t understand why you need to crowdsource this. No one knows how your kids get along right now or how close they are or if they have the same or different friends or the same or different interests or personalities or if they hate each other etc. Only you know that. You should be able to get a good read on this simply by knowing how things are between them right now.

I went to the same college as two of my siblings. One of my siblings and I were a year apart and close in high school and once we got to college we had the same friends and had a great time together. My other sibling was a couple years older and had different friends and different interests in both high school and college and I didn’t see that much of him on campus. But we only overlapped one year. We also were fine (and still are).

[Anonymous]

I went to the same small liberal arts college as my brother (one year apart), and we almost never saw each other unless we made plans to get together. It seems unlikely to be any different today.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I just want you all to know, it was not me writing "my dream" under people's posts.

But thanks everyone (except that person) for your contributions, helpful or otherwise.

[Anonymous]

I went to the same SLAC as my sister. We are three years apart. Even though the school was very small, we almost never even saw each other. We had different social circles, different extracurrics, different interests. Same major, but since we were so far apart we never had a class together. In sum: not a problem.

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It's common at Harvard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Size of school obviously matters a lot. At a huge flagship, who cares? There were a few sets of siblings at my tiny SLAC and it seemed a little strange; they couldn't avoid each other and it was part of their personalities ("that's Joe, his sister goes here too.")

No, size of school matters less than the prior relationship among the siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Size of school obviously matters a lot. At a huge flagship, who cares? There were a few sets of siblings at my tiny SLAC and it seemed a little strange; they couldn't avoid each other and it was part of their personalities ("that's Joe, his sister goes here too.")

That just seems..strange. Never heard of that behavior anywhere.

[Anonymous]

My youngest DD (freshman) and middle DS attend college together - they are and have always been extremely close. Unplanned as DD didn’t want to attend this significantly smaller university and so applied last minute as a safety.

They share a car and come home together. Freshman is on campus and they share meals together daily and go running together - both HS athletes.

[Anonymous]

Based on the parents' FB page, there seem to be many sibling pairs at W&M. My oldest attends and youngest is applying but it's not his first choice.