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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every set of twins I know who applied to the same college both got in. I realize that doesn’t always happen - and plenty of twins I know applied to different colleges since their interests/preferences were different. Our neighbor’s twins who applied to all of the same, very competitive colleges, said she thinks there was actually a slight boost for the twin with the less “impressive” stats (both are terrific kids and wildly qualified- but so are many other kids who get rejected). [/quote]

FWIW, I listened to an admissions interview a while ago about twins and they said that generally if twins both apply to a school, they assume they want to be considered together and if they really want one twin it can give the other a boost. But it can be a downside if one (or both) are not a real standout, they may not want to give up two slots for twins. So, if the kids are open to going to different schools you should note in the application that they do not have a preference to go to college together and should be considered individually. Of course, then you risk that in the unequal case the weaker candidate may not get in on that boost.[/quote]

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