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[quote=Anonymous]I have twins who are juniors in college and went to the same school, which was somewhat surprising to us at the time. They are VERY different, sounds like yours, also b/g (not fertility but genetics for the nosy nancy's). My DS was a very strong student, top 10 in his class and solid but not exciting ECs. Sport captain and just a member of a bunch of different clubs but very underwhelming. GPA was higher than his sisters. My DD is less of a strong student, though just as smart. It was she that was selected for the G&T program, not my son, but she is not as committed so while her GPA was also good (top 10% of her class), it was not as strong as the sibling. Both scores on SAT and ACT creepily similar.  DD has way more leadership and also a national level of experience in her somewhat unique sport.

They has a pretty divergent list of schools, just due to what they each wanted in college. Ended up applying ED to the same school and got in.  My DD is 100% sure that the strong stat twin pulled her in, and she may not be wrong.

Even though they both decided on the same ED school, I never really worried about what would happen if one didn't get in, because they are so different and they seemed to know that themselves.  my DS was pretty sure he'd get in, and my DD was pretty sure she wouldn't, and had already been accepted to two others that she liked that were not on her brothers list.

If I had an issue where one got in and one didn't, I'm not sure how we would have handled it other than to get excited about the options that they each had. My kids weren't too concerned honestly, but that may be because they did ED and didn't have a long time to stew about it.

I did read back then that most schools "prefer" to keep twins together if they both apply.  I assume because it helps with yield.

Best of luck. I kind of agree with the other poster who said you've have a lifetime of this already, the inherent competition, and be thankful that you have very different kids, because they know that they are different too. They each forged their own path and now they should be looked at as individuals not a package in terms of where they decide to go, and if they can get in. If that makes sense. My DD knew she did not have the grades that my DS did. My DS knew that he didn't have the ECs that my DD did. They know these things, they have lived their lives with this sibling for 18 or so years. They know they are different and in many ways have strived to be different.
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