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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP with the UVA b/g twins. My DD had a slightly lower GPA but still within range for UVA (though the bottom of the range). Their scores were very similar. They both participated in the same sport and both were captains but my DD also had a different sport outside of school which she competed at the national level on.

They were (and are) very different. I think in truth my DD got into UVA because of her brother - she would also say that. I think she'd have been waitlisted if she wasn't a twin simply because her GPA while good put her out of the top 5% of the class - just barely. Her brother was a solid yes due to his class rank and GPA.

They enjoy going to school together. They have only taken one class together as they have completely different interests and majors.  Their greek houses just mixed last night but otherwise they do not really run in the same social circles. They share a car but live in different apartment buildings near each other. They enjoy grabbing dinner maybe once every other week.[/quote]

OP here.  If a stronger twin can pull a weaker one in, can a weaker twin impact the stronger one's chance of admission?  [/quote]

probably depends on the school. when ours applied for K, a few schools said they take both, even when there is a "discrepancy," and one said - paraphrased - we only take winners. know another DC twin family where one was taken for 6th and the other was rejected - they went to another school that took both. our dcs applied again in 6th. most of the schools said they take both, one even emphasized the numbers of multiples in the graduating class - 5 sets of twins, 2 sets of triplets.

applied to different colleges. at one point spouse wondered about both applying to alma mater and that maybe the "stronger" would pull in the "weaker," but decided against suggesting, mainly because alma mater was not right fit. both got into their eds and good fits.

one learns about the strange, outmoded, and potentially harmful opinions folks hold about multiples around these kinds of transitions. some people think they are being helpful when that is way not the case. [/quote]

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