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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have boy girl twins. They are close friends, but very different people. To our surprise, they ended up applying to almost all the same schools. We tried to guide and encourage them to find different schools, but they ended up with many of the same.

One of the kids is quite a bit stronger academically than the other, and also has a great Extracurricular with success on the national level. The schools they applied were a reasonable target/reach for the less strong twin, and a straight target/safety for the strong one but everything these days feels like a crapshoot.

We are obviously concerned as all ea decisions start coming in this week and rd in the next few months, the twin who is a fantastic kid but less strong academically and in terms of extracurricular  will possibly get shut out.

Luckily, both twins are into safeties, so we are trying to really talk about how awesome those schools are.

Any advice on how to handle this situation when one twin gets into a school and the other doesn’t. We generally think handling disappointment is their issue and try to shrug and not make it a big deal but this is an added layer of complication with twin dynamics.

( if we’re honest, the twin who is stronger on paper worked harder and was more driven but it doesn’t feel great to point that out in a moment of disappointment so if there’s something we can say that is kind and more constructive we’d like to do that!)

Thanks in advance.[/quote]

This seems like the making of a great sit com. Can the smart twin accept two offers and have the other twin attend in their place? Maybe they have to switch at winter break and hilarity ensues? [/quote]
OP said boy girl twins so unfortunately that couldn't happen.[/quote]

I hate when one sibling is labeled the 'smart' one.  The op didn't say the one twin is stupid.  Most likely the iq difference is small.  The one twin worked harder.[/quote]

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