Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a set of triplets at gds last year who flat out said they would only go to a school that accepted all three if them. They ended up having to choose between Columbia and Penn.

That's interesting. I wonder if this may have helped one or two of them, admissions wise, while possibly hurting the other one or two? It seems unlikely all 3 would be equally desirable to all of the schools they applied to.

I think the schools all liked the gimmick of having triplets (they were also good at track and good students). I host new student gatherings for my ivy and I can tell you schools just love to brag about the gimmicky students they have accepted (a rodeo clown, a junior beekeeper, a fashion blogger with 100,000 followers, etc....) Triplets who all run track and wanted to stay together sounds like a great gimmick to me.

Darn, blew it for DC at his birth

There's still rodeo clown school. Harvard will take him after he gets gored by a few bulls, never fear.

My 20-year-old B/G twins are at the same college, but they each applied to 15 or so schools. They both ended up at the same large state school because my son opted for the full ride over more prestigious (and costly) schools, and my daughter was accepted into a limited enrollment major of her choice. They're both very happy, and they never see each other except at home during breaks...they are too busy on an enormous campus. They are still very close, despite their inability to drive 15 minutes across campus to see each other.

My best friends growing up were twins, and they chose different colleges in the same city (a couple hours away from our home town). Then two years later, their brother chose a third college in the same city. It was kind of a perfect medium--they lived separately, went to school separately, but could still spend time together.

(And because I'm sure you're wondering about me, the narrator of this story, I went to yet another college in a nearby city, so I got to spend a lot of time with them too.)

My identical twin seniors are very similar and very close. They naturally have gravitated to the same schools,and I will be surprised if they choose different schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a set of triplets at gds last year who flat out said they would only go to a school that accepted all three if them. They ended up having to choose between Columbia and Penn.

That's interesting. I wonder if this may have helped one or two of them, admissions wise, while possibly hurting the other one or two? It seems unlikely all 3 would be equally desirable to all of the schools they applied to.

I think the schools all liked the gimmick of having triplets (they were also good at track and good students). I host new student gatherings for my ivy and I can tell you schools just love to brag about the gimmicky students they have accepted (a rodeo clown, a junior beekeeper, a fashion blogger with 100,000 followers, etc....) Triplets who all run track and wanted to stay together sounds like a great gimmick to me.

Darn, blew it for DC at his birth

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a set of triplets at gds last year who flat out said they would only go to a school that accepted all three if them. They ended up having to choose between Columbia and Penn.

That's interesting. I wonder if this may have helped one or two of them, admissions wise, while possibly hurting the other one or two? It seems unlikely all 3 would be equally desirable to all of the schools they applied to.

I think the schools all liked the gimmick of having triplets (they were also good at track and good students). I host new student gatherings for my ivy and I can tell you schools just love to brag about the gimmicky students they have accepted (a rodeo clown, a junior beekeeper, a fashion blogger with 100,000 followers, etc....) Triplets who all run track and wanted to stay together sounds like a great gimmick to me.

PLEASE let them decide for themselves. Help them think through it but at all costs AVOID giving your opinion unless they ask for it. And even then, give your opinion based on observations, not based on your wishful thinking.

My 2 cents:

Not a twin but 1 year apart from my older sister and I believe my mom wishes we were twins.

She got accepted to a Holy Grail Bible College and I didn't. I only applied because my parents wanted me to, and I think they were disappointed that I didn't get accepted.

I ended up going to school far away that was also influenced by my parents. If I could do it over again I would have chosen where I wanted to go, which was neither of those places.