<p>babyruth is right. they are siblings. As ana1 said the older sibling who is studying medicine at Northwestern is also concurrently getting a PhD in Biomedical engineering. From the link babyruth posted, apparently the brother got into Harvard too (as well as other ivies) but he opted for Duke because he was named an AB Duke scholar which is a prestigious award.Check out this link [Duke</a> Announces Winners of A.B. Duke Scholarships | Duke Today](<a href=“http://today.duke.edu/2012/05/abdukes2012]Duke”>Duke Announces Winners of A.B. Duke Scholarships | Duke Today)</p>