Thanks @LoveTheBard for your input 
I was thinking the same thing about the regional admissions person… I might reach out to Yale to ask about that
In terms of yield protection* I think twins could be helpful because the school would know we are more likely to go if both of us are admitted. Do you think it could get us both rejected (rather than waste an acceptance on a twin who wants to go where her sister is going) even though our stats are so different?
- which at this point we have to accept is HYPS's priotity. Given they have access to some of the top applicants in the world, admissions counselors' jobs have become finding out which kids will accept an offer if they are given one