<p>So I have a twin that did bad in school (75 gpa, failed 3 courses and got suspended during a fight) while I’m getting all As and Bs (87 gpa). I never wonder about whether her bad grades and bad reputation will affect me until one of our teacher got our grades mixed up!(twins can be in the same class and have the same teacher). I did well on all the exams while she always cut and never do the hws and she end up with the 90 while I recieved the 70!
She told me that she will be applying to the same college as me. Now i’m really worry. Will her bad grades and bad reputation affect my chance of getting accepted to the college? (college sees her bad grade/ bad reputation and reject her, they then see that we are twin and reject me as well). Or will my grades help her getting enrolled to the same school? ( college accepts me and sees my sister’s trancript and that we are twin and accept her as well.)</p>
<p>You and your twin are not the same person. When you apply to a college, the college only evaluates you, not your twin. When your twin applies to (maybe the same) college, the college only evaluates your twin, not you.</p>
<p>I don’t think it will make one bit of difference. While colleges have been said often to take both twins or neither twin, I can’t believe that they would do this if the twins’ qualifications were significantly different.</p>
<p>(I also find this post a bit suspect, but my policy is to respond when I think the situation might be real, for somebody.)</p>
<p>Yes it’s real and I still have to find a way to get our grades change back. I’m worried cause my parents told me schools will want twins to be in the same school, and this might be the reason why I wasn’t accepted to the high school I wanted to go and end up with the same hs as her. What troubles me is what if the college see her transcript and think of the bad side about me, since my grades are just around the minimum requirements. </p>
<p>ps. we have very similar names as well</p>
<p>I think colleges think it’s kind of cool to have twins, but only if they have relatively similar qualifications. I wouldn’t worry about this (except, of course, to have your grade corrected).</p>
<p>LOL! Nope. It actually helps you lol</p>
<p>how can it help me?</p>
<p>Are you guys conjoined or something?</p>
<p>Cause you guys are kinda like the same so if one is better than the other take that one of the two</p>
<p>Do you really think admissions officers won’t be able to separate you two as people?</p>
<p>I almost chuckled a little when I saw this question…I was pretty good friends with two twins who graduated high school last year. Both worked very hard and were very involved in school, but one was naturally brighter than the other. They both ended up applying to all of the same colleges, and here’s what happened:</p>
<p>Twin #1 (smarter one) was accepted to:
-Northwestern University
-Vanderbilt University
-Duke University
-Emory University
-University of Wisconsin-Madison
-University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign</p>
<p>Twin #2 (more average) was accepted at:
-University of Wisconsin-Madison
-University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign</p>
<p>While I don’t completely agree with Zombie that it will help you, it definitely won’t hurt you. Trust me, admissions officers are extremely intelligent, competent people who know what they’re doing.</p>
<p>Just as long as your school doesn’t **** up your transcripts and accidentally mixes you two up.</p>
<p>^RIGHT! 
Seriously, I’m not sure how competent your high school administration is, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if that happened at my school. My friend’s brother’s counselor accidentally sent all of his information to University of Illinois at Chicago, not University of Chicago. If his brother didn’t catch the mistake, he might have never made it in.</p>
<p>As long as your school sends the correct information and you get the grading glitches sorted out, your chances won’t be harmed by your twin. The admissions officers are good enough at what they do to tell you apart.</p>
<p>Twin info can get mixed up. Pay attention to the details and you will be fine.</p>
<p>“college sees her bad grade/ bad reputation and reject her, they then see that we are twin and reject me as well”
“college accepts me and sees my sister’s trancript and that we are twin and accept her as well”</p>
<p>you’re kidding right?</p>
<p>^ the grade mix-ups I get. but being related doesn’t have an affect on admissions. that’s just a bit obvious. except for legacies and first gen. college students</p>