Applying to Med Schools as Twins

[Gearheadgtr]

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Hello SDN, I wanted to hear your opinions about my twin and I applying to med school. I have several questions regarding this.

1. Can I use this for a diversity secondary essay?

2. Will this give us a advantage in applying?

3. Will they admit both of us at the same time or reject one and admit one or reject both?

4. Once admitted will they attempt to separate us?

I can't seem to get straight answers on the internet about these questions, but I've seen articles written about twins in med school and some med schools appear to like twins. We are both competitive applicants with the exact same ec's, classes, and Uni etc similar GPA and MCAT. We are basically the same but not identical twins lol.

 

[maplecookie]

?? I don't see how that should really factor in med schools' decision of you as an applicant because they're judging you as individuals not a package deal. Also, even if you guys have the same experiences your guys' reflections on your experiences should be unique from each other since you are individuals in the end. I also don't get what you mean about separating you?? Again, I would think they will treat you as individual adults so if you end up in different class schedules or anything it's probably just luck of the draw instead of any serious deliberation on their part.

Maybe someone who actually is a twin can say differently but this is what my common sense is telling me lol

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

4. Once admitted will they attempt to separate us?

Are you conjoined or something? You’re adults. You should be able to be apart from each other for normal lengths of time.

 

[Welshman]

There were a pair of twins like this in my high school, did everything together and ultimately one dropped an acceptance at a top 10 college to go to a no name state school. Speaking from my experience knowing them and talking to people about them, I would advise against making this a central aspect of your application. It really makes you appear dependent on each other and incapable of functioning apart which is going to be necessary in medicine.

1. Depends how you spin it, what benefit would being attached at the hip if you will provide the class and your future patients? ATM, I can’t see it

2/3. You’re not going to be given special priviledge when applying and if you say something to the effect of “take both of us or none of us” I think that would look very bad.

4. I think everyone agrees you guys need some time apart

 

[Gearheadgtr]

Are you conjoined or something? You’re adults. You should be able to be apart from each other for normal lengths of time.

It was a question out of curiosity not necessity. I'm just curious because throughout high school and university teachers and professors tried their best to separate us. I can survive without my twin.

 

[Kr#36]

This reminds me of Step Brothers when they go in and interview as a team.

 

[Catalystik]

Hello SDN, I wanted to hear your opinions about my twin and I applying to med school. I have several questions regarding this.

1. Can I use this for a diversity secondary essay?

2. Will this give us a advantage in applying?

3. Will they admit both of us at the same time or reject one and admit one or reject both?

4. Once admitted will they attempt to separate us?

I can't seem to get straight answers on the internet about these questions, but I've seen articles written about twins in med school and some med schools appear to like twins. We are both competitive applicants with the exact same ec's, classes, and Uni etc similar GPA and MCAT. We are basically the same but not identical twins lol.

1) Sure, but if you make it sound like you're borderline capable of functioning well on your own, it won't reflect positively. Be careful what you say. Be sure to have folks "in the know" review your essay to be sure it doesn't make you seem immature.

2) No.

3) You may think you're the same on paper, but there's a good chance that you won't interview identically, or be evaluated by the same adcomms, each of whom will view you through a different lens. Once you're invited for an interview, the paperwork won't matter. If you seem too hooked on twin-ness, adcomms may feel they're doing you a favor by accepting only one of you.

4) I'm not sure what you mean: If you're assigned to dissect two different cadavers, four feet apart from each other, can you handle that? What about being in two different small discussion groups? What about having a completely different clinical rotation schedule in different parts of a city?

 

[Gearheadgtr]

1) 4) I'm not sure what you mean: If you're assigned to dissect two different cadavers, four feet apart from each other, can you handle that? What about being in two different small discussion groups? What about having a completely different clinical rotation schedule in different parts of a city?

The only real times we collaborate with each other is for signing up for classes. We study independently and in parallel not really working as a group. Generally when we get separated for group projects we get paired up with slackers whom bring our grades down, which is why I am concerned with separation, although it's NOT a dealbreaker.

 

[wysdoc]

Hello SDN, I wanted to hear your opinions about my twin and I applying to med school. I have several questions regarding this.

1. Can I use this for a diversity secondary essay?

2. Will this give us a advantage in applying?

3. Will they admit both of us at the same time or reject one and admit one or reject both?

4. Once admitted will they attempt to separate us?

I can't seem to get straight answers on the internet about these questions, but I've seen articles written about twins in med school and some med schools appear to like twins. We are both competitive applicants with the exact same ec's, classes, and Uni etc similar GPA and MCAT. We are basically the same but not identical twins lol.

search this site for "twins" you will see several discussions to read in the past couple of years.

Applying with a brother
Do medical schools ever compare sibling applications?

 

[Oso]

Are you the growed up Phil and Lil DeVille

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

It was a question out of curiosity not necessity. I'm just curious because throughout high school and university teachers and professors tried their best to separate us. I can survive without my twin.

You’re going to be separated. It’s pretty unlikely you’ll go through 3rd and 4th years all on the same rotations together. But if you go to an MD school, 1st and 2nd year is just lecture, and almost every MD school doesn’t have mandatory lecture. So unless you get split up in anatomy lab, you can probably stick together that long at least.

 

[Goro]

Hello SDN, I wanted to hear your opinions about my twin and I applying to med school. I have several questions regarding this.

1. Can I use this for a diversity secondary essay?

2. Will this give us a advantage in applying?

3. Will they admit both of us at the same time or reject one and admit one or reject both?

4. Once admitted will they attempt to separate us?

I can't seem to get straight answers on the internet about these questions, but I've seen articles written about twins in med school and some med schools appear to like twins. We are both competitive applicants with the exact same ec's, classes, and Uni etc similar GPA and MCAT. We are basically the same but not identical twins lol.

1) No. Uncommon =/= cool
2) Only if one of you is a superstar and the other is decent
3) Any one of these is feasible. Suppose you bomb your interview but your twin aces his/hers?
4) You should expect that you might be in different lab groups or teams in a TBL/PBL curriculum. And as mentioned above, don't expect to be on the same rotations.