Should twins apply to the same law schools? Forum

Robr90 · Post by **Robr90** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:47 pm

Hello. I am new here but am hoping a few of you can shed some light on a question my twin brother and I have been struggling to answer. Here is the situation:

We both majored in accounting and minored in finance at the same undergraduate school. I had a 3.93 gpa while he had a 3.94 gpa. I have 170 lsat while he has a 171 lsat and both of us have a little over a year of work experience at the same big four accounting firm in New York. We are also both involved in the same volunteer and hobby activities.

We both would like to apply to all T14 schools but are concerned that since we are so much alike that all of the schools will either take my brother over me since he has the higher gpa and higher lsat, or not take either of us simply because the applications will be so similar.

Because of this doubt, we are thinking about applying to only 7 of the T14 schools each. We would much rather apply to all 14 however, since this doubles the chances of either of us getting accepted, and also will allow us to go to the same school (shocker right?).

Can anyone please let me know what the chances of getting accepted would be if we both applied to the same schools? Thanks a lot.

Mal Reynolds · Post by **Mal Reynolds** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:49 pm

Which one of you has better hand to hand combat skills? I think by law only one of you is allowed in so you'll probably have to face off in thunderdome.

Mal Reynolds · Post by **Mal Reynolds** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:50 pm

Also how does it feel to always be one step behind your brother?

pancakes3 · Post by **pancakes3** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:56 pm

This is a 179 thread. It'd be a 180 thread if the other twin OP'd.

anyriotgirl · Post by **anyriotgirl** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:57 pm

Mal Reynolds wrote:Also how does it feel to always be one step behind your brother?

is he prettier than you too? are you dating lady twins? is his girlfriend also the prettier twin?

we need to know

swampman · Post by **swampman** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:23 pm

Strangely, I actually know twins with identical stats & experience who applied to the same schools. Didn't affect their cycle.

Why wouldn't they want to admit both of you? Schools care about numbers. The 170 vs 171 is the only thing that might cause one of you to be admitted and the other not.

kingpin101 · Post by **kingpin101** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:28 pm

Lol and I thought law schools were egregious gamers.

star fox · Post by **star fox** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:39 pm

pancakes3 wrote:This is a 179 thread. It'd be a 180 thread if the other twin OP'd.

Haha nice.

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:45 pm

i bet they'd admit you both without even noticing that you're twins

PeanutsNJam · Post by **PeanutsNJam** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:14 pm

this is hilarious

t-14orbust · Post by **t-14orbust** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:15 pm

sounds like something Yale would put on their 'look at how interesting our students are' webpage

ManoftheHour · Post by **ManoftheHour** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:19 pm

If he's better at life than you, then you somehow fucked up. Same DNA and same environment. No excuses.

JamMasterJ · Post by **JamMasterJ** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:27 pm

LOL. Also, we have a brother sister set at NYU. So - pretty similar

Kimikho · Post by **Kimikho** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:30 am

are you fraternal or identical

banjo · Post by **banjo** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:28 am

You should both write diversity statements about the unique perspective you'd bring to the law school.

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