We spoke to some of the five sets of twins living on Newton

Fun fact: there are at least five sets of twins living on the Newton campus.

Let that sink in. It doesn’t take a Math major to know the probability of that happening is pretty low.

The Tab interviewed three of the five sets. Let’s hear what it’s like to be at college and living in such close proximity to your double.

Alycia and Jess Carroll, Econ majors

Have your parents become BC fanatics?

Our Dad has. He bought season tickets for football!

How often do you eat together?

Once a day just the two of us, at least. Almost every meal with other people. We plan it and share the same friends.

Best and worst thing about having a twin at BC?

Alycia: “The best part is that I don’t get as homesick as I probably would have. The worst is that I don’t have as many friends since I hang out with her all the time.”

Why did you guys choose BC? Did you choose together?

Jess: “We applied to most of the same schools and ended up making the decision together. BC was the best school we both got in to.”

Alycia: “It’s not far from home, either.”

How has your relationship changed since coming to BC?

Alycia: “We don’t fight as much. I think we’re closer and more supportive of each other.”

Jess: “We’re scared to make the other mad cause no one will fix it for us!”

Are you in any of the same clubs?

Alycia: “We’re in a band together.”

Jess: “I’m only in band with her. We go to yoga together, except that’s not a club. We also do our Math homework together!”

Do people think you’re the same person?

Alycia: “YES, I thought this school was big enough where this wouldn’t be a problem, but even on day two everyone was already calling me Jess.”

Jess: “When I walk into her dorm, people say, ‘Hi Alycia!’ and I’ve stopped correcting them because it takes too much time.”

Julia and Lizzy Barrett, Undecided and Communications majors (respectively)

They even wear the same outfits

Have your parents become BC fanatics? 

We have a lot of siblings, but they like BC, definitely.

How often do you eat together?

Once or twice a week.

Best and worst thing about having a twin at BC?

Julia: “One time she brought me dinner because I was too lazy to leave my room. That was awesome.”

Lizzy: “I’d say the worst part is that so many times people will smile and wave and then get offended when you don’t recognize them. It’s like the BC look-away but so much weirder.”

Why did you guys choose BC? Did you choose together?

Julia: “It took a long time for me to figure it out. I was always leaning towards coming here. I loved the rowing team and how service-oriented it was. I also love the city of Boston.”

Lizzy: “We both just ended up deciding to come here, we didn’t choose together. I was deciding between here and Ithaca.”

How has your relationship changed since coming to BC?

Julia: “I still text her and laugh at her as much as I used to.”

Lizzy: “We see each other a lot less. In high school we were together all the time, took all the same classes, went to practice, drove together…etc. It just worked out that way. We see each other at our class that we have together, at practice, or just randomly in the dining hall.”

Are you in any of the same clubs?

Julia: “Same team but other than that, no. We have different interests.”

Lizzy: “No. I chose clubs that I thought were interesting, so I chose separately from her.”

Do people think you’re the same person?

Lizzy: “ALL the time. There’s a look that people give you.”

Julia: “It takes people a long time to realize that there are two of us. And yes, there are two looks: The ‘checking you out’ look and the ‘are you a twin?’ look. They squint their eyes, their mouths open a bit and they look back and forth between the two of us, and then to their friends, then back to us.”

Amanda and Ariana Kishfy, Econ majors

Have your parents become BC fanatics?

We have three other siblings so they try not to favor schools, but they should favor BC because 40 percent of their kids go here!

How often do you eat together?

Amanda: “Very often. About once every one-two weeks alone together, however.”

Ariana: “Three-four times a week along with other people.”

Best and worst thing about having a twin at BC?

Amanda: “More friends is probably the best part.”

Ariana: “For me, the best part is that you have one person you truly know. But the worst part is that people think I’m her all the time.”

Why did you guys choose BC?

Amanda: “I had wanted to come here for a while and it’s closer to home. We chose separately because we wanted to be away from each other actually.”

Ariana: “I chose BC because it’s a great school, especially academically. When we found out that we both wanted to go here, it wasn’t like we could tell the other not to go here!”

How has your relationship changed since coming to BC?

Amanda: “If we went to different colleges it would have been different. Since we’re both on Newton we run into each other a lot.”

Ariana: “It’s been the same. We were close before and we’re still close now. We have different friends, which is actually different than it was in high school.”

Are you in any of the same clubs?

Ariana: “RHA… that’s it I think. We chose different classes on purpose (like times and professors). RHA was a separate decision but we both knew we were going to do it.”

Do people think you’re the same person?

Ariana: “Yes, all the time. People call me Amanda occasionally. And random people I don’t even know will start talking to me.”

Amanda: “The difference was that in high school, we knew everyone and so everyone learned to distinguish the two of us.”