Blane Margaretten:
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Marketing/Management
Class of 2018
Did you plan on going to college together?
My brother and I did not plan on attending college together! We made our decisions independent of one another, and us choosing the same school just shows how alike we really are.
What’s the funniest part about going to Tulane with your twin?
The funniest part about my twin and I on campus is that he was a Freshman RA and I got to serve as Orientation staff. We both individually have hordes of younger students who consistently mix us up. Our apologies to the class of 2019 and 2020!
Tyler Margaretten
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Finance / Management
Class of 2018
What’s the best part of having your twin at Tulane?
The best part is how easy it makes it meeting people! People come up to me on a daily basis thinking we’re friends (in reality I’ve never met them before!) and because of that I get to introduce myself and make more connections. It’s kind of like we’ve divided and conquered campus because we can meet twice as many people as a regular student. It’s awesome.
What’s the funniest thing to happen to you here?
It’s so hard to choose just a few. When I visited Tulane during a Top Scholars Weekend when I was a senior in high school, I met another incoming freshman from South Carolina. We became instant friends and are still super close today. Later that day in the bookstore, Blane came up to me and was like “Tyler…there is a blonde girl who keeps making eye contact with me and I have no idea why.” I turned around and sure enough there was my friend Carly! Quite possibly my first friend I ever had that didn’t know I’m a twin.
MiQuelle Phillips
New Orleans, LA
Public Health (currently working towards MPH)
Class of 2015
Miesha Phillips
New Orleans, LA
Sociology (currently applying for Law School)
Class of 2016 (yes, they graduated in different years)
Did you plan on going to Tulane together?
Yes, Miesha and I both attended Tulane Upward Bound from age 14, we also during our senior year of high school attended the Tulane Summer Transition Program and were able to receive academic scholarships through that program that allowed us to be able to attend Tulane together. We were truly blessed and excited to have such a wonderful opportunity. The mentorship and guidance we received, personally, professionally and academically through both programs was amazing!
What’s your favorite thing about Tulane?
We loved being so close to home but still getting a full college experience that allowed us to feel like we were away. Tulane provided us with the opportunity to go to school in our own neighborhood, and still experience what we would like to think all students need as a college experience. From living on campus, to participating in campus organizations, even being able to do service learning projects and working in our very own community. The school is stapled in our city and allowed us to give back to the same city that got us to where we are today. There couldn’t have been a better option for us! We were able to grow as young women and become campus leaders at Tulane and that has shaped our paths to this day.
Have you ever lived together at Tulane? How was that?
We never lived together in the same room at Tulane, however we both worked for Housing and Residence Life. Over the summers Miesha worked as a lead conferences coordinator and MiQuelle worked as the housing room’s assignments coordinator assistant. Both positions gave us the opportunity to become Resident Advisors. MiQuelle was an RA in Weatherhead Hall for 2 years, and then spent her senior year as the Senior Resident Advisor of Greenbaum House when the hall first opened. Miesha spent one year in Wall and a second in “coincidentally” the first room MiQuelle had as an RA in Weatherhead Hall. Working and living on campus was awesome, and being an RA at Tulane provided us with some of the professional tools we still use today like working in teams, organization, always being personable, remaining professional, and being able to lead in groups, among several other things.
Margaux Armfield
Knoxville, TN
Evolutionary and Environmental Biology
Class of 2020
Brenna Armfield
Knoxville, TN
Class of 2020
Did you plan on going to Tulane together?
Brenna and I did not plan on going to the same college. In fact, after I chose Tulane, Brenna had a difficult time deciding if she wanted to go here because, while she adored Tulane, she wanted to have her own identity in college apart from me. However, I'm glad she decided to come here, as we both have been able to have independence while maintaining a close friendship.
What is the best part about having your twin at Tulane?
The best part of having a twin at Tulane is all the random people who wave at you because they know your twin.
Sergio Medina
Avondale, LA
Finance w/ Energy Specialization, Management
Class of 2017
(side note here: Sergio’s twin goes to arch rival LSU! But I thought this perspective was cool too)
Did you plan on going to Tulane with your twin?
In high school, my twin and I started to branch off from one another in case we would be unable to attend the same university. This is a funny story but when we were thinking about where we would go to college I never thought I would attend Tulane University. My twin brother wanted to attend Tulane and I on the other hand did not know where I would go to college. My twin brother decided to attend LSU and It wasn't until senior year of high school where I received an athletic scholarship to Tulane University that I knew this was where I wanted to be. In the heart of uptown, 30 minutes away from home, the rich culture of New Orleans and the opportunity to receive an outstanding education from a prestigious university, it was a no brainer.
Do people know you’re a twin?
Believe it or not, but there are students at Tulane who have friends that attend LSU and think that I am my twin brother! They either meet my twin from their friends or think the same person attends two universities! It's funny because one guy was looking at me with a confused look and came up to me and said "Julius!?". No I am not him, I'm his twin Sergio! He goes to LSU.
Have you ever switched places?
We never switched places but in high school we convinced a teacher that we did switch places when we actually didn't.
Molly Lynch
Bayville, NY
Marketing and Management
Class of 2016
Did you plan on going to Tulane together?
We did not plan on going to college together! We both originally wanted to go to school in the same city but at different universities. Tulane was not originally on our radar, but we applied because some of our high school friends were also applying. It turned out to be the first school that I got into back in November of my senior year. Fast forward to January, it was very cold in New York and we wanted to go somewhere warm for a few days. We decided to visit New Orleans and check out Tulane while we were there. We both absolutely fell in love, and put a deposit down soon after.
What's the funniest or weirdest twin-related thing that ever happened to you here?
On a pretty regular occasion, people would mix my sister and I up. Casey and I were both involved in different activities at Tulane (aside from being in the same sorority), and hence knew different people on campus. There were many times when people did not realize that I was a twin, and that she also attended Tulane. So, my friends and colleagues would go up to Casey and start talking to her about USG or WTUL, and she had no idea who they were and what they were talking about. A few people even were offended and thought I was ignoring them, but it was really just Casey not knowing them! Someone else thought that I made multiple outfit changes during the day! Some funny stuff happens when you go to school together
Casey Lynch
Bayville, NY
Finance
Class of 2016
Did you study abroad without your twin? What was it like?
I studied abroad in Nice, France, and Molly did not study abroad. Being that we went to the same school all our lives, I think it was important to do something apart from each other. Ideally, it would have been super fun to both go to Europe and study in different cities, but we both had amazing semesters getting to know new people. We talked and FaceTimed everyday, so we were always up to date with each other’s lives. It was by far the longest span of time we have spent apart, so I think we were super excited to see each other over Thanksgiving break when she came to visit. Just like we have with all our decisions, our separate decisions about whether or not to study abroad were independent of what the other decided to do. Study abroad was definitely the best semester of college, and probably the best four months of my life.
Have you ever lived together at Tulane? How was that?
We happened to be placed on the same floor in Sharp Hall our freshmen year, but we didn’t live together until I came back from abroad. It was very convenient to live together — we shared groceries, and I like to cook, so I was able to prepare food for both of us. Having the ability to share closets was also useful. We also lived with three friends from our sorority. We brought our car down senior year, so it was helpful to live together to share the car. We had a terrible landlord so it was comforting to have Molly by my side to deal with our house’s problems and ultimately make the decision to move out of the house. Although we lived under the same roof, we often didn’t see each other till nighttime after classes and meetings were over, so we lived very independently of each other.
Courtney Pellegrini
Cary, NC
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, SISE
Class of 2018
Emily Pellegrini
Cary, NC
Neuroscience, Philosophy
Class of 2018
Did you plan on going to Tulane together?
Not really; we applied to about half of the same schools and figured "We don't have to go to the same place, but it would be cool if we did!" We both ended up loving Tulane, so it worked out that way! Looking back, I'm really glad that we both decided to go to the same school. It's been nice having my sister here, especially since we're so far away from home.
What's the funniest or weirdest twin-related thing that ever happened to you here?
One semester, Emily and I both had classes on the same day with the same girl; I had a class with her at the end of the day and Em had one with her at the beginning. After an entire semester of knowing her, she finally came up to me at the end of the year with a confused look on her face. She said, "I'm sorry, but I've been wondering this all year and I just have to ask. Why do you always change your outfit halfway through the day?"
Have you ever lived together at Tulane? How was that?
Yes, we actually live in the same off-campus house together! (Not just us, though- we also live with two other girls. I don't think things would end very well if it were only the two of us). It's going really well so far, probably because we had the foresight to not share a bathroom. We can share a house together quite nicely, but I think that sharing a bathroom tends to bring out the worst in people.
Sabrina Tucci
New Hope, PA
Public Health, IDev, Psychology
Class of 2020
Marissa Tucci
New Hope, PA
Class of 2020
Did you plan on going to college together?
We definitely did not plan on going to college together. I had my heart set on Tulane for over a year before I applied, and I only ended up applying here. Marissa on the other hand applied to many schools and waited until the last minute to send her deposit here. I think the whole time she liked Tulane but didn't want to have to deal with hearing "Oh my god, I said hi to your sister again today! So embarrassing!" 5 times a day for another 4 years. That would have been nice.
What's the best part of having your twin at Tulane?
The best part about having my twin at Tulane with me is the fact we didn't have to completely split our wardrobe. Being the same size in everything, it made sense to share every article of clothing for our whole lives. Having to split that if we went to separate colleges would have been very stressful and probably would have ended in blood being shed.
Rosalia Costa
San Jose, CA
graduation year: 2020
Victoria Costa
What’s the best part about having your twin at Tulane?
The best part about having my twin at Tulane is that I get to experience such a fun time in my life alongside my best friend! She's not only my twin, but my best friend, so college is just a lot more fun because I have my best friend to share all these amazing experiences.
What’s the funniest twin-related thing that has happened to you so far?
The funniest twin-related thing that happened to us while at Tulane so far was when a random man outside Bruff asked us for a picture because he said he had never seen identical twins before! He looked so excited, so of course we said yes haha!
Allison Woolverton
Baton Rouge, LA
Political Economy, Spanish, SISE
Class of 2019
Did you ever live together at Tulane? How was that?
Yes! We lived together last year and still do. Freshman year, when our RA asked us to write and sign the "roommate contract" we burst out laughing. We'd shared a room forever, why would we have to write rules about it now? When we chose to room together freshman year (an easy decision) I had intended to separate for sophomore year - but it worked so well that we decided why not keep on living together? I mean, we share all of our clothes, jewelry, everything. It doesn't make sense to have to split all of that up. Plus, we share all the same friends, pretty much, and have very similar living habits. It's been nice to not have to deal with any roomie drama!
Have you ever swapped places? What was it like?
We've only swapped places once, actually! All our lives we wanted to switch classes on April Fool's Day, and senior year of high school we finally did it. Most of our classmates and teachers figured it out right away, but not all of them! In history class I had conversation with my teacher about something "Allison would say," before he had figured it out that I wasn't Madeleine. It was very hard to keep a straight face. Needless to say, we were the center of attention all day, haha. That was a good time.
Also, in like 8th grade, sometimes I would talk to Madeleine's boyfriend on the phone, or vice versa. We thought that was so funny.
Favorite thing about Tulane?
For me, Tulane is a perfect combination of being home and being far away. My family is from New Orleans, but we moved to Baton Rouge when I was 8 after Katrina. So New Orleans is a new city and an old city for me, and I love that. What's even better, though, is being at home in south Louisiana but going to school with people from all around the country. Even though I'm only an hour away from home, so many of the students here are from the East and West coasts that Tulane is culturally pretty different. And I've loved that also.
Madeleine Woolverton
Baton Rouge, LA
Sociology, SISE, SLAMM
Class of 2019
Funniest twin related thing:
Beginning of this year Allison and I were walking across campus together and we passed by twins Rosie and Victoria Costa and all four of us just stopped and did a double take. They were like "are you guys twins!?" and we were like "yeah are you guys twins?!" and we bonded right there over our twin-ness! Turns out the four of us have alot of other stuff in common too, and now we all became good friends. Our favorite thing to do is to share all of our twin stories!
Living together:
Allison and I lived together freshman year and again this year, and we love it! We share all of our clothes so it's great to also share both closets and drawers! We've shared a room all of our lives, so it defiantly made the transition to college a lot easier, and it's also really nice to feel like the whole room is mine. If course, it's also all hers, but I think sharing everything is was better than having a room divided in half!
Tomas Salter-Cid
West Windsor, New Jersey
Class of 2018
Neuroscience and Public Health
John Salter-Cid
West Windsor, NJ
Class of 2018
Public Health
John is much more into local music scene than I am, so he brings me with him to go see live bands around the city. Without him I wouldn't have been exposed to the vast amount of culture that New Orleans has to offer.
Did you want to go to college together?
Honestly, going to the same university as John wasn't really that big of a priority for me. However, when I was accepted to the University of Michigan I went to Ann Arbor to visit the campus. When we got out of the taxi at out hotel the temperature was -35 F with wind chill and I immediately enrolled at Tulane and came to sunny New Orleans with my brother.
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