“What is it like to be a twin?” This is a question I am confronted with on a very regular basis. One side of me wants to retort, well what’s it like being a person and breathing? But alas I choose to respond with the same rehearsed answer I give everyone who asks this question: its great. Having the title of being a twin makes people believe that there is some sort of magic or so called “twin telepathy” going on. I mean don’t get me wrong I’d love if there was but I have yet to experience any sort of twin mind magic. But in all honesty being a twin is an incomparable experience in life that only some people, such as myself, are fortunate enough to live with and gain from. It has its ups and downs but that goes for anything in life. Now I know at this point some people may be thinking isn’t your college essay supposed to …show more content…
I mean all you’ve done so far is talk about your sister. My reply to that would be that being a twin is part of my identity and I would feel incomplete without describing how it has driven me to be the person I am today. I had never been bothered by being a twin until one day in my freshman year english class. I remember hanging at my desk working on an assignment when some kid in my class who I didn’t really talk too much approached the front of my desk. “What was that homework assignment we had in history?” he said. I said, “ I don’t think I’m in your history class you probably have my twin in your class though”. He immediately exclaimed, “OMG no way! I thought you were one person!”. I guess at this point I had a minor epiphany. I realized I didn’t want to be seen as one person or “twin 2” I wanted to be seen as Lindsey. I’ve heard some people mention that being a twin