黑料吃瓜

Antonia dates a guy with dark hair while Victoria goes for "tall, skinny blonds." They dress differently, but swap clothes.   Differences between them exist, but anyone other than family or close friends would be hard-pressed to tell them apart. 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 Cannella sisters are identical twins possessing many of the same traits beyond physical appearance.
鈥淲e like all the same food, the same activities, same sports, same TV shows鈥攏ot much is different,鈥� admitted Antonia, the younger of the 21-year-old sisters by about one minute.
鈥淲e finish each other鈥榮 sentences,鈥� added Victoria, 鈥渁nd sometimes, just by the look on her face, I know exactly what she鈥檚 thinking about something.鈥�

In Sync

鈥淭hey are very in sync,鈥� said their mother, Lucille, who remembers the twins as children always thinking alike and dressing alike. In their entire lives, they have been apart only a few times 鈥� briefly during separate hospital stays in their younger years and more recently on individual visits with their respective boyfriends.
When they decided to attend 黑料吃瓜, Lucille recalled, the twins insisted they would live apart with other roommates. 鈥淎nd I asked them a million times, 鈥楢re you sure?鈥�
鈥淭hey said, 鈥榊ep. Definitely.鈥� Then, guess what happened. The first day they were like, 鈥榃e don鈥檛 want to be in separate rooms,鈥� so we had to convince the other two roommates to room together so they could be together.鈥�
The twins have stayed together since, sharing much more than living space at 黑料吃瓜. The Cannellas have the same major in the Fowler College of Business (marketing), the same minor (management), and maintain high grade point averages only .03 of a percentage point apart.

A Rare Accomplishment

But perhaps the twins鈥� most astonishing doubling is their having completed every class together in the Fowler College鈥檚 most popular major. Odds are against any two students being able to register for all the same classes, gaining admittance, and completing the courses with high marks.
鈥淭his is the first time I鈥檝e seen it,鈥� said Jason Tan (鈥�04), a peer coordinator and academic advisor for the Fowler College of Business. 
鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty rare. It鈥檚 amazing, too, because classes do get filled up here at times, so it鈥檚 just kind of extraordinary how they were able to do it.鈥� The twins even studied abroad together in Italy.

Sisterly Competition

The sisters have always studied together, but their grades are not always identical. 鈥淚t depends on the class,鈥� Antonia explained with regard to test scores. She is better in finance while Victoria excels in accounting.
Both admit there is an element of competition between them. 鈥淣ot like extreme competition,鈥� Antonia clarified, 鈥渂ut if she did a little better than me I would definitely, like, beat myself up.鈥�
鈥淪ometimes if I study more, Antonia will still end up doing better,鈥� Victoria conceded, 鈥渨hich makes me really mad because I thought I deserved it more, but it just happens that way. She鈥檚 more organized.鈥�
Neither twin has definite career plans, but Victoria envisions working in digital media or social media marketing while Antonia thinks she might like to find a position combining graphic design with her love of photography. Both intend to seek summer internships and explore possibilities.

A Break From Each Other

Along with career uncertainty, the sisters share excitement about their upcoming graduation and a bit of apprehension about what comes afterward. Antonia intends to stay in San Diego while Victoria plans to return home to Colorado.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to leave yet,鈥� Victoria said. 鈥淚 love the people here, the teachers, the sports, the academics鈥攅verything. This has been a great experience.
鈥淚鈥檓 kind of nervous for what the next step is. It is kind of stressing me out it鈥檚 coming so soon, but I am excited to actually get out there and find what I love to do and just to do it.鈥�
Antonia describes their upcoming commencement as 鈥渂ittersweet.鈥� She is not yet ready to leave San Diego, which is why she plans to stay without Victoria.
For the first time in their lives, the twins would be separated for an extended period of time. 鈥淚 think it will be harder for me,鈥� Antonia said, 鈥渂ecause she is going back home and will be with the rest of our family.
鈥淏ut I still have friends here and when I get a job I will be busy, so I won鈥檛 really think about it too much.  Maybe we need a break from each other.鈥�
Lucille isn鈥檛 so sure. After all, she heard a similar separation story at the beginning of her daughters鈥� 黑料吃瓜 experience four years ago.
A mother knows: 鈥淢y take is it won鈥檛 last very long.鈥�