{"id":17135,"date":"2017-05-02T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=17135"},"modified":"2017-05-02T07:30:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:30:11","slug":"take-two-twin-sisters-agree-on-all-things-clemson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/take-two-twin-sisters-agree-on-all-things-clemson\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Two: Twin sisters agree on all things Clemson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mindy<\/a>Mindy and Megan Earnest are fraternal twins who could easily pass for identical. Both are engineering majors in the Calhoun Honors College and active in Tiger Band. It\u2019s easy to see how people get them confused \u2014 just ask some of the people who have mistakenly had a conversation with one sister expecting her to be the other.
\nHailing from Knoxville, Tennessee, Mindy and Megan both chose Clemson for similar reasons but avoided talking about it before making the big decision. \u201cWe announced our final choice at the same time so we didn\u2019t influence each other, but we were also looking for the same things in a school, like a good college town and a nice campus feel. Clemson fit both of those,\u201d said Megan.
\nStill, the twins went different ways when it came to declaring their major concentrations after freshman year. Mindy, more math minded, settled on electrical engineering, while Megan chose industrial engineering, which offers a more business-focused approach. After completing co-ops at different engineering companies, both sisters say they plan to pursue careers that center on research. And if possible, they\u2019d like to wind up living close to each other. But like many soon-to-be college graduates, they both feel confident in going wherever a job may take them.
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Mindy Earnest, Photo courtesy of Christopher Sloan, Imagine! Studios<\/p><\/div>
\nIn music, as in academics, the things the Earnest sisters share are also the things that distinguish them: Mindy plays the trumpet and Megan the piccolo. And while many people with siblings may find it hard to envision spending so much time with a sister or brother, the Earnests see their shared time as a helpful advantage. \u201cThere\u2019s always someone to keep you accountable. Back when we were in the same engineering classes we always had someone there to do homework with and ask questions,\u201d said Megan.
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Megan Earnest, Photo courtesy of Christopher Sloan, Imagine! Studios<\/p><\/div>
\nMindy quickly echoed the sentiment. \u201cThere\u2019s always someone there who thinks\u00a0more like you. It makes it easier to explain concepts to each other,\u201d she said, even when they\u2019re working in different subjects.
\nShared memories <\/strong>
\nFreshman year was a hallmark one for Mindy and Megan, and not just because it was the last time they took a class together. It was also the first time they took the field with Tiger Band.
\nIn 2013, the Tigers opened their football season against Georgia, playing at home. ESPN\u2019s \u201cCollege GameDay\u201d held its broadcast from Bowman Field early that morning, and by 8 p.m., the sun was setting in Death Valley. Hordes of Clemson fans packed into the stadium, and at the center of the field amid a sea of orange were Mindy and Megan, clad in their uniforms and ready to play \u201cTiger Rag.\u201d
\n\u201cIt was so loud. You\u2019re used to practicing at band camp when it\u2019s quiet and just us, and then we got to the pregame, and I couldn\u2019t hear anything but the crowd screaming,\u201d said Mindy. \u201cIt was surreal. I remember thinking, \u2018This is not high school band. This is going to be a fun four years.\u2019\u201d
\nThat game set the tone for the rest of their playing careers. \u201cIt\u2019s a really cool feeling,\u201d said Megan. \u201cEvery pregame is fun. That one just doesn\u2019t get old.\u201d
\nMusic has always played a large role in the Earnests\u2019 lives. But both sisters agree the best part about Tiger Band isn\u2019t musical, but rather social. \u201cThere are so many people in band that I don\u2019t even see Mindy during practice,\u201d said Megan. \u201cIt actually works out well because you get to expand your friend groups. She found hers, I found mine, and then we combined them,\u201d Mindy said.
\nLean on me <\/strong>
\nFrom the big decisions to the smaller ones, the sisters (who are also roomates) seem to be constantly in sync, even unintentionally choosing the same outfit from time to time. According to Mindy, \u201cWhoever comes out first gets dibs.\u201d Agreeing on everything from their favorite spot on campus (the amphitheater) to their favorite Clemson restaurant (Yolk Asian Kitchen), Mindy and Megan are proof that being able to manage heavy engineering course loads, maintain high GPAs in the Honors College and participate in a demanding extracurricular activity is more possible with a good support system in place.
\nJust be careful \u2014 if you run into one sister and mistake her for the other, she probably won\u2019t correct you. \u201cI\u2019ll be walking on campus and hear Megan\u2019s name and think to myself, \u2018I should probably just answer,\u2019\u201d says Mindy.
\nMegan agrees. \u201cSometimes one of Mindy\u2019s professors will think I\u2019m her, and I\u2019ll just listen. Then when I get home I\u2019m like, \u2018Hey Mindy, here\u2019s what they said. You might want to talk to them.\u2019\u201d Now that\u2019s love.
\n\u2014 Courtney Meola \u201917<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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