Twins from Enloe earn more than $1 million in scholarships

EARNING MORE THAN $1 MILLION.

>>> 17-YEAR-OLD TWINS MAKING

QUITE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY WERE ACCEPTED INTO 15

INSTITUTIONS EARNING MORE THAN

$1 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

LAURA LEVINE INTRODUCES US TO

THESE YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS.

>> Reporter: REAGAN AND RICARDO

ARE APPEARING TO CLOSE A CHAPTER

AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.

AS THEY SAY, WHEN ONE DOOR

CLOSES, ANOTHER ONE OPENS.

FOR THESE TWINS, TRY 15 PATHS

OF OPPORTUNITY.

>> READY, SET, GO.

>> Reporter: THE REACTION SAYS

IT ALL.

EVER SINCE THEY LEARN TO READ

AND WRITE, THE SKY WAS THE

LIMIT.

FOR REAGAN AND RICARDO.

>> SHAPED FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE

I INTERACT WITH.

I WORKED ALONGSIDE THEM.

>> CHILDREN FROM OUR PARENTS

ATTIC EDUCATING IS.

>> Reporter: AT AGE 17, THE

TWINS ARE SITTING ON 15

ACCEPTANCE LETTERS FROM

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES LIKE

HARVARD, YALE AND MIT, YOU PEN,

THE LIST GOES ON.

RACKING UP ONE $53 MILLION AND

NONNATIVE MERIT-BASED

SCHOLARSHIPS.

>> WE ARE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED

AND GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THE

OFFERS WE DID RECEIVE,

ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE

EXPERIENCING THE GLOBAL

PANDEMIC, THIS YEAR IT'S

DIFFERENT FOR MANY STUDENTS AND

THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

ALSO INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.

>> THEY TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO

START EARLY TO GO NOW, SITTING

SIDE-BY-SIDE, THEY TELL ME THEY

ARE LASER FOCUSED ON THE

FOOTPRINT THEY BOTH PLAN TO

LEAVE ON THE WORLD.

>> WE ARE BOTH REALLY

INTERESTED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE AN

IMPACT ON THE BROADER COMMUNITY

AND FOCUS ON, THE SOCIAL

JUSTICE APPLICATIONS OF MY

WORK.

>> TO BE SOMEBODY WHO BRINGS

THE WAY I CHOOSE TO GO INTO

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS I CHOOSE,

I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY HOPEFULLY

INSPIRING SOMEONE ELSE TO, YOU

KNOW, LET CHILDREN KNOW THEY

CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> Reporter: OF THE TWINS TELL

ME THEY HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE

SAME SCHOOL EVER SINCE THEY

WERE LITTLE KIDS.

NOW, THEY ARE ALLOWING EACH