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Twin whizzes from Copiague accepted at same college

Quick ReadTwins Marta and Monika Sulima are ranked the top two students in their class at Walter G. O'Connell High School in Copiague.

Twins Monika and Marta Sulima are ranked number

Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek | Twins Monika and Marta Sulima are ranked number one and number two in their graduating class at O'Connell High School in Copiague. (Dec. 3, 2009)

Twins Marta and Monika Sulima, the two top graduates of Walter G. O'Connell High School in Copiague, sat at two separate computers logging in to see if they had been accepted early to Cornell University.

Marta's information loaded first: She was accepted.

"I was so excited I got in and then worried to see if she got in," Marta, 17, said Tuesday.

A few tense moments later, Monika...

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