The halls of Oakmont High are just days away from seeing off two seniors, bound for an Ivy League institution. Both students are headed from Roseville, California, to New York’s Cornell University.Twins Devin and Brody Chambers aren’t just celebrating high school graduation this week. They’re also looking ahead to having each other when they enter the next phase along their educational paths.“Having that piece of home that is just a call away is, I think, going to make it a whole lot easier,” Devin Chambers said.Brody Chambers echoed his twin sister’s sentiment, saying, “We’ve been really close for all of my life.”Devin was the first to be accepted by the school back in March. A long jump and triple jump star, she’s going to Cornell on a track and field scholarship. But she appreciates what’s in store for her in terms of the coursework she’ll experience.“When I went to the school, I absolutely fell in love with it,” Devin said. “I fell in love with the people, the environment, just that academic rigor as well of, obviously, an Ivy League.”A few weeks later, the Chambers family learned Cornell accepted Brody, too.“When I got into Cornell I was really excited. I really like their low student-to-faculty ratio,” Brody said. “I feel like I can get a good relationship with my professors and there’s overall a really tight-knit community.”A math and computer science whiz, Brody is ready to jump into the academic intensity offered at Cornell with both feet. He thinks his future plans will include putting his mathematics skills to the test.“Something in the sports analytics field… something like the quantitative finance field,” he said. “All those kinds of ‘mathy’ things where you get to analyze something and make decisions based on math and models and stuff is something I really want to do.”Devin says she plans to major in psychology and has aspirations of possibly going on to medical school to become a psychiatrist.“I’ve always been interested in how the brain works and why people do what they do,” explained Devin. “I’ve always also been interested in a little bit of the med side.”The school community the twins will leave behind is proud to call them their own. Oakmont High School’s principal says Devin and Brody are respected students among their peers and staff.“They’re leaders with all the students around here. The students look up to them, because they make the right choices. They’re nice to teachers. They’re nice to other kids. Other students,” explained Oakmont High School Principal Marc Buljan. “They’re out there in the community doing things also. And so they’re just the all-around students that you want to have here and that we have at Oakmont High School.”Brother and sister – now on to the next chapter.“The fact that I get to go to college with my sister is really just something that’s incredible,” Brody said. “I’m really lucky to have that.”Both are grateful they’ll figure out what’s next — together.“We’ve grown up together. We’ve gone through highs and lows together. We’ve gone through basically everything together,” Devin said. “Having that with me in this next big journey is going to be incredible.”The Chambers twins will graduate from Oakmont High School on Friday.
The halls of Oakmont High are just days away from seeing off two seniors, bound for an Ivy League institution. Both students are headed from Roseville, California, to New York’s Cornell University.
Twins Devin and Brody Chambers aren’t just celebrating high school graduation this week. They’re also looking ahead to having each other when they enter the next phase along their educational paths.
“Having that piece of home that is just a call away is, I think, going to make it a whole lot easier,” Devin Chambers said.
Brody Chambers echoed his twin sister’s sentiment, saying, “We’ve been really close for all of my life.”
Devin was the first to be accepted by the school back in March. A long jump and triple jump star, she’s going to Cornell on a track and field scholarship. But she appreciates what’s in store for her in terms of the coursework she’ll experience.
“When I went to the school, I absolutely fell in love with it,” Devin said. “I fell in love with the people, the environment, just that academic rigor as well of, obviously, an Ivy League.”
A few weeks later, the Chambers family learned Cornell accepted Brody, too.
“When I got into Cornell I was really excited. I really like their low student-to-faculty ratio,” Brody said. “I feel like I can get a good relationship with my professors and there’s overall a really tight-knit community.”
A math and computer science whiz, Brody is ready to jump into the academic intensity offered at Cornell with both feet. He thinks his future plans will include putting his mathematics skills to the test.
“Something in the sports analytics field… something like the quantitative finance field,” he said. “All those kinds of ‘mathy’ things where you get to analyze something and make decisions based on math and models and stuff is something I really want to do.”
Devin says she plans to major in psychology and has aspirations of possibly going on to medical school to become a psychiatrist.
“I’ve always been interested in how the brain works and why people do what they do,” explained Devin. “I’ve always also been interested in a little bit of the med side.”
The school community the twins will leave behind is proud to call them their own. Oakmont High School’s principal says Devin and Brody are respected students among their peers and staff.
“They’re leaders with all the students around here. The students look up to them, because they make the right choices. They’re nice to teachers. They’re nice to other kids. Other students,” explained Oakmont High School Principal Marc Buljan. “They’re out there in the community doing things also. And so they’re just the all-around students that you want to have here and that we have at Oakmont High School.”
Brother and sister – now on to the next chapter.
“The fact that I get to go to college with my sister is really just something that’s incredible,” Brody said. “I’m really lucky to have that.”
Both are grateful they’ll figure out what’s next — together.
“We’ve grown up together. We’ve gone through highs and lows together. We’ve gone through basically everything together,” Devin said. “Having that with me in this next big journey is going to be incredible.”
The Chambers twins will graduate from Oakmont High School on Friday.
