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Great minds think alike: Twins beat school's cheating claim, win $1.5M
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Great minds think alike: Twins beat school’s cheating claim, win $1.5M
Jurors ruled in favor of identical twins who fought claims that they had cheated on a medical school exam after submitting near-identical tests
By Daniel Wu
December 8, 2022 at 3:30 a.m. EST
Twins Kellie and Kayla Bingham were awarded a combined $1.5 million by a jury after they sued over their medical school's assertion that they cheated on an exam. (Courtesy of Kellie and Kayla Bingham)
Kayla and Kellie Bingham are used to being in sync. They’re identical twins, after all, and they figured that explained why they have the same mannerisms, both played midfield in soccer and made the same decision to pursue careers as doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Their similarities never landed them in trouble until they were called into a university administrator’s office in May 2016, about a week after their end-of-year exams. Kayla and Kellie had turned in test papers with what the proctors deemed unusual similarities. On 296 of 307 questions, they had put down the same answers. On 54 of those, they put down the same wrong answers. ... In the words of the administrator? “It didn’t look good.” ... “She told us that we were being accused of academic dishonesty,” Kayla, 31, told The Washington Post. “We were floored.”
The Binghams were investigated by a university honor council, which ruled that they had collaborated on their exams. They appealed and had the decision overturned. Then they took the university to court. ... Their argument each time? That MUSC should have known that identical twins often perform similarly on tests. A psychology professor testified that Kayla and Kellie’s similar scores could be explained by their genetic profiles. In November, a jury sided with the twins, awarding them a total of $1.5 million in damages.
Kayla said the university defamed her and her sister, and that the accusations derailed their dreams of becoming doctors. ... “I just broke down,” she said. “It was the worst moment of my life.” ... MUSC and attorneys for the university declined to comment to The Post, citing post-trial motions challenging the verdict that have not been decided
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By Daniel Wu
Daniel Wu is a reporting intern in the Metro section for The Washington Post. He graduated from Stanford University and has previously interned for the Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News. Twitter https://twitter.com/danswu
Great minds think alike: Twins beat school’s cheating claim, win $1.5M
Jurors ruled in favor of identical twins who fought claims that they had cheated on a medical school exam after submitting near-identical tests
By Daniel Wu
December 8, 2022 at 3:30 a.m. EST
Twins Kellie and Kayla Bingham were awarded a combined $1.5 million by a jury after they sued over their medical school's assertion that they cheated on an exam. (Courtesy of Kellie and Kayla Bingham)
Kayla and Kellie Bingham are used to being in sync. They’re identical twins, after all, and they figured that explained why they have the same mannerisms, both played midfield in soccer and made the same decision to pursue careers as doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Their similarities never landed them in trouble until they were called into a university administrator’s office in May 2016, about a week after their end-of-year exams. Kayla and Kellie had turned in test papers with what the proctors deemed unusual similarities. On 296 of 307 questions, they had put down the same answers. On 54 of those, they put down the same wrong answers. ... In the words of the administrator? “It didn’t look good.” ... “She told us that we were being accused of academic dishonesty,” Kayla, 31, told The Washington Post. “We were floored.”
The Binghams were investigated by a university honor council, which ruled that they had collaborated on their exams. They appealed and had the decision overturned. Then they took the university to court. ... Their argument each time? That MUSC should have known that identical twins often perform similarly on tests. A psychology professor testified that Kayla and Kellie’s similar scores could be explained by their genetic profiles. In November, a jury sided with the twins, awarding them a total of $1.5 million in damages.
Kayla said the university defamed her and her sister, and that the accusations derailed their dreams of becoming doctors. ... “I just broke down,” she said. “It was the worst moment of my life.” ... MUSC and attorneys for the university declined to comment to The Post, citing post-trial motions challenging the verdict that have not been decided
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By Daniel Wu
Daniel Wu is a reporting intern in the Metro section for The Washington Post. He graduated from Stanford University and has previously interned for the Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News. Twitter https://twitter.com/danswu
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