MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Two high school seniors joined a campus tour at UW-Milwaukee Thursday, just days after being automatically admitted into the school through the Direct Admit Wisconsin program.

College is on the horizon as high school seniors get ready for their final year, and for Vivienne Pheifer, she says getting into college was as simple as talking to her counselor.

"They're just like, 'we signed you up for this.' You're just like, 'Okay, we ball,'” said Vivienne.

Vivienne and her twin sister Emmery are incoming high school seniors at D.C. Everest Senior High School near Wausau. Both of them got into UW-Milwaukee through the Direct Admit Wisconsin program.

"I do think it's a beneficial program because it takes away a lot of the stress of having to individually apply to schools and

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