Minnesota brothers, born 18 months apart, both accepted into Yale as first

Admission to an Ivy League school is difficult — even more so for a first-generation student — but two Minnesota brothers overcame the odds and are attending Yale this fall.

"They were all like, 'He got into Yale! He got into Yale!'" said Joaquin Santoscoy-MacPhee, who remembers getting the call about his brother during his freshman year there.

"My dream was always to be at Yale because my brother was there," said Giovani Santoscoy-MacPhee, who will be an incoming freshman at the Ivy League this fall.

The two peas in a pod are 18 months apart and grew up in the same room, with their older sister, Isabel Santoscoy-MacPhee. They graduated from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis.

"At first, when I saw my brother in the crib, I've always been interested. We've always been doing e