From record-breaking open-water swims to navigating their father’s cancer diagnosis, incoming freshmen Amelia and Sarah Batt are diving into life on campus, bringing resilience, curiosity and a passion for discovery to their next chapter.
Amelia and Sarah Batt shared many things while growing up in San Francisco. A bedroom. Intellectual curiosity. A commitment to service, co-leading their high school’s UNICEF Club and Model UN team and volunteering as Special Olympics coaches. They also share an extraordinary achievement: Both have swum the English Channel — one of the world’s toughest open water challenges.
They even share a birthday — the young women are fraternal twins.
Now, as they join USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences this fall, Amelia and Sarah are determined to carve out individual identities. They will pursue different majors — political science for Sarah and archaeology and heritage studies for Amelia — and they will live apart for the first time.