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his fall, Michigan 
State University will 
welcome a new set of 
triplets on campus.
Bailey, Madison and 
Kylie Tarnopol of West 
Bloomfield never imagined 
that their college paths 
would cross. Yet when the 
19-year-old identical triplets 
initially applied to different 
universities, they were 
shocked to find out that all 
three had been accepted to 
MSU.
“I didn’t really think that 
we’d all get into MSU because 
we all knew our own paths 
that we wanted to go on,” 
Madison Tarnopol explains. 
“But once we realized that we 
all got into MSU, our dreams 
came true. We finally realized 
it was happening.”
Over the years, the 
Tarnopol triplets have been 
featured in the Detroit Jewish 

News a handful of times. At 
age 5, they donated their 
hair to Wigs 4 Kids, and also 
played the role of Young 
Candace in the 2010 feature 
film Stone, which starred 
Robert DeNiro and Edward 
Norton.
The Tarnopols have 
been regularly involved in 
the Metro Detroit Jewish 
community as well. All three 
women attended BBYO 
programming, with Madison 
and Bailey Tarnopol holding 
board positions in their local 
chapter. 
Their mother, Denise 
Tarnopol, calls them “best 
friends” and looks forward 
to her daughters attending 
college together.
Now, Bailey, Madison 
and Kylie Tarnopol are busy 
gearing up for their next 
chapter.

YOUTUBE UNVEILING
Earlier this year, the Tarnopol 
triplets announced their 
triple acceptance to MSU 
with a YouTube video 
they created with their 
parents, Michael and Denise 
Tarnopol.
“Our parents were so 
happy and supportive,” Bailey 
Tarnopol explains. “They 
were very excited when we 
told them [we all got into 
MSU].”
Denise Tarnopol says the 
acceptance letters came in 
waves, with Madison being 
accepted first and Bailey and 
Kylie being accepted two 
months later.
To share the news with 
the community, the YouTube 
video saw each sister 
unveiling a MSU T-shirt that 
showed they were accepted 
to the university. In front of 
them were signs for all five 

universities they applied (and 
were accepted) to, so the 
T-shirts were the true reveal.
Bailey Tarnopol says family 
and friends were thrilled to 
hear the news. The Tarnopols 
also sent the YouTube 
unveiling video to MSU, who 
were delighted to realize 
they had triplets joining the 
university in the fall.
“They had never seen 
anything like it,” Bailey 
Tarnopol says of the YouTube 
video sent to MSU. “They 
probably have many twins, 
but I don’t think many 
triplets.”
Kylie Tarnopol adds that 
she’s thrilled for her sisters to 
attend their dream schools.
“They have such a passion 
toward what they want to do,” 
she explains, “and knowing 
that they can pursue that at 
this amazing school makes 
me so happy for them.”

FAST TRACK TO COLLEGE
Currently, the Tarnopols 
are attending Oakland Early 
College, a five-year early 
college high school that 
serves students throughout 
Oakland County.
It includes a partnership 
between West Bloomfield 
School District and Oakland 
Community College’s 
Orchard Ridge Campus 
that allows students to work 
toward their high school 
diploma and an associate 
degree simultaneously.
“We chose to start in 10th 
grade,” Madison Tarnopol 
says. “We’ve loved it ever 
since.
“It’s a great opportunity,” 
she adds. “I think everyone 
should take advantage of 
it. You could try one class, 
not like it and try different 
classes to see what your 
passion is.”

TRIPLE TREAT

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OUR COMMUNITY

West Bloomfield identical triplets head to 
Michigan State University in the fall.

ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Bailey, 
Madison and 
Kylie Tarnopol

