The girls are not expected to return to their social work course at Manchester Metropolitan University when the new term starts.
Instead, they are likely to take a year off and enjoy their new found fame.
But psychologist David Holmes reckons a quick return to the university could be therapeutic for them.
Sam and Amanda, 19, had just completed the first year of their degree course when they entered the Big Brother 8 house.
They were favourites to win, but finished runners up.
During the series, the twins were both derided for being `dippy' and loved for being `warm and affectionate'. PR guru Max Clifford has said they could become millionaires.
But Dr Holmes, who works in the university's school of health, psychology and social change, has done his own analysis and expects the sisters to be in a spin after leaving the house. He described their experience on Big Brother as `totally unnatural' and said they are stepping from one unreal world into another.
He said: "I'd be very surprised if we see them back soon, but I do believe they will come back, perhaps the following year, to finish their studies.
"Their immediate celebrity could be a barrier for them returning immediately but if they do it will be therapeutic for them.
"Returning to our school will enable them to really test their fame and remain in touch with their peers, preventing some of the isolation celebrities often feel in their 15 minutes of fame.
"This will also give them the sense of purpose and self-efficacy that will keep them on a stable path into the future as celebrity fades.
"They have been portrayed as dizzy blondes but there was a lot more to them than that. They showed intelligence and maturity which bodes well for their future as students and as potential social workers.
"They showed resilience and compassion when others became self-absorbed and when they squealed and laughed we all felt their joy because it was genuine."
At one stage Amanda and Sam, from Newcastle- under-Lyme, were favourites to win the series and £5m was put on them in a last- minute betting spree.
The girls, who counted as one housemate, were beaten by Essex boy Brian Belo.
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Take a year off to enjoy their fame ??? As what exactly ? - a pair of giggling bimbos ? Please go back to obscurity girls and let's finish off Big Brother for good, if only to prevent each year's crop of morons doing the Z lister rounds.
my partner studied for years to get her social work degree while raising two kids and running a house on her own. if only she'd gone on big brother and earned loads of cash for being a fake celebrity, she could have forgotten all about the degree. except she would never do that because she's driven by integrity.
Does anyone really care what they do?
I'm a bit concerned for them that they only seem to function as a single entity, 'the twins'. They need to develop apart from each other.
Or are they actually joined together.
Blimey, does nayone still watch this load of bobbins?
Get a life.
'Or are they actually joined together'
that could make for some interesting bedroom adventures.
why are any of you reading this if you hate bb so much?
teresa - because we have as much right to read what we want and comment about it just as much as you do. I think the viewing figures for this load of old tosh speaks for itself. Time to consign this brain numbing garbage to the bin ! This show was the catalyst for all the talentless wannabe z-listers we have all over the TV and magazines now and also the dumbing down of Britain.