On the other hand, a conservatory is never going to offer the kind of ‘academic’ immersion you will get at a university like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, etc. Since you have applied to these three and other similar schools, you must also be interested in that kind of college experience as well. I can only speak for Yale as I do not have experience with the others, but I can say that it provided my sons with a profoundly exciting and life-changing intellectual experience. In addition, it provided them with extensive performance opportunities–solo, chamber, and large ensembles, and lessons. So, the musical side of education you are asking about can be done–my son double majored in music and a non-music subject, and is now at a music conservatory for graduate school. On the practical side, quite honestly I think you need to wait to see where you are actually accepted–because these are all highly competitive schools and admission to any is not guaranteed. Once you have all the cards on the table, then you can start weighing the various options of teachers, music course offerings, etc.