<p>Georgeanne,
Ditto to mamenyu’s comments. Our son is a double degree student in his fourth year. When he came as a transfer student, his studio teacher mentioned that she encourages all of her students for whom English is their first language to consider double degrees. The opportunity to get a great education and continue your undergrad applied music study for an additional year can be a wonderful benefit for interested students. He feels that while he has a pretty intense schedule, he still has plenty of time to practice, have a social life, and take an occasional class that does not strictly fulfill a degree requirement. He is not pursuing degrees which include labs, so this makes it a lot less complicated. He is however pursuing double majors within his BA. He also feels that the additional year is giving him extra time in discerning what and where he will study for graduate school. I would recommend starting with double degrees if this truly interests you. One may always drop the additional degree if your interests change. Please feel free to pm me if you have more specific questions regarding the dd program.
Good luck to you in your search.</p>