<p>You might want to take a serious look at the Tufts-NEC double degree program. I believe that a double degree-er currently in her 3rd year is studying pre-med or something darn close — bio-chem perhaps — and voice. I’ll ask my son who is currently a second year double degree student there. Also, if I’m not mistaken, I believe Tufts has a program that grants early acceptance to qualified Tufts undergrads to their medical school well before graduation, perhaps at the end of junior year. I’ll dig around and see if I can find the link to that program.</p>
<p>Such a plan is certainly not for the faint of heart. It would be challenging but probably not impossible. The scheduling could get tricky as NEC orchestras meet in the morning as do many lab courses at Tufts. DS just switched his major at Tufts from Environmental Studies to Cognitive Brain Science which is not quite as demanding as pre-med but hardly a cakewalk either. His major at NEC is composition though he also studies violin with Nicholas Kitchen and plays in a chamber ensemble. As a composition major, you have fewer ensemble requirements than performance majors so the NEC orchestra/Tufts lab course schedule conflict might not be a huge deal for you. DDers can satisfy either one or two of their ensemble requirements at Tufts, which my son and several other DDers have done. Gil Rose of Boston Modern Orchestra Project is currently the director of the Tufts orchestra so it can be a reasonable and satisfying experience even for outstanding musicians.</p>
<p>I’ll post again once I’ve had a chance to talk with my son and track down the link to the early med school acceptance.</p>