<p>Actually, the bus from Eastman to Rochester is not that bad. Classes at one campus start on the hour and classes at the other start on the half hour. The bus runs every 30 minutes or so. In the afternoon, it takes a straight shot from River Campus to downtown with no stops in between. </p>
<p>When my son was at Eastman, he took classes at river campus almost every semester. He thought about doing a dd. The problem that he encountered and is often a universal problem regardless of where you go to school is the scheduling of classes vs. the times that mandatory orchestra rehearses. Orchestra rehearsals at Eastman are for 2 hours in the afternoons on M, W, F. Therefore, he could never take any mid or late afternoon classes. Since several of the classes he needed for the second major met at that time, he was out of luck. </p>
<p>He said that the students who double degreed at Eastman were mostly musicology majors or students who didn’t have orchestra responsibilities. Piano majors might work but they are all required to accompany 2 students each semester in addition to their own studies so that eats up a lot of time.</p>
<p>The last consideration for a double degree at any institution is the support of the studio teacher. Oberlin is very workable overall to dd students, but I know a young man at Oberlin whose studio teacher told him to either drop the second degree or find another teacher. Another school that works well for dd is Lawrence University.</p>