<p>My D did not even try for NEC/Tufts. She got very negative feedback from her music crowd and teachers. Not the the program is bad, just not very feasible and almost no admissions or graduations. You are always welcome to prove everyone else wrong and be one out of a few hundred who is accepted and finally graduates. Sometimes you just need to play the odds and use the limited audition opportunities wisely. Juilliard/Columbia has been discussed endlessly. An official program exists, but it is for the very exceptional one out of a thousand. I don’t think MSM even pretends to have a program. The Eastman/URoch program is more feasible. I do not have any current information. Lots of Eastman students take courses at URoch but I think there are very few who are double degree and very few of those finish. Eastman clearly has an “attitude” and that does not help with encouragement of the dd students. Bard started the conservatory with a double degree requirement. I think there are few openings, plus the double degree student needs to be interested in the very liberal and multidisciplinary approach of Bard College. The Peabody/JHU double degree opportunties are demanding. This is largely because JHU takes pride in being a nerdy school that demands a lot from students. Acceptance by both campuses and a separate dd acceptance is required. About 10-20 are accepted and about 1/3 graduate with dd’s. </p>
<p>For the private conservatories, Oberlin has by far the best batting average. Lots of students do dd’s and a lot of them finish. Other good choices are U’s, such as Illinois, with strong music departments.</p>