<p>Hi everyone. I'm an upcoming junior in high school and I have a question about double majoring.
How is double majoring? Is it worth doing and a lot of fun, or a lot of stress?
I want to study biology in college. I'll be taking AP Biology in school this year and I'm hoping that it will further spark my interests in biology. I also want to take Pre-Med courses and apply for medical school also. </p>
<p>ALSO, I've been playing the violin and piano since I was in elementary school. I started taking music more seriously around the 8th grade. I joined the local youth orchestra where I was assistant concertmaster for the 2011-2012 season.
I also switched piano teachers that year so I could take it more seriously. Since then, I have won several piano competitions.
I know that pursuing a career in music is very difficult, so i don't want to ONLY major in music, but I don't want to quit because I will be entering college. </p>
<p>I am thinking about double majoring in music performance (probably piano performance) and biology.
How do you apply to be a double major? Is the application process twice as difficult because of auditions for the music school and stuff?
Thoughts would be appreciated!</p>
<p>This will vary wildly by school. When you’re looking at schools, see what their requirements are for each major and how easily it would be to double major. I double majored in biochemistry and psychology easily. I probably could have graduated early, if I hadn’t messed around with minors, but that may be specific to my school, majors, and experience.</p>
<p>If a double major doesn’t work out, you could always major in music and take the pre-med courses, or double in biology and take music courses as a non-music major (if your school allows it). You might want to consider how easily either of those two options would be as well, when you are looking at schools.</p>
<p>My T is considering double majoring in vocal performance and musicology. Most schools have options to do that. Look at: Indiana, Cleveland Institute of music(they are in consortium with Case Western University), Oberlin, Boston University. Some of them require a separate application, but you have to check by school. Don’t forget that it’s a lot of work especially with music and the long hours of rehearsing that you have to do.</p>