<p>To the original poster, are you referring to a BA/BM or BM/MM? Harvard/NEC, for example, is a BA/MM for music majors. Tufts, on the other hand, is a BA/BM program, meaning a college major in something other than music. Bard and Oberlin would be BA/BM’s.</p>
<p>I find it interesting that on Harvard’s music department page, they also mention a program that allows a musician to get a BA (only) in 5 years.</p>
<p>Tortoise and hare, perhaps…some people like to hustle through, others like to savor. I have heard about students who are very happy with a double degree program; I have heard of a few who felt stressed.</p>
<p>Practice time also has to be figured in…BA/BM programs that are on one campus are obviously more convenient, but people do make it all work out, even when campuses are separated by miles, if that is what they really want to do.</p>