<p>Re: Rice. You can DOUBLE DEGREE at Rice. This means that you apply to both Shepard School of Music and the College of Letters and Science and get accepted into the degree program at both. Double degrees usually take 5 years to complete.</p>
<p>suuue, take a look at Williams. Excellent academics across the board and an excellent music department. Many performance opportunities. </p>
<p><a href="http://music.williams.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://music.williams.edu/</a></p>
<p>Generous financial aid for internationals (need based aid, that is, not merit). This is especially true if you fit an ethnic, religious, economic or racial demographic that they need for their diversity statistics.</p>
<p>I would also add Wesleyan and Smith for a good combination of academics and music.</p>