<p>Everything depends your child’s particular focus in music: which instrument? voice? Classical? Jazz ? New Music ? Princeton has a very active music scene, including music major and certificate in music performance. Lessons are subsidized for majors/ certificate. All financial aid is based on need, but there are NO LOANS - it’s all grants & some job/summer work contribution requirements. There is a relatively new double degree (AB/MM) with Royal School of Music in London. So, it pays to do your homework: as a harp mom we have worked hard to learn the details related to my daughter’s instrument, and my D’s early application choice is coming down to Harvard/ NEC (for which by the way, the student has until junior year to apply to NEC, doesn’t need to be done this fall), or Princeton with the certificate and possibly the RSM option (again, a music opportunity with a later application: sophomore spring. Good Luck and have fun.</p>