It sounds like art programs are important to you. These vary a lot in character and emphasis, so it would be good to have a sense of what you are looking for. This is also true of “English” - are you primarily interested in literary analysis, or do you want a program that’s strong in creative writing?
By way of example, my D17 (whose stats were similar to yours, with Calc breaking the straight A streak in her junior year) is at Scripps College. She has an interest in art, and has several friends for whom art is a primary interest. Some are very happy with the art programs and others are disappointed. It seems as if “specialty” classes predominate (ceramics, bookmaking, photography, sculpture, digital art) with surprisingly few classes in the core areas of art and design. I’m not an expert in art programs, but my sense is that there are other programs that focus more on a core sequence emphasizing a skill-set that starts with drawing and builds outward from there, which is what my d would have preferred (and will likely pursue during her study abroad semester). Then again there are students who love being able to jump straight into the specialty classes.
Likewise with English - there are phenomenal literature classes… and there is a Writing major which emphasizes non-fiction (seems like kind of a “journalism lite” type focus). But there is not a Creative Writing major per se, and while there are creative writing classes that I’m sure are excellent, there aren’t a lot of them. So again, a person could be thrilled with the offerings for an “English” major, or not, depending on the finer gradations of what they were looking for.
I’m not drilling down on the specifics about Scripps because I think you should look closely at this one school; it’s just an example that I have experience with. Just saying “Art and English” isn’t going to help people make the best possible suggestions; if you can paint a little more of a picture of what you love within those categories, that would help.
You have good stats, and bumping up the test scores another notch would help even more. (Maybe give the ACT a chance - some people naturally do better on one test than the other.) You’ll have lots and lots of options, so as others have said, narrow it down in terms of type of school, location, desired extracurriculars, etc. etc. in addition to your desires for a major program, and it will start to come into focus a little more.
In the meantime, take look at the Art and Writing-&-Literature majors within the College for Creative Studies at UCSB. https://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/majors This could be your ideal UC option. It’s quite competitive, but you’re working at bumping up your stats (and fingers crossed for you on that calc grade
) so it could be a possibility.