<p>Hey, i'm a senior in high school interested in a design college. I live in california and have checked out all of the major designs schools out here, so far the only one i like is the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, but it's just too close to home for me. I'm interested in interior design, and so far my first choice school is RISD, however, i seriously doubt i have the grades to get in. I have not been able to find on the school's website any information about the GPA required for admittance, but my GPA is roughly a 3.3, and my sat score was 1740 (660 CR, 490 M, 590 W) and i am planning on retaking it in october, this time studying like CRAZY. Also, i am taking pre-college summer courses at AAU for Interior Design as well as Fashion Journalism. I am also extremely interested in writing and English Lit, however i prefer writing as an on-the-side type of thing for me. I took art this past year in school and according to my classmates was, "one of the best,". I don't have any of my work available on the web, but i do have examples of my writing on my blog for my fashion journalism class (lovethreads.wordpress.com).
Anyways, i am really just curious on my chances at getting into RISD, and also any other suggestions of good colleges i should look into for design and/or writing, journalism, english etc.</p>