That sounds like a pretty good plan to me
You can be a writer, character designer, storyboard artist, concept artist, lots of possibilities there. A double major will probably be tough though so good luck! I need to get started finding scholarships myself. I'm most likely staying within my state as well, I'm just a bit lucky that I live in NY. I did apply to a totally out of reach school in California though, they're crazy selective as well. Hopefully you'll hear back, you never know
I applied to Pratt Institute and School of Visual Arts in NYC and my backup school is Rochester Institute of Technology. I decided to go specifically for 2D animation so I'll probably have to stick with television unless I can learn some 3D stuff with my elective credits. Thanks for the support though, I'm still waiting to hear back from them, and hopefully you can get into the school of your choice too!