aqualilies

So I'm just wondering how forgiving grad schools are when looking at grades for the first few years. My first three semesters of undergrad I was in a biology program and did terribly. I did decently on my humanities courses, but my math/science courses were bad, some of which I retook and got better scores. I was just in the wrong school with the wrong major and my GPA was about 2.2 when I left. I decided it wasn't worth staying there, doing terribly, and wasting money. I decided to move back home, get a job, and just take a few community college courses (which I did much better in, including the science courses). I graduated and got my AA and a GPA of about 3.0. I then transferred to my current school where I switched my major to English. For the past two years at my current school I have done much better. My GPA for my current school is a 3.89 and I've managed to raise my overall GPA to a 3.5 (hopefully 3.6 after this semester). I have some great professors writing my letters of recommendation, and the professor I have been working on my writing sample with says it has the potential to be published. I'm not planning on going to Harvard or anything, I'd just like to get into a mid-level English PhD program. Do you think that's feasible? Any suggestions for places like that along the east coast especially around Boston? Any input appreciated!