Chances of getting into Northeastern's College of Science as an Applied Physics Major

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I did a semester at Emerson College and finished in good standing with a GPA of 3.58. I took a basic communications course, two history courses, and your basic college writing course. I also took some classes with Northeastern’s college of Professional Studies during the winter quarter (microeconomics, statistics, and a business basics class) and ending with a GPA of 3.85-4.0. This semester, I’ll be taking bio with a lab, and calculus 2.

Do I have a chance of getting in as an Applied Physics Major (assuming that I keep or raise the 3.85 GPA for this semester)? My main worry is that I haven’t taken any actual college physics courses because I couldn’t find any appropriate Physics courses to take. I know someone currently at Northeastern who started out as a CS major and then switched into Engineering and now they’re a second semester sophomore and haven’t taken any actual Engineering courses yet, so I’m hoping it’s similar with Physics.

(also, I don’t have to submit my SAT scores or highschool transcript because I will have completed 24 credits by the application deadline)

I can pay full tuition.

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Emerson College does not have a calculus based physics course? In that case, you are doing the right thing by taking Calculus 2 and you will simply have to take an extra few semesters to get the introductory physics courses done before moving on to second year classes. Whether you will be admitted or not will depend on how well you do in your Calculus classes as well as your overall GPA.

You might be able to reduce the time by one semester by taking the first calculus based physics class in the summer at a community college or at Northeastern itself once you are admitted.