Do I have a chance at Northeastern/its Honors College?

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Hi! I applied to Northeastern EA as a Politics, Philosophy, and Economics major. I applied ED to Penn, but Northeastern’s Honors College is definitely one of my top choices if I don’t get in.
Can someone chance me?

Strengths: GPA, Common App essay (very personal–talks about growing up with an abusive parent, how it made me a compassionate and empathetic person) SAT, AP scores (except Calc), challenging classes, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: SAT Math 2 score (I took Calc BC in my junior year, my teacher was terrible and I basically had to teach myself), no major awards (kinda difficult considering my extracurriculars aren’t something you can really win an award in)

SAT: 1520 (760 math, 760 English)
ACT: 33
GPA (unweighted): 3.92/4
GPA: (weighted): 4.54/5
Subjects:
Lit–720
Math 2–710 (another weak point)

Extracurriculars:
Captain of XC team, 4-year state qualifier, 2x All-Star in my local news
English tutor for adult immigrants (outside of school)
President of Earth Club–got recycling bins installed in the lunch room, petitioned to install refillable water filters in our school (we got them last year)
Vice President of Community United to Educate Youth Club (Diversity advocate in elementary schools, teaching kids about other cultures/accepting one another’s differences)
Member of intersectional feminism club–organized an individuality and feminism themed art show last year; raised money for a women’s shelter
Camp counselor for individuals with special needs
Mandarin lessons every weekend in Chinatown

I’ve taken all honors, 11 total APs. and am in 5 APs this year (AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP Spanish, and AP Psych)
Scores–
Calc BC: 3 (definitely my weakest but oh well, it was the best I could do)
Stats: 4
AP Environmental: 4
Lang: 5
Macroeconomics: 5
Microeconomics: 5

Awards:
AP Scholar Award with Distinction, National Merit Letter of Commendation, National Spanish Award Bronze Medalist in 10th grade, Junior Book Award from Columbia University, High Honor Roll for every term grades 9–12

Other schools I’m applying to:
UPenn (ED)
Cornell
UChicago
Boston University (Kilachand)
Tulane
UMiami
George Washington
Temple
UMass Amherst
UC Boulder

Applying for financial aid: no
Legacy/family in faculty: no
Race/gender: white female

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It sounds like you have a good shot, but I would say that there is little to no difference in the honors program academically. The program consists of more housing perks and the like than anything else, so I wouldn’t use that as make or break. Your honors chances are a lot harder to quantify than admission.

As an aside, the PPE program here is amazing and while I’m a CS major, I interact with many as an ethics minor. It’s a really cool degree program I would 1000% recommend.