<p>The “BY COLLEGE” part is very important. Engineering always has a huge amount of people with high grades, scores and merit aid- but no honors (for example). Now they are also officially working off of the 3 CAS colleges, so you’ve got an even more specialized group of competition.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of someone getting into honors in RD when they weren’t given it in EA. You can ask, but they will probably tell you to just apply after your first semester.</p>
<p>[Joining</a> Once You Are Here - Honors Program](<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/honors/prospective-students/joining-once-you-are-here/]Joining”>http://www.northeastern.edu/honors/prospective-students/joining-once-you-are-here/)</p>