Honors or not?

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<p>Hi! I am done with my UW application and now I am debating whether or not to apply for Honors. I have quite a bit of college credit from AP tests and through the College in HS program from the local community college. So I need help deciding whether or not Honors is something I should consider. With my stats, would I be competitive for Honors?</p>

<p>State: Washington
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>UWGPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Top 7% in Class
29/406
My high school is one of the top schools in the state and sends many kids to the top schools every year</p>

<p>Potential College Major: Bioengineering or Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>AP's taken: World History (5), Biology (4), US History (5), Calc AB (5), Micro Econ (5), Macro Econ (5)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Environmental Science
AP Computer Science
AP Amer. Gov
AP Lit
AP 2D Photography
Advance Calculus (College in HS course)
Science Lab Assistant</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (took once, won't retake)</p>

<p>Awards:
Knight Valor Award for 100+ community service hours (11)
AP Scholar with Distinction (12)
Team MVP for Junior Varsity Soccer (10)
WIAA Outstanding Scholar (10, 11)
Coach's Award for bball (10)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
National Honor Society (11, 12)
NBTA BioClub (12) (Helped launch it this year)
Varsity Soccer (10, 11, 12) (team captain senior year)
JV Basketball (9, 10)
Track and Field (9, 10)
Club Soccer (9, 10, 11, 12) (team captain since 2004)
TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use) (9, 10)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Skyhawks Sports (10, 11)
- Summer job coaching sports camps
- 40 hour weeks
Soccer Referee (9, 10)</p>

<p>Community Service:
ALS Association (9, 10, 11, 12)
- 200+ hours
Bellevue Boys and Girls Club (10, 11)
- 100+ hours
-youth soccer coach
Peer Tutor (11, 12)
- 50+ hours
- tutor kids in math and history</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for the help!</p>

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<p>jakelocker4prez, </p>

<p>Here are my 2c. Honors @ UW is no big deal. You will be fine with departmental honors.
Only advantage for those majoring in eng is that some of the intro classes have honors sections which are smaller the the regular ones.</p>

<p>I spoke to a prof at bioengineering and his advice was to do just dept. honors.</p>

<p>In any case, it doesn’t hurt to apply and you can always opt out.</p>

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<p>What’s the difference between dept honors and honors or are they the same thing? Also, do you think I would be a competitive candidate for honors?</p>

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<p>You should apply to the honors program, as you have a really good shot. Your GPA, AP scores, and EC’s are excellent, your ACT is solid (enough), you are in-state and, most importantly, you are a female Engineering candidate. Good luck.</p>