I know this would depend on which schools, but I currently don’t have any in particular in mind. Would you say in general it would help if admission offices saw honors courses on my transcript (with good grades of course) and knowing I’m in the program? I’m at Bunker Hill Community College, and here’s the honors program in case you’re curious: Commonwealth Honors Program - Bunker Hill Community College (I don’t mean the UMass schools, I would just use MassTransfer).
Yes, it should help.