UCI Honors Program

Hi.
I am heavily considering attending UCI as an incoming freshman, however, I was not selected for the CHP. The program sounds great, so if I do attend, I definitely plan to apply, but was wondering if any current students or alums could offer any insight.

When would be the best time for me to apply (during Freshman year or before Soph year)? Since I’m not part of the CHP, what dorms would you recommend? Also, is it’s selectivity determined by major?
I have a 4.57 W (probably a little lower if converted to “UC” weighting or whatever) and 3.98 UW GPA. 2140 SAT
The major I got into was biomedical engineering: premed

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Hey! I am incoming freshmen for UCI for bioengineering as well(lmao let’s start making connectiosn) ! I think you can apply after your first quarter as a full time UCI student but you need a GPA of 3.5 or higher!

Consider BMES, instead.