<p>I don’t think it’ll affect you negatively. There’s a bunch of people that get accepted into med school year every year that don’t participate in their university’s honors program, so as long as you get good grades and do lots of extracurriculars, I think you’ll be fine. :)</p>
<p>That being said, though, UCD is supposed to be sending out more invitations after the SIR deadline. At least, according to the website. The only other way to join the honors program, from my understanding, is to enter during the fall quarter of your freshman year. “Freshmen with a 3.50 GPA or above for the fall quarter will be invited to apply.” The site doesn’t have that a lot information on that, so if you’re planning to attend Decision Day this Saturday, maybe ask about the honors program while you’re there.</p>
<p><a href=“http://honors.ucdavis.edu/prospective/index.html”>http://honors.ucdavis.edu/prospective/index.html</a></p>