<p>The honors program really isn’t much, or at least at UCLA. If you meet the gpa/SAT or rank qualification at your high school you’re just about guaranteed in the honors program, or if you maintain a certain gpa when attending UCLA you can apply for the honors program, not a difficult thing to accomplish (but maintaining the honors credit required to stay in the program can become a hassle). The Regents makes things interesting though, because aside from the fantastic money they give to begin with (money is very important to a college student), they usually come with other perks that are very useful, especially at a public school with so many students (longer housing stay, priority enrollment, etc). Have you visited both schools? Does one setting seem more comfortable to you than the other? The scholarship tips the scale one way to begin with, but look at the other factors involved to decide if the benefits of attending LA will or will not outweigh the benefits of going through UCI on a Regents. Yes LA is usually the higher rated, but you need to look at the other side and realize the increase in competition involved. You need to assess the colleges as they fit you personally, and if all things are equal, I’d go with the scale tipper because a regents is hard to pass up.</p>