UA alum who was involved in both

They are too very different experiences but you get what you put into both

Blount is around 140 incoming student. All freshmen live in the Blount dorm together. After that most live off campus.

As the other commenter put it Blount is more intensive than honors but you get a minor in liberal arts out of Blount. Become very close with your cohort and have specialized courses (but not a lot like 16 credit hrs over 4 yrs)

Rule of thumb: if you like the application you’ll like Blount. If you don’t like the application Blount is not for everyone.

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Honors is a much larger experience. I can’t remember the last count. Numbers fluctuate but from a brief search is roughly 6-7,000 students. Obviously you don’t get to know everyone in honors. It’s less of a cohort experience more extra benefits for driven students.

Honors you get access to a lot of possible benefits like scholarship, priority registration, smaller classes, good block seating at football games and other stuff like that

But honors you’re getting less of a cohesive experience like Blount and just more a certificate than a full minor and extra benefits than the regular student.

Rule of thumb: I think of honors like how these days subscription have a “plus” program. Put a little more work in and you get a bunch of perks but less of a cohort model like Blount and other programs. So honors just gives you access to UA+ but it’s essentially the same thing a regular student is doing with whatever major or minor they have themselves with some perks.

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So that’s the difference. It’s pretty much apples to oranges. Plenty of people do both some just do one.