<p>How are the dorms at Barnard? I don’t remember them from my tour. Actually…I’m not sure if I even got to see one.
How is the closet space? The room itself?</p>
<p>There are four dorms on the quad (Brooks, Reid, Sulzberger and Hewitt) and all first years live there. These dorms are all interconnected and the rooms in each all pretty different. Some have closets, some don't; some have fireplaces (non-functional) and bay windows and some are plainer. You really won't know until you get your assignment.</p>
<p>After first year, you have the option of living in other dorms that are farther away....these are all very different and some have kitchens and such.</p>
<p>The reslife page on the Barnard website has lot of info on these dorms. These are not luxury accommodations, but the average cost of a four bedroom apartment in that area of Manhattan is now said to be 4.5 million, so I tell my daughter that she needs to be VERY happy living in her five bedroom suite with a kitchen!!!!</p>
<p>I saw a dorm on my tour of Barnard--nothing fantastic, basically a typical dorm experience. But as churchmusicmom said housing in NYC is extremely expensive (even in Brooklyn!) so looking at the price it's a great deal.</p>
<p>When I did the summer program, the dorm I stayed in (in the Quad) had air conditioning, but I heard that not all of them do. Even in the dead of summer, the air conditioning was too much. The room was decent size, and we didn't have closets; also, the bed wasn't too bad, but I don't think I could sleep on it year round without some type of extra fluff. ;) A few months ago I visited a friend at Barnard, and her suite was on 116th (off campus) and it didn't appear to have AC, and the building seemed much much older (but with character...so I didn't have anthing against that. :)) And, as Churchmusicmom said, New York is maaad expensive. You could barely find a studio that would fit in the price range of room and board, especially in a decent neighborhood.</p>
<p>I'm not a pro at college dorms, but Barnard's are good...NYU's are mainly much nicer, Sarah Lawrence the same as Barnard's, and Fordham I think worse.</p>
<p>If there aren't any closets, where do you put your clothing?</p>
<p>There are closets, they're just not always built into the room. In Sulzberger, Reid, and Plimpton, and probably other buildings, you get wardrobes where you can hang your clothes and there may or may not be a couple extra drawers in it too. And you get other drawers - a bureau, and in some cases drawers under your bed. In Hewitt and 600, the closet is a part of the room, but at least in my double in 600, there was only one closet that you had to share with a roommate, whereas if you live in a closetless double you each get a wardrobe.
Like churchmusicmom said, the rooms vary pretty widely in terms of size, closet space, view, street noise, character, etc., but none of them are awful and a lot of them are pretty neat.</p>
<p>As the previous posters have said there are four connected buildings that make up the Quad: Hewitt, Sulzberger, Reid and Brooks. As a first year you'll either live in Sulzberger, Reid or Brooks. I currently live in Reid and there is a built in closet with added cabinets above. You don't have to share closet space in Reid. There are also drawers under the bed, but not all rooms have them (even among the same building). Also included is a dresser. The closet/cabinet/drawer space is definitely enough for me. I keep almost all of my clothes in my closet, and use my dresser for personal items, socks, etc. </p>
<p>Sulzberger is the only dorm with AC but it's really not bad if you don't have it. As long as you bring a fan you'll be fine. When I first got my housing assignment I was pretty sad because I didn't want to live in Reid, but now I absolutely love it. Sure, the rooms aren't anything like NYU but they're still not bad.</p>
<p>One thing of note about living on the Quad is that you must be on the meal plan (at least I believe that is still true). The meal plan is crazy-expensive!!!</p>