<p>I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a description or photos of the Barrett Honors dorms? D is considering the honors program at ASU and we were hoping to get an idea of what the dorms for this program are like. Thanks.</p>
<p>We were there this past August. The new Barrett facilities including the dorms were great. You might want to contact the school directly to get some information about the honors dorm send to you. From my son’s experience so far, Barrett is very good.</p>
<p>You could check out the Honors Website here: [Barrett</a>, The Honors College - Arizona State University](<a href=“http://honors.asu.edu/w-Barrett_Housing_and_Dining-253.aspx]Barrett”>http://honors.asu.edu/w-Barrett_Housing_and_Dining-253.aspx)</p>
<p>You could also schedule a tour, that way you get to see it all. Otherwise, I’m not sure where else you can get information, but I’d call or email, and maybe they could direct you somewhere.</p>
<p>Well, I’ve only seen two types of room, so I’ll describe those.
I live in the double bathroom double type, which is typical for freshmen. So it’s a double room, then a bathroom connecting it to another double room. The room is quite large, comes with two beds, partially lofted, dresser with three drawers, and a desk which has a part for a computer and a shelf above, and next to it has another section with a drawer and two cubby holes, and a two shelf bookshelf. In the original set up the dresser and bookshelf are under the bed, and the desks are back to back. There is still a bit of space, where me and my roommate had a fridge and microwave. The closets are quite large, one for each person. We have modified our room so now the beds are lofted to the highest point, and then you can fit the desk under too, so now we have a lot of room and are thinking about getting a loveseat.
The bathroom has a sink area, a toilet area with a door, and a shower area with a door.
The single-bathroom-single style is a bit cramped, and I would almost say you have to loft the bed all the way if you don’t want to be stifled by the lack of space, but it obviously is single, so. I haven’t seen the suites, but those are mostly for upperclassmen anyway.
Sage South, Cereus, and Agave are primarily double-bathroom-double type. Sage North is only single-bathroom-single type. Cottonwood, Rosewood, Willow, and Juniper are more mixed, and that is where they have the suites and where the upperclassmen mainly live. (Though also Sage North because it is the sustainability house.)</p>
<p>So yeah, that was an extremely wordy description, sorry, but I was trying to be thorough, so.</p>
<p>The Barrett double dorm rooms are quite the largest I’ve ever seen; certainly much larger than any we saw touring nine other campuses last year. The closets (each student gets their own) are double mirrored door closets with some shelving. The bathroom (shared between the two rooms on either side) has a large central area with a double sink, a toilet room, and a shower/tub room. The other facilities in the dorms are also really nice – laundry rooms with great lounges and views, recreation rooms, exercise facility in the complex, coffee shop, and various classrooms and outdoor spaces with nice furnishings and landscaping. </p>
<p>The kids seem very, very happy with the food choices, though I gather that the dining hall has been much busier than they expected – apparently kids come from other dorms and pay and upcharge to eat at Barrett, and I’ve heard that it wasn’t uncommon at first for them to run out of silverware. The chocolate gelatto was very good, as was the smoked pork tenderloin I tried. </p>
<p>Freshman are talking about wanting to stay in the dorms for sophomore year, and I gather that it wasn’t that way in the old complex. Biggest complaint seems to be that they seriously underestimated the number of bike racks that were needed. </p>
<p>I enjoyed the grand piano in the dining hall, and the lovely music courtesy of various students. No chopsticks here!</p>
<p>Both the above descriptions are very accurate; the food is incredibly delicious although they seriously lack vegan choices despite claiming to have them. Management has been promising us new bike racks for a few weeks now and they have yet to arrive so that’s a real complaint that hasn’t been addressed yet. The fitness facility lacks weights (in fact there’s nothing at all for your arms to do but stretch) which is a huge complaint on my part. The computing facility is frequently closed at inopportune times and has some odd hours which will force you to go to computing commons (a good 5 minute walk which becomes awfully significant on 50-degree days) to print something out. The lounge area is pretty nice though, there’s foosball, ping pong, free air hockey, televisions, and extremely comfortable easy chairs for easy cuddling.</p>
<p>There’s an area (if you live in Barrett you know where it is) where all the hipsters/drug users/philosophers always hang out which is a big plus IMO since such a place doesn’t really exist at ASU as a whole and it allows you to meet all sorts of unique people. My only complaints about housing are minor, it’s really a great place and the overwhelming majority of your needs are fulfilled there.</p>