Submitting the ASU housing application in a timely fashion is key to securing a room assignment on-campus. Students may apply for housing once they are admitted to Arizona State University, though they will not be placed in an honors college residence hall until they have been admitted to Barrett. Apply for housing at http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/reslife.

Though we do not require Barrett students to reside in the Center Complex Barrett Living and Learning Community comprised of Irish, Best and Hayden Halls, we do encourage our students to live here because it is a key component of the Barrett honors experience. First, our administrative, faculty and staff offices are located in Irish Hall and we know that our students benefit from having direct access to these resources. Second, Barrett honors students get to know other Barrett students in their major as well as outside their major so they have the benefit of a true honors community yet also have the benefit of socializing with students in other Living and Learning communities on campus. Third, we have many honors events in Center Complex and living in the Barrett residence halls makes it easier to engage in Barrett activities; sometimes we hear that freshman students feel a little less connected when they live on the other side of campus. There are also several features of the residential community particularly designed for Barrett students including a writing center, computer lab and student run Barrett Bistro.

All Barrett freshmen that select the Barrett Living and Learning Community are placed in the Barrett residence halls. Any Barrett student, freshman through senior year, can live in the Barrett residence community. If you have selected Barrett housing on your ASU residence hall application but were not placed in Irish, Best or Hayden Halls, please contact Kimberly Lerdall at (480) 965-8415 or Michelle Hollin at (480) 965-1520.
In addition to being a key component of the honors experience as outlined above, students that participate as members of the Barrett Center Complex Living and Learning community report higher satisfaction with their undergraduate experience. These positive outcomes result from the following additional benefits:

~ the substantial contact that occurs with individual faculty members
~ specialized guidance on academic and career planning
~ frequent service learning opportunities
~ creative utilization of the research, cultural, natural and political resources of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

The Barrett Leadership and Service Team (BLAST) recently created a document titled Life on the Honors College which outlines the advantages of living in Barrett. Review some of the highlights as noted from a student perspective.

The New Barrett Honors College site is scheduled to open in Fall 2009 at the southeast corner of the ASU Tempe campus. We will break ground this fall. This national model for Honors College design and flagship building on the ASU campus will facilitate freshman through senior living. Students will dine with faculty in the new residential college signature dining center and the college will have, thanks to our Barrett students, a new LEED certified sustainable living and learning community. See the most recent plans for the new site (.pdf version, Microsoft Word version)!