Barrett Hall is currently a coed upperclassman dorm at William and
Mary, housing Second, Third, and Fourth-Year students. However, it is mostly inhabited by Second-Years since older students, whose seniority grants them first
pick of housing, fill up the better upperclassman dorms, leaving Barrett to the sophomores. Nevertheless, Barrett is a definite step up from freshman housing, as it features air conditioning in every room. The first and third floors house women, while the second floor houses men. Thus, there is one large single-
gender bathroom on each floor.
Barrett is unique among W&M dorms for its V-shape and large porch. It features large, well-furnished social and
study lounges on the first floor. There are also balconies outside many second-floor rooms, which students can access through
windows. The
college makes no official statement on whether students are allowed to sit on these balconies, but it seems
like something that would not be allowed, so students typically do so only under cover of darkness.
Camille: What residence hall are you in this
year?
Dylan: Barrett Hall!
Camille: Wow, so you have that nice porch, then.
Dylan: Yeah! And at night, I like to sit out on the second-
floor balcony as well.
