<p>A lot of negative comments coming from classmates who have siblings going to ASU. They say that “at Barrett you pay more for the same degree” or “it’s just a humanities paper each semester…that’s it.” Of course I dont believe everything I hear, but I was hoping for some info about Barrett from actual students. What makes it different and beneficial?</p>
<p>Barrett, like all things, is what you make of it. If you want to write a couple extra papers a year and get your barrett certificate, you can. In that case, yes you are just spending money on something of relatively little value. I was not not that kind of person, though some of my classmates were. I used my Barrett status to do projects that interested me, such as designing a documentary of a Roman war using a video game platform to tape the details. I also used my Barrett status to get all of the classes that I wanted without fail, even ones that were supposedly impossible to get unless you were a specific major. I also used my Barrett status to acquire over $10,000 in internal research funding over the course of two years, etc, etc.</p>