I went to a Div III nerd school. We did have a PE requirement (one semester's worth, I think, with most classes being half a semester). I took fencing,yoga, and some kind of cardio sport thing (which mostly consisted of running around a track). My first two years I was pretty active in our fencing club, but my second two years I dropped it because I was taking so many classes and evening labs. I bought the road bike my senior year, and started visiting the cardio room a little more regularly right before I graduated.

I didn't go near the athletic facilities at the school where I did my master's. I just never had time. The only thing I was really interested in was the pool, and it had limited hours if you weren't on the swim team. Those hours were in the evening, and guess when I had classes? And besides, why stay inside when I could go outside and ride my bike? I'm not going near the gym here. Huge Div I school? No thanks. (It's also all the way on the other side of campus.)

I can't remember what the student activity fee was. It wasn't outrageous, though.