Did you use your campus sport facilities as a student there?

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I went to a Div III school as a traditional aged student and there was a PE requirement. I was waived because I played organized sports all 4 years (rugby). Even so, I did use the facilities regularly, as did all my friends. I ran in the 'cage', used the huge gym, I had friends who used the pool, etc. Of course, we were a small school in Maine without a lot of city facilities to distract us. We studied hard, we played sports hard, we partied hard. It was the lifestyle. Looking back, I'm amazed at what I put my body through back then...if I hadn't been so young, I don't think I would have survived it! We pretty much paid one lump-sum tuition that included EVERYTHING including a full time course load, room and board, activities and the like. We were all on the same meal plan, ate in the same building, etc. Small private school...

My second undergrad degree is from a Div I school (large state school) where PE was also required. I was waived out again because I already had an undergrad degree but my friends took things like bowling, golf or tennis for the PE credits. And yes, I used the facilities there too. Not as much as at my first school, but my husband and I played on the tennis courts multiple times per week! By then though, I was an adult with my own life and my own fitness schedule (including a gym membership) so the student facilities were less of a need/draw for me. I don't remember paying an activities fee but if I did, it wouldn't have bothered me at all. I was a full-time student, but I also worked full time and did not live in campus housing.