The perception that someone is "forcing" "nerds" to exercise is superficial and reinforces incorrect nerd/jock stereotypes. Perhaps you didn't mean this in a se

The perception that someone is "forcing" "nerds" to exercise is superficial and reinforces incorrect nerd/jock stereotypes. Perhaps you didn't mean this in a serious way, but in my experience some people still think that MIT is all stereotypical nerds. It isn't at all. People get up early in the morning on signup day in order to be the first to sign up for phys. ed. classes. In addition to that, until they cut 8 varsity teams a few years ago, MIT had the most varsity sports teams in the country (tied with Harvard, I think). There are also tons of intramural sports happening throughout the year. Everyone at MIT is a nerd to some extent, but by far not everyone is a "stereotypical nerd" (whatever that means). People are very diverse here and you'll find all kinds of stereotypes (if you are so inclined), even "jocks."