Some students who live in the Quad give the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (Q-RAC) better reviews than its cousin by the river.
"I like the facilities in the Q-RAC," says Margo Strucker '02, a resident of Currier House. "There probably aren't a lot of machines, but not as many people are there."
A minority of non-athlete undergraduates have abandoned Harvard facilities in favor of Wellbridge, a fitness club located next to the Charles Hotel.
According to a Wellbridge employee, the number of student members has gone up due to a reduction in the club's minimum age requirement--from 21 to 18--that was targeted specifically at undergraduates.
Although "[Wellbridge] is expensive and Harvard is free," the employee says, "if [a student] comes here, they're usually dissatisfied with what Harvard offers."
"We never see business students over here, because we hear that they have a great facility over there," she continues, referring to the Harvard Business School gym, where undergrads are not allowed.
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