<p>How popular are intercollegiate sports at Stanford? I know they have tons of great teams there, but do many students care about the sports? Do they pack the stadiums and the gymnasium for the home games?</p>
<p>They do. They are very enthusiastic about sports. From "google-ing", I saw many pictures delineating the students' zeal.</p>
<p>Yup! Lots of students will take a break from homework, during the week or on a weekend, to go see a sport, whether it's gymnastics, volleyball, synchronized swimming, or basketball. It helps that many of our athletics programs are excellent.</p>
<p>The exception is football... students do definitely go to games, but the stadium does not fill up. Then again, a stadium is significantly bigger than a gymnasium.</p>
<p>Maybe once our football team can be expected to be less than completely humiliated on any given day, more people will come.</p>
<p>Basketball is extremely popular--both men's and women's. Volleyball has a pretty significant following, too, especially among the Band. I don't know about other sports, as the ones the Band plays at are usually the only ones I go to.</p>
<p>does stanford have badminton court?</p>
<p>We must, as there's a badminton team.</p>
<p>There are badminton courts in the Ford Center. They might be multipurpose courts, I'm not sure, but I am positive you can play badminton there.</p>
<p>nice!! do you have to pay an extra fee to become a gym member or is it included in the tuition?</p>
<p>It's included in the tuition</p>
<p>I plan to make ample use of the athletic facilities as a student. I am as far from an athlete as you'll find, so I'd like to build myself up a bit. Stanford'll help me out a bunch with that. ^_^</p>