Pre-check a box in a Create View in MVC 3 with C#

I'm working on a site using MVC 3 and C#. I have a simple boolean field that is set with a checkbox. I can create and edit just fine and the values of the boolean f开发者_开发问答ield update alright. My only question is: Can I make it so the CheckBox is automatically checked when the user reaches the page? It's a more common situation for it to be checked than not, so I'd like to make it that way. Right now I render the check box with:

@Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.Tbd)

I have tried:

@Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.Tbd, new { value = true } )

And:

@Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.Tbd, new { value = "true" } )

Neither of these three change the actual look of the page, but the HTML source is changed a bit (namely the value field for the Check Box input tag changes from: value = "true" to value = "True"). So these three methods don't work. So again, can I make it so the checkbox is pre-checked when a user reaches a page for the first time? (Do note this is for Creation, in the Edit View if Tbd is true, the check box is checked like it should be)

What is the value of model.Tbd? If it's not already True, try init it to True and seeing if that makes a difference