You go Bob!!

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>Don’t know if anyone watched the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics, but what Bob Costas did towards the end for Joey Cheek totally floored me! I was sooo shocked and kinda felt some sympathy for ole Mr. Fitzsimmons.</p>

<p>Costas, you rock!!</p>

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<p>whatd i do?</p>

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<p>So uh… what did he do?</p>

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<p>Here’s a quote:</p>

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<p>uggh…come on guys, it’s the olmypics…watch it…</p>

<p>anyway,</p>

<p>Joey Cheek, the 26 yr-old speedskater wants to go to an Ivy League School.</p>

<p>At the end of the broadcast, Bob Costas said a little something to the likeness of “Joey Cheek was very disappointed when he was turned down by Harvard University in December. Now, I’m talking to YOU (points finger towards the screen smugly), Harvard Dean of Admissions, William Fitzsimmons. Would it hurt really to give Joey’s application (takes up the “application”) a second look? Just askin’.”</p>

<p>Okay…you had to be there to seriously get the whole moment of it…</p>

<p>the best part, Bob did it with a completely straight face…no lie!!</p>

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<p>^^aah, you beat me to it, tkm</p>

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<p>Yea no problem. I was just doing my part. Joey is a good kid and apparently he is rather smart so I just thought that I would do my part.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t mind rooming with a 26 year old Olympic gold medalist next year.</p>

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<p>Fact of the matter is, if the kid has an 1100 and a 3.2 GPA, chances are he doesn’t deserve to get in. </p>

<p>Oh wait, he’s an athlete.</p>

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<p>actually, apparently he scored near a 1400…so at least he has potential</p>

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<p>but hes been out of high school for 10 years…whatever. id love to have him as a classmate.</p>

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<p>I thought psuedo-celeberities always got in.</p>

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<p>Even genuine celebrities do not always get in (Claire Danes comes to mind).</p>

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<p>It says above that Cheek “was turned down for admission by Harvard in December.” Was he actually outright rejected? Harvard rejects relatively few EA applicants. Or was he deferred – and therefore still a live candidate?</p>

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<p>He applied SCEA and was deferred, I had thought, although some stories have implied the contrary.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/02/20/SPG9THBOC41.DTL[/url]”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/02/20/SPG9THBOC41.DTL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.topix.net/forum/olympics/winter/T7N6933EBDN9E39LV[/url]”>http://www.topix.net/forum/olympics/winter/T7N6933EBDN9E39LV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/olympics/2006/writers/02/18/olympic.blog.8/[/url]”>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/olympics/2006/writers/02/18/olympic.blog.8/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>USA Today also reports that -</p>

<p>"…he has been turned down by Harvard, but he has applications pending at Yale, Stanford, North Carolina, Georgetown and Duke.</p>

<p>“I don’t know who will let me in,” Cheek said. “I hope somebody will.”</p>

<p>After his performance and generosity Monday, one guesses there will be a few takers."</p>

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<p>The negative publicity Harvard will endure means he will certainly be accepted.</p>

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<p>Not necessarily. It may look bad for Harvard to give into pressure, and good for them to maintain a tough admissions policy. But I think he probably will get in though.</p>

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<p>I don’t think Harvard will ever reverse any decisions that they make. If they make an exception for anyone, regardless of the publicity, it will draw even more negative publicity if they defy their policy of their decisions being “final.” Don’t get me wrong though, I definitely think that he would make an incredible addition to Harvard, and I am a bit surprised that they would turn him down. I guess it just goes to show how incredibly selective Harvard is, and that at times the decisions may appear to be somewhat random.</p>

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<p>I don’t think any school will reject a gold medalist.</p>