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Joey Cheek, the 26 yr-old speedskater wants to go to an Ivy League School.
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<p>There is something wrong with any sentence that reads, "[PERSON] wants to go to an Ivy League School." There's nothing wrong with wanting to go to Harvard, but it seems like he just wants the prestige factor of an Ivy League school. Like he wouldn't go to a fantastic school like the University of Michigan because of its name. Like he doesn't seriously care about his education and considers the title of his school to be some icing on top of the cake.</p>
<p>Would it really, really hurt to reconsider his application? After rejecting him already? Of course it would! Harvard can't undermine their entire admissions process to make exception. What kind of precedent would that set? Pandering to the rich and famous? Fact: if Joey Cheek were not an olympic speedskater, nobody would be even talking about him.</p>