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Chris Peterson

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Hello world!

My name is Chris Peterson. My title - all Serious People have titles, and I am nothing if not Serious - is Admissions Counselor for Web Communications at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. My job is to help make the Internet go for the Admissions Office. If I wanted to be... read more »

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Aug 6, 2012
See You Later
Aug 3, 2012
Meet The (New) Bloggers!
Jul 30, 2012
How To Write A College Essay
Jul 27, 2012
danger!awesome
Jul 11, 2012
A Moment with A Minister

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Aug 6 2012

See You Later

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 3 2012

Meet The (New) Bloggers!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 30 2012

How To Write A College Essay

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 27 2012

danger!awesome

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 11 2012

A Moment with A Minister

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 9 2012

Blogger Application 2012!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 25 2012

Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Process & Statistics

Jun 12 2012

From Markets to Math Class

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 8 2012

The Wisdom of Khan

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 5 2012

Fortune Favors

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 19 2012

Tim Is So Beautiful

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 1 2012

MIT Imagination

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 11 2012

Caine’s Arcade

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 6 2012

The Minerva Delusion

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 3 2012

Transfer Decisions Released Today

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 29 2012

Kickstart My Art

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Mar 27 2012

The Real Deal

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Transfer Applicants, Freshman Applicants, Process & Statistics

Mar 14 2012

MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 10 2012

Discuss Disqus

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 17 2012

The Making of a Mystery

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Jan 30 2012

Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 26 2012

Missing Documents Due Monday

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 18 2012

Why We Blacked Out The Blogs

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research

Jan 3 2012

Happy New Year!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 17 2011

MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 16 2011

Remember, Remember, the 17th of December…

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 15 2011

Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 14 2011

Invasion MIT!

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Dec 12 2011

MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 30 2011

Flourish and Blogs

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research, Life & Culture

Nov 20 2011

The Month of Novembeard

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 15 2011

Important EA Processing Update!

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Process & Statistics

Nov 14 2011

An Awesome Autobiography

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 11 2011

Deep Breath

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 7 2011

(K)onstantly not good enough

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 5 2011

Aged And Confused

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 2 2011

The Illusion Of Validity

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 31 2011

Emergency Application Extension

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Process & Statistics

Oct 27 2011

The Difficulty With Data

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Process & Statistics

Oct 20 2011

In Praise Of Holistic Admissions

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 13 2011

Diversity or Merit?

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Process & Statistics

Oct 6 2011

Steve and Me

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 1 2011

There’s something happening here

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 29 2011

Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 25 2011

Ask Me Anything

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 23 2011

Facebook & Google Plus

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 15 2011

Food Fights

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Sep 1 2011

What Are We Waiting For

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 28 2011

MIT IreneCam

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 26 2011

My Life, As Physics Problem

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 24 2011

“Learning To Learn At MIT”

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 19 2011

Angular Velocity Saved My Life

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 17 2011

Meet The (New) Bloggers!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 15 2011

I would like to find an astronomer to talk to

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 29 2011

MIT Movies Emeritus

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Jul 26 2011

Go West, Young Man

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 22 2011

Blogger Application 2011!

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Jul 20 2011

L@@K at the Class of 2015

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Freshman Applicants, Life & Culture

Jul 11 2011

Welcome Home

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 27 2011

Nerd Camp

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 15 2011

BRUINS!!!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 13 2011

Trip Report: IvyPlus

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jun 3 2011

Life is Improv

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Miscellaneous

Jun 2 2011

Things Charles Has Made

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

May 27 2011

50 Things (That MIT Made)

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, MIT Facts

May 23 2011

Maker Faire 2011

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 10 2011

Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 4 2011

[Infinite] Quarter Mile

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 27 2011

World’s Best Rib Recipe

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 21 2011

Finding Your Match

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Apr 12 2011

Inventional YoYo

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 28 2011

AgeLab

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 25 2011

It’s Friday, Friday…

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Mar 23 2011

MIT (Maker) Women Rock

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 13 2011

Open Thread

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 8 2011

Math Women Rock

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 4 2011

Hot Crosswalk Buns

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 1 2011

Greetings from MIT Labs!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 27 2011

Meet TOFU

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 8 2011

No Chance

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Miscellaneous

Jan 7 2011

Admissions Bulletin - RA News, EA Results

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 14 2010

Minecraft: Discuss

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 14 2010

Watch a Webcast!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 1 2010

Applying Sideways

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Process & Statistics

Oct 19 2010

Live from the Glass Lab!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 11 2010

18 and Counting

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 10 2010

Get It Done

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 7 2010

MIT Women Rock

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 24 2010

Blast From The Past: Garage Hero!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 14 2010

Inside the Webcast Studio

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 5 2010

Art Imitating Art

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 25 2010

Nerd Love

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 16 2010

Announcing New Bloggers for 2010!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 9 2010

Do You Like “Like”?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 4 2010

Gallivanting with Gilles

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jul 28 2010

Alaska, part I

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 7 2010

Blogger Application 2010

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jun 2 2010

Biking in Boston

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Visit, Life & Culture

Apr 26 2010

Notes From Atlanta

Posted in: Prepare for MIT

Apr 2 2010

CPW on the Web

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 12 2010

Kickoff!

Posted in: Prepare for MIT

Dec 21 2009

Snow

Posted in: Life & Culture

Oct 14 2009

Going Social

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 31 2009

Hello world.

Posted in: Miscellaneous