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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

Chris Peterson

King of the Internet

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 "professional" - which is to say, if I wanted to describe myself with interlocking bulkheads of buzzwords, like a pufferfish wrapped in chain mail and festooned with mines - I would say that I... read more »

Recent blog entries

May 1, 2012
MIT Imagination
Apr 11, 2012
Caine’s Arcade
Apr 6, 2012
The Minerva Delusion
Apr 3, 2012
Transfer Decisions Released Today
Mar 29, 2012
Kickstart My Art

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