However, I don’t regret going at all! Part of this is because I went with friends. I probably heard about 15% of the actual content of the presentation. People were screaming constantly, and anytime anyone on Ring Committee actually started saying anything, they screamed even louder. What all of this means is that it was REALLY FRIGGING LOUD in there. And I have reason to believe, from what I saw, that *some* of us were r e a l l y drunk. We were all sitting and talking with our friends. Well, in fact… Almost the entire sophomore class was crowded into Kresge. (But you like me, so you’ll keep reading <3)īut Shuli, you ask, didn’t you go to Ring Premiere? Wouldn’t they have told you about the ring there? So if you want to know more, you should actually just go to. For some comparison, check out the 20 rings! (Blogging about ring premiere and delivery is its own smol tradition, although much younger than the ring itself.)įor starters, I wanna say that I got all this information off the website. Here’s how it went for me, and what our ring looks like. The ring buying period has just concluded for the Class of 2022. In April, we all dress up fancy for Ring Delivery and poses with our shiny new rings.
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In February of sophomore year, the design is announced at Ring Premiere then everyone scrambles to spend their life savings on it. Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time and effort creating the ring (which has a typical layout, but no specific set design). Nevertheless, we’ve been calling them Brass Rats for ninety years, and they’re a hugely important part of MIT tradition. What is a Brass Rat? Well, it’s a ring that comes in gold, silver, or stainless steel. Every class year at MIT gets their own personalized Brass Rat.