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Each class year at MIT formally gathers three times - once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture once, at the end, for graduation and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. It is so known because it is made of gold and features a beaver on its bezel. Please email us with any pictures or stories about your ring. MITs famous class ring is known as the Brass Rat.
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We believe that the Brass Rat tells a societal history, so this history definitely must be preserved! We are doing everything that we can to bring this project to life and we'd love your help! Building a comprehensive history of the Brass Rat is a long process so we'd love to hear your stories. We hope to bring all of this information together so that anyone interested can very easily learn about MIT and the ring's beautiful history. Over the years, many different organizations across MIT have recorded pieces of the Brass Rat's history - organizations including the Tech and the MIT Alumni Association. The purpose of the project is to centralize all information about the Brass Rat since its creation in 1929 and the committee that designs it, RingComm. In 1929, the first MIT ring committee created a standard for what was later to become one of the most recognized and valued symbols of an MIT education, the 'Brass Rat'. The Brass Rat Project was started by the MIT Class of 2023 Ring Committee in June of 2020. In 1914, the beaver was chosen as MITs mascot.
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THE BRASS RAT PROJECT We are busy collecting information about the history of the Brass Rat and Ring Committee.