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All it takes is two years of slogging through classes, and then you can at least have the ring to show for it. Do you know how cool it is to hear Tony Stark rattle off one-liners, and kick butt alongside a bunch of other less important people? All while wearing your Brass Rat? If you can’t even imagine an experience that epic, then you’ll have your mind blown if and when you come here. The timing of ring delivery was especially perfect, though, because I also ended up seeing The Avengers that weekend. Behold our dorky blogger love, immortalized in a photo: Could be why we’re friends.)Įven Anna took a break from a hectic life filled with physics and musical theater to grab her ring. (I was going to make the same joke at roughly the same time she said it. “MIT liked us, so they put a ring on it :D” – My friend. For many people, there weren’t any other due dates to worry about, so I got to see a bunch of my friends. That’s because our ring delivery was on the final day before dead week, or that time of the semester where we all burrow ourselves into libraries and study room forts to prepare for finals. What I liked most about ring delivery is the fact that practically none of the sophomores had an excuse to study – not even me. It weighs a lot on your finger, too! On days when I’m not wearing it, I’ll sometimes feel as if I’m missing something. There are many others like it, but this one is mine: The estimated retail value of all these rings is at least a bajillion dollars. On that front, and unsurprisingly, the courthouse had rings in spades. It all looked really nice on the night of the event, particularly once the sun went down and that crystalline sculpture, carved in the shape of our ring comm’s logo, was lit by that red-orange glow…īut I was too busy thinking about decking out my ring finger with an awesome ring. Leave your stereotypes about MIT hygiene and fashion sense at the door, because we looked frickin’ good, if I do say so myself.Ī friend of mine from ring comm also got me a few shots of the decorations they threw together, presumably several hours before the first eager sophomore arrived: Fortier, Fortier Fotography.Īt around 6 or so last Friday, I met a few of the friends, my entourage for the night, in front of the student center. At least that’s the impression that I get when looking at it at night: We received our rings at the snazzy-looking John Joseph Moakley Courthouse, which looks way more like a place where you’d get fancy rings, or do essentially anything else besides uphold justice and hand out verdicts on felonies and misdemeanors. You might also be wondering how the night of the ring delivery unfolded. I’d be remiss if I didn’t give them a shoutout on the blogs here – so thanks for everything, guys! All of them believed in me, and told me I can do pretty much anything I set my mind to if I showed the necessary passion, curiosity, and persistence for it. But I owe my position right now to a lot of people: my past teachers, my professors, my friends from high school and from the Institute, my old coworkers and employers, and my family. More than anything, it’s proof that all this hard work has been paying off tremendously. I’m pleased to say that they also have some pretty good taste: (And to realize, whoa, I’m nearly halfway done.)īut let me start with the most important part: I am now the proud owner of a Brass Rat! The ring’s design, which I covered previously, was carefully put together by these guys, the Class of 2014 Ring Committee. So good, in fact, that I needed a good week to get my thoughts all organized.