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This is my class ring from MIT, class of 2002. The brass rat is a traditional ring, uniquely designed by each undergraduate class. On the top the beaver, our mascot, is holding a stick that is half a diploma. Four drops of water is coming of its hand, signifying the four years we invest at MIT. The water drops cause ripples in the water, which has four leaves in the shape of north america, south america, asia, and australia floating on top. This is to represent the effects of our investment on the world. In the beaver's fur is hidden MIT, in the left upper corner, the branches form "77", our sister class. Beneath the tree is an owl, signifying knowledge. The lower right hand corner, in the stacks the beaver is building, the letters, "IHTFP" siginifies "I Have Truely Found Paradise" (not).

Various other symbols are on the ring. On the inside band my name in script is engraved, and so is a map of the main campus. On the shield side of the ring, the scholar and the blacksmith hav been replaced with a female computer scientist (she's holding a laptop) and a protestor (holding a picket sign). The class of 2002 is the first undergraduate class to have near 50/50 representation of male and female students (hence the female). And because student of the class of 2002 had the opportunity to insert their opinion on new dorm policies and student food choices, we became known for the protests we have staged.