You Got Into Harvard--What Will You Do With the Rest of Your Night?

Hey, prefrosh! As this uncharacteristically gorgeous Saturday afternoon winds down, you’re probably wondering what you should do on your first night at Harvard. Should you follow your new prefrosh bffs to Eleganza? Should you drunkenly explore upperclassmen room parties? (Not that FlyBy is suggesting this, unless you’re an international and/or preternaturally old prefrosh.) Or should you forget Harvard Yard altogether and instead venture into Boston (something that we wish we did more often)?

If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by the possibilities for tonight, FlyBy’s here to help. In making this important decision, you can find a lot of guidance by looking at who you are, what you want, and most obviously, what you accomplished in high school. So, whip out your resumes, prefrosh—the night is young! You tell us what you did to get into Harvard, and we’ll tell you what events to hit up tonight.

How did you earn a place in Harvard 2013? If you…

• Played the starring role in every musical put on by your drama department, check out the Freshman Musical, Recall! (Agassiz Theatre, 8 p.m., $5). The premise is beefy enough: the son of a meat factory owner falls in love with a vegan girl. There’s also The Quad, which is advertised as an original rock musical (Loeb Ex Theatre, 11 p.m., free). It’s unclear what the show’s actually about, but it seems angsty enough.

• Performed at Carnegie Hall, try Premiere, a Harvard Ballet Company production dedicated to new pieces (Harvard Dance Center, 8 p.m., $7). Probably not worth it unless you’re into dance, but if you are, it’ll be a good show. If opera’s more your thing, head to The Fiery Furnace, an original opera that retells a biblical episode (Adams Pool Theatre, 8 p.m., free). Sounds intense, but there is a reception afterward that promises to expose you to opera opportunities at Harvard in case you’re interested.

Find your personality/party fit after the jump.

• Served as concertmaster/mistress for your state’s youth orchestra, put some swing in your Saturday night with Classics and Swing: Music of American Composers (Lowell Lecture Hall, 8 p.m., free for prefrosh). Or try to get student rush tickets to the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance tonight (Jordan Hall in Boston, 6:45 p.m. for pre-concert talk, $8 with high school/college ID). Click here for more info.

• Volunteered extensively at your place of worship, you might be interested in the Islamic Society Spring Dinner (Quincy Dining Hall, 8:30 p.m., $5), where there will be Iraqi and South Asian foods. But be sure to come in cultural attire. You can also join in on the Havdalah on the Charles (meet at Harvard Hillel, 8 p.m., free). There will be food!

• Ranked nationally in a varsity sport, show off your muscles on a rock climbing wall at the Bouldering Bash (Lowell House A Entryway Basement, now til 1 a.m., free).  Sponsored by DAPA as an alternative to drinking, we at FlyBy might prefer the drinking... but maybe you're more active and in-shape than we are.

• Served as president of a high school multicultural/ethnic society, check out Buon Appetito: HIAA Italian Cooking Night (Hilles Conference Room 220, 6-8 p.m., free as far as we can tell). Hurry over now for real Italian antipasti! Also, stop by the Early Action party, hosted by the Latino Men’s Collective (Adams Dining Hall, 10 p.m., $7). Get there early to grab some glow sticks (we assume they’ll be handing them out).

• Won the Siemens Competition, go watch The Space Between (Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m., $8), a play about Caltech professor Richard Feynman. It’s also a chance to hobnob with some MIT kids, who get in free tonight.

• Charmed teachers into writing you glowing letters of rec, you’ll appreciate the jokes in the Immediate Gratification Players show (Fong Auditorium in Boylston, 8 p.m., free) and the Harvard College SUCS Stand-Up Comedy Blowout (Science Center C, 7 p.m., $3).

• Modeled for Teen Vogue, check out Eleganza (Harvard Basketball Center, 8 p.m., $12). It’s a steep price, but it might be worth it to check out what’s behind all the hype. If it’s anything like last year’s, the show will be a little odd, but then again, we at FlyBy don’t really know anything about fashion anyway.

• Wrote a personal statement about your unique obsession with punk music and leg warmers, head to the 80s dance (Leverett Dining Hall, 9 p.m., $5 until 11 p.m., $7 after). This is a classic Harvard event that will make you nostalgic, time after time.

• Founded the gay-straight alliance at your school and/or discovered a star, come to Fusion, a “celestially themed dance party” hosted by the Queer Straight Alliance (Currier Bingham Solarium, 10 p.m., no price indicated). There’s a pregame if you go early.

• Chilled out…wait, what? Yup, prefrosh, there are some kids here who didn't seem to have done anything particularly special in high school, yet they still made it here. They’re great. Maybe you’ll met some of them at the Quincy Grille Games Night (Quincy Grille, 10 p.m., free unless you want food), where you can unproductively spend your time playing Jenga, Settlers of Catan, Uno, and more. There’s even a chance to win free scallion pancakes or potstickers.

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