Battle of the Class of 2013 Facebook Groups

Flybyblog has one prediction for next year: student groups on campus will proliferate--this, judging by the fact that the Class of 2013 currently has six functioning(ish) Facebook groups. Since those 13ers just can’t choose, Flyby sees it as our duty to help the Class of 2013 choose the one, true, official Class of 2013 group. Here are our four favorites ranked in order from If-you-join-this-group-your-a-newb to very-respectable-Facebook-showing.

Group 4

Creator: Wayne Crosby

1 member

Description: “ HOLY BATMAN!

Awesomest (sic) group EVER!! PICS & INTRODUCTIONS of ALL the NEW

FRESHMEN students! Class of 2013! Come see!”

There’s one picture. Is that you Wayne??

Enough said.

Group 3

Creator: Glen Maganzini

54 Members

Who is Glen?

“I'm a senior from Wakefield Massachusetts planning on going to

Northeastern next year. In addition to there not being any other

Harvard 2013 groups at the time, I felt that some really really

intelligent kids (Harvard applicants) would search for such a group;

this potential demand made me create it, a process that took less than

two minutes out of my day. Since then I've received quite a few

private messages on Facebook from people asking me if I am going to

Harvard. I don't blame them -- it would make sense since I'm the

creator of the group. I do end up explaining the paradox every time.

It gives me a laugh,” he told Flybyblog.

Hmm, okay.

Group 2

32 Members

Creators: Andrew Crowder Douglas, Andreas Weber

Claim to be the original group

Flyby was intrigued by these international creators and decided to

conduct a little interview:

Flyby: You're from Germany, right? Do you think being an international

student will hurt your chances of winning the battle of the facebook

groups?

Doug: I think that being bilingual and well-versed in world cultures

can assist me in many areas, but when people see the two Facebook

groups, I'm certain they're going to flood to the one with more

people.

(Touché, Doug).

Flyby: So on Facebook it says you're married, is that serious?

Doug: My friend from the UK and I toured Niagara Falls and Canada. We

had such a good time, that we decided to become Facebook spouses.

Yeah. We're weird like that.

(Girls of 2013—sounds like this one is still available!!)

Flyby: Name one thing you love about Harvard.

Doug: Harvard contains some of the most fascinating people one will

ever meet. I look forward to becoming immersed in Harvard's rich and

diverse culture.

Aw, shucks, flyby’s ego granted Doug’s group points for this response.

Group 1- OUR CHOICE FOR THE CLASS OF 2013 FACEBOOK BLOG

600 members

Creator: Colin Zwaziger

Also claims originality.

In the midst of trying to judge the quality of membership in each

group, Flyby threw up a little wall-post asking members to tell us

why their group should win the Battle of the 2013 Facebook Groups as

well as what they love about Harvard, in exchange for eternal blog

glory

Adam Butensky said his group was the best for one simple reason:

“Tt was the first one, started by about 50 of us who were accepted

last spring but took a gap year. [Flybyblog thinks gap year kids are

cool] …Why we love Harvard... I saw a Harvard shirt in Israel at this

touristy shop, nothing Yale or Penn or anything. It's got the name

recognition that makes people's mouths just go wide open if they

happen to ask where you're going. And it's more than just a name, it's

got the sh*t to back it up.”

Well put Butensky, well put.

So Flyby was about ready to award this group our official kiss of

approval when we decided to take one last look at the wall and saw

this:

“i guess harvard is an alright school it was just my backup”

Not cool. 93% of applicants now hate you.