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Commencement 2025: We Bid You Adieu
Our third day of Commencement Week content shares our musings on all the ways to say goodbye to campus — and to each other.
Did You Do Harvard Right?
Sure, everyone tells you that there’s not any one way to do college “right,” but let’s be honest — there are some wrong ways.
Commencement 2025: Résumé Review
The fourth day of our Commencement Week feature is a chance to reflect on your time on campus — because we know it’s about so much more than a diploma.
Graduating? Here’s Seven Ways to Say Goodbye to Harvard
As the gates of Harvard Yard close behind you (metaphorically, unless you lost your ID again), here are seven ways to say goodbye — some heartfelt, some hilarious, and all very Harvard.
Memorializing Yourself on Campus
Though you’ve completed your final exams and closed all your thesis-related tabs (hopefully), we leave you with one final college assignment: memorialize yourself at Harvard.
The Real Traditions of Harvard College
There are far more than four experiences that every student at the College should have.
Commencement 2025: Senior Spotlight
The second day of our Commencement Week feature is all about senior voices; we’re listening closely, we promise.
Sage Advice from the Class of 2025
Here’s some sage advice gleaned from conversations with members of the Class of 2025 before they head out into the world.
Commencement 2025: Dearly Beloved
The first day of this year’s Commencement Week feature is for anyone and everyone visiting to celebrate the Class of 2025.
Seven Alternatives to the Harvard Square Hotel
If you missed your window to book the Harvard Square Hotel back in January, don’t worry. There are plenty of alternatives scattered across campus that offer more personality than an overpriced suite ever could.
Flyby’s Guide to Graduation Gifts for the Class of 2025
Fortunately for those of you who have procrastinated on your Commencement gift shopping, Flyby has you covered with our foolproof graduation gift guide!
Flyby Investigates: Henrys at Harvard
Henry is the 23rd most popular name on campus. Why? We’re not quite sure.
How to Survive a Lamont All-Nighter
All-nighters are where undergrads become champions, but don’t let being ill-prepared ruin your academic weapon status. So use these tried-and-true tips to make it through the night, and may the Lamont odds be ever in your favor.
HUPD Police Log: Reading Period Edition
The countdown to the end of the semester has been flying by — lol, get it? — but for HUPD, it’s definitely felt like an eternity given all of our shenanigans. Campus is still bustling with activity, and we’re here to share it all with you.
How to Get a Fête Plus One
If you’re not one of the lucky few in Eliot, you’ve probably been scheming since last spring to secure a coveted plus one to Fête… and now it’s four days out, and you still don’t have a ticket. The good news? Flyby, as always, is here to help. Here are ten methods you can try to win yourself a spot at this *elite* black-tie affair.
Reading Period Affirmations
As we binge hours of Panopto lectures, abuse all of Canvas’s possible features, and leave scathing QGuide reviews, here are a few affirmations to help make this unbearable season just a little less miserable.
Flyby Tries: Letting ChatGPT Determine My Finals Study Schedule
And as final exams roll around (they’re in a week, people: insanity), I have found myself without a study schedule for my exams. Being resourceful, I had ChatGPT do it for me.
So What Had Happened Was… Visitas 2025
While the sight of a gazillion red lanyards made us die a little inside, we’d be lying if we said that prefrosh’s presence on campus wasn’t entertaining. Here are some highlights from our encounters with prefrosh this weekend.
Things to NOT Bring to Harvard
This one’s for our incoming prefrosh — the Class of 2025 may not ever meet you because we are old, but I hope my senior wisdom will stay with you until Commencement Day 2029. Let’s get packing…
Do They Even Go Here?
Here are some foolproof ways to verify that your new Visitas BFF isn’t a 30-year-old social experiment in disguise or a ~pathological liar~ with a deep love for free tote bags and a vendetta against the admissions process.
How to Emulate a Harvard Local
As Visitas finally rolls around, we are so excited to have you (prefrosh) all on campus! That being said, you shouldn’t make it obvious that you’re new here. Here are some notes to keep things cool and casual on campus — spark up your alter ego and convince everyone that you’ve been around the Yard once or twice!
Visitas, Not Veritas: A Time For Reinvention
For those of you who might find the Visitas fresh start daunting or in case you’re feeling a little uninspired, here are some ideas for the new identity you can take on, whether for the weekend or for the next four years.
What I Wish I Knew at Visitas
I’m here 2 tell you 9 things to know for Visitas. (See what I did there?)
Your Visitas Home Base, Revealed
If you’re wondering whether the Visitas gods have cursed you or blessed you with a halfway decent floor to crash on, don’t worry — we’ve got you. Here’s our very official, extremely accurate, and absolutely unbiased round-up of the upperclassman dorms you might stay in during Visitas weekend!