Features and Series
Flyby Tries: Journaling Everyday For A Week
Ahh, journals. The perfect place for pre-teen nostalgia of middle school crushes, high school teenage angst of hating everyone, college rants, vents, and emotional breakdowns. Be it a bullet, digital, or normal journal, journals are always there for you. Journaling die-hards (journal-hards??) promise it improves mental health and emotional stability, so I decided to try journaling for a week to see how it impacts my ~mental health~.
Housing Market 2021: Dudley Community
So you've learned all about your new House, but you're realizing you're looking for something... different. Something... funky, independent, and in love with Kenny G. Well, does Flyby have the place for you! Enjoy our writers' deep dive into this lovable not-quite-a-House-but-a-hype-community!
Flyby Everywhere: First-Year International Program
For the next installment of our international column Flyby Everywhere, our writer sat down with First-Year International Program co-director Yousuf Bakshi to talk about FIP's awesome work building a cohesive community amongst international students during this virtual year, their plans for the year ahead, and his best FIP memories! Catch you on the FIP side ;)
Flyby’s Spring 2021 Playlist
As the spring semester comes to an end, Flyby has the perfect playlist for those lovely spring days, no matter where you may be in the world. Enjoy them while you grind on that final paper or just on a walk around your neighborhood!
Flyby Everywhere: Tag Yourself, International Edition
I can say with absolute certainty (and a pinch of bias) that international students bring a lot of unique, special qualities to Harvard, from their interesting accents, beautiful languages and time zone issues. Whether you're from the States or not, though, there are International quirks that align with just abou everybody. Check out this tag yourself to find out what aspects of the international student experience speak to you the most!
Love It / Hate It: Zoom Backgrounds
We've all become waaaaay too familiar with Zoom over the past year. Would you rather get a funky with technology, or keep things straight-up? Let us know!
Advice From: Class of 2021
Virtual Visitas feeling a bit overwhelming? Not really sure what this whole "college" thing is even about? After going through just about every up and down college has to offer, our senior writers are here with a few words of wisdom to pass along as their time at Harvard comes to an end.
Guide to Visitas
Flyby Blog is proud to present our Guide to Visitas feature! Read on for tips and tricks on navigating Harvard's virtual welcome weekend.
Advice From: Class of 2024
Somehow, the Class of 2025 isn't the only one experiencing a totally virtual Visitas — Class of 2024 has been there, done that! Check out some of our freshmen writers with the inside scoop and helpful advice from the class that has truly done it all.
Advice From: Admin, Faculty, and Staff
With Visitas and college decisions in full swing, you may be in need of some helpful advice. Like, actual, real adult advice. Lucky for you, we've got some of Harvard's most esteemed (and friendly!) administrators, faculty, and staff to pass on some wise words.
Flyby Everywhere: Flyby Tries Switching Time Zones
Next up in our Flyby Everywhere column, our writers (quite literally) stepped into each other's shoes and swapped time zones for a week. With wildly different experiences during their freshman years as an international student and a student living on campus, we got a peak into just one of the many new challenges awaiting many of our international students.
Love It/Hate It: Discussion Posts
While these joyful (or not so joyful) assignments have always been a fan-favorite of professors, they've taken an even stronger hold on syllabi during virtual classes. Maybe you love them, maybe you hate them, maybe you're totally indifferent – either way, our writers have strong feelings and are ready to share them!
Flyby Everywhere: Day in the Life of an International Student — Pandemic Edition
For many international students, a virtual semester means changing up their sleep schedules to be basically nocturnal. Sure, that means Zoom calls at 2 a.m, but at least we get to feel a bit like Hannah Montana with her double life? Silver linings, people!
Welcome to the Harvard of Online Dating
Let’s talk about The League — and, for the first time since we came to college, NOT the Ivy League. Sad I know, but this might be refreshing. We’ll define The League today as an interesting spinoff of Tinder overwhelmed by a strange tsunami of pretentiousness.
Hi, I’d like to join your LinkedIn network.
Whether you’re the person that reads everyone’s LinkedIn updates (who needs Instagram, amiright?) or forgets to accept your ever-increasing number of connection requests, here’s a field guide to the different kinds of people you’ll meet on LinkedIn as you get on your #networking #grind.
Flyby Everywhere: International Playlist
For the next installment of our international column Flyby Everywhere, we've got some boppin' music from across the globe to get your weekend moving.
Flyby Tries: Nature’s Cereal
We over at Flyby are all about experimentation, so we tried TikTok's latest "Nature's Cereal" trend so you don't have to! (again, you really, really don't have to)
Love It/Hate It: Zoom Breakout Rooms
Breakout room opinions continue to be the hottest of hot takes – whether you're a big fan or totally against, each of our writers have some strong feelings about this staple of Zoom life.
All Things Dessert and Harvard with Claire Saffitz
Our writers sat down with YouTube sensation, cookbook author, and (!!) Harvard alumna Claire Saffitz to talk her experience at Harvard, cats, and (duh) desserts! Hungry now? Us too!
Flyby’s Wellness Day Playlist
So Wellness Days aren't *quite* what we've all hoped for, but we've got all the hot tunes to at least make things slightly more enjoyable!
Flyby Ranks: Official Housing Day Video Rankings 2021
With the challenges of Covid-19, it’s safe to say that every single House stepped up to make a fire video in light of pandemic precautions and remote learning. And even if the video is slightly less-than-fire, it’s still worth getting hyped because each and every house has their own amazing perks. Dying to know who took this year’s crown? Without further ado, we present Flyby’s Official Housing Day Video Rankings for 2021.
Flyby Appreciates: A Year Like No Other
Every psych class I've ever taken has convinced me that a little bit of gratitude goes a long way — Flyby takes this to heart with the latest piece in our March 10 feature, Flyby Appreciates: A Year Like No Other.
In/Out: March 10, 2020/March 10, 2021 Edition
We're back with another riveting installment of In/Out — this time around, we're breaking down everything from face masks to vaccines to oat milk as we think about everything that's changed in the past year.