Volume XXXVI, Issue XVII

Dear FM, On the eve of our retirement, MTB and I leave you with an FM staple: The senior superlative issue! FM execs old and new profiled 15 standout students from the class of 2026. In this issue, you’ll find profiles of Most House Spirit, by EMK; Renaissance Person, by XSC; Most Chill, by AJBS; Most Interesting Thesis, by MK; Most Whimsical, by SG; Biggest Risk Taker, by CJ; Life of the Party, by RCG; Most Online, by KJK; Most Mysterious, by CS; Best Dressed, by VWR; Class Clown, by JBR; Most Changed Since Freshman Year, by CGH; Most Likely to Be President, by JPL; Dynamic Duo, by HGL; and Unsung Hero, by CL. Read about the fascinating things they’ve created in their time at Harvard, like Most Chronically Online’s 455-person Close Friends story, or Most Whimsical’s daily hour-long tea times with strangers. We’re grateful for your readership, and we’re excited to see where KJK and AJBS take FM in the new year! FMLove, YAK+MTB

Most Likely to Be President: Necati Unsal

When Necati first came onto campus and was rejected by selective government groups, he took it as an opportunity to find more meaningful forms of advocacy and service on campus.

Necati Unsal summer outfit

The Life of the Party: Steven Giraldo

For Steven, Harvard-Yale is less about the game and more about the tailgate.

Unsung Hero: Easton Singer

Easton’s love for puzzles is apparent to me in how admirably he’s figured out his life at Harvard — and, he reveals, without Google Calendar.

Most Dynamic Duo: Kashish Bastola and Kawsar Yasin

Though Kashish and Kawsar have followed different paths in their four years at the College, they’ve remained close both through intertwining advocacy work and a strong, supportive friendship.

Most Changed Since Freshman Year: Violet Barron

Before this experience, Violet had never imagined herself an activist.

Class Clown: Avery Pratt

Avery’s comedy focuses on the absurd.

Best Dressed: Stephanie Hu

Fashion choices are both a practical and symbolic endeavor for Stephanie: by incorporating fashion into her academic pursuits, she considers how clothing can be a deliberate presentation of one’s ethnicity, gender, and life interests.

Most Mysterious: Hannah Duane

Before transferring to Harvard, Hannah Duane was a “cowboy.”

Most Chronically Online: Chaelon Simpson

With 455 people currently added to his Close Friends story, Chaelon says he wants “everyone to be in on the joke.”

Biggest Risk Taker: Mia DiLorenzo

“I might as well take the risk because the time is going to pass anyways,” Mia says.

Most Whimsical: Eddie Gonet

Eddie attributes his whimsy to this ability: to make friends with every single person who crosses his path.

Most Interesting Thesis: Rosie Couture

This summer, Rosalie “Rosie” P. Couture ’26 went on a road trip to lesbian bars across the American South as part of her thesis research.

Most Chill: Lase Adelakun

Lase wasn’t always this chill.

Renaissance Person: Max Fan

Max says he sees the lights of Shanghai, the stacks in Widener, the classrooms in Botswana, and the sight of the ocean for the first time as lessons in a kind of intellectual vastness.

Most House Spirit: Behruz Mahmudov

From Sophomore Representative to Stein Chair to Co-Chair of Lowell HoCo, Behruz has made it his mission to make Lowell feel more like home for its residents.

15 Superlative Seniors from the Class of 2026

FM profiled 15 graduating seniors, each assigned to a different superlative categories, just like your old high school yearbook. Read on to learn about 2026's most memorable students!

Most Interesting Thesis: Rosie P. Couture '26

As a double concentrator in social studies and women, gender, and sexuality, Rosie Couture's research has taken her from the depths of Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s Schlesinger Library to archives and interviews around the country.

Best Dressed: Stephanie J. Hu '26 2

Stephanie is working on a thesis about neo-Chinese fashion, a popular design movement in China that incorporates traditional Chinese aesthetics into modern or Western design principles

Best Dressed: Stephanie J. Hu '26 1

“One thing about me is I never wear sneakers,” Stephanie Hu ’26 says.

Most Chronically Online: Chaelon Simpson '26

Chaelon Simpson has an average daily screen time of nine hours and 46 minutes.

Renaissance Person: Sicheng "Max" Fan '26 1

S. Max Fan ’26 studies Math and English.

Class Clown: Avery G. D. Pratt '26 1

Avery G.D. Pratt ’26 sits in the Adams House gold room with a top hat and a cane with a skull handle. Beside him lie a mysterious piece of yellow parchment scrawled upon in cursive, and a rather modern looking blue pen which feels conspicuously anachronistic given the apparent Victorian theme.

Most Likely to be President: Necati O. Unsal '26

“I really like this country, and I would like to be in a position to make a lot of change,” says Necati O. Unsal '26. “But who knows where life will lead me.”