OnlineDating.edu?

June 29, 2011 7:00 pm     Posted in College, Relationships  Kim- Syracuse University g+ page

Match.com, PlentyOfFish, eHarmony…..with so many dating sites available these days, it’s no surprise that a substantial amount of relationships today start online. But what about us romantic hopefuls…in college?


By Kim

Two lovely ladies at Columbia University developed the idea to start a dating site, DateMySchool.com, strictly for us collegiate lovers. That’s right, with this site you can breathe easy: there won’t be any creepy 50 year old friend requests or pokes from your younger brother’s annoying friends. To become a member of the site you must have a working .edu email address. Now you can automatically check “gives a damn about his education” off of your dating checklist!

So what do we think of this DateMySchool.com? Personally, I think it’s a pretty clever idea. On Facebook, anyone can say that they attend I’mTotallyNotInSchool University, and we’d never know if they were telling the truth or not. The collegiate exclusivity is what attracts me to the site, but in the long run, it’s this exclusivity that may also be its downfall. For one, the site was designed for and originally available only on a select few Ivy League campuses, in a very Facebook-esque manner. Now the site has launched at plenty more schools, but will require some money (from college students who are probably the largest financially challenged group of citizens in the country, or from investors who may potentially be too old to have an active university email address) for growth and expansion.

On top of the money issue, are formal dating and college necessarily compatible? It seems to me that the more informal path, the Hang N Bang scenario, is more common among college students who seem to have less time for traditional dating yet just enough downtime for a casual hook-up. So there’s always the chance that the site will lose momentum simply because people either won’t be interested in it’s stress on “dating,” or because they’re using it simply as a channel for high-speed hookups.

It’ll surely be interesting to see where the site goes. Facebook gained its popularity when it became public, so the creators of DateMySchool.com may need to come up with some innovative way to make the site more inclusive if they’d like for the site to take off in numbers. What are your thoughts on online dating for college students only?

12 Comments on "OnlineDating.edu?"

  1. RCM says:
    Wed, 29th Jun 20117:37 pm 

    If it was free, I'd be on board.. But the concept isn't so interesting that I'm going to pay money for it.

  2. Ashley Lee - UC San Diego says:
    Wed, 29th Jun 20118:18 pm 

    San Diego universities have Little Black Book at thelbb.com and I guess now it's in NY and LA. My friend actually found her boyfriend on there!

  3. Balazs says:
    Thu, 30th Jun 20114:49 am 

    Dear Kim,

    DateMySchool is going to remain free forever, except for a couple of premium features that are not yet available and are not necessary to have a great time and enjoy dating through the website.

    To come back on your comment whether it's a hookup site: every user is free to define his/her own experience, some people use it to make new friends, some to hookup and we had also our first marriage :) It's really up the intention of the user.

    What's important is that it's very safe and private, users can define who may access their profiles in a very granular way. And it's not exclusive to students, alumni are welcome to sign up too, provided that they still have their school email.

    Best,

    Balazs

    Co-Founder
    DateMySchool

  4. Jackie says:
    Thu, 30th Jun 20114:39 pm 

    It makes me sad that it's come to this..having to go online to meet people who live right around you. Weird.

  5. Jamie says:
    Fri, 1st Jul 201111:58 am 

    It's like weird to me that anyone would pay when you're LIVING with these people. I mean, I get it after college, but during college, is weird.

  6. alpha male traits says:
    Tue, 27th Mar 201211:12 am 

    "they’re using it simply as a channel for high-speed hookups." The direction of response will determine what will be done by the owners. if they are serious about large traffic, they may have to change the model of the dating site. Most people prefer the free and large number dating sites.

  7. Daniel Tyler says:
    Sun, 13th May 20129:16 pm 

    Now there are many different types of dating services for everyone. Although an on-campus college has many opportunities for people to meet there are also on-line colleges that do not have that advantage so online dating edu is a good idea to fill the gap.

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    That site you include is really good for dating. I may try this if i can get free membership. I think for dating service it's worthless to pay and get membership.

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