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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My freshman daughter is at a large state school and there is no dating or even hooking up going on that she knows of.  She has a wonderful group of friends who are all pretty, social, etc and they go to darties, etc but no boys ever ask them out and they don't get drunk enough to hookup. There are more girls at these things so it's really hard to get the attention of any guys. You can't stand out.  Then no one really talks before or after classes. Kids go in and then leave.

Some of her friends at LACs have had an easy time meeting guys and some have even been asked out. I would say it's much easier in that setting.

I think my daughter is ok with this now because she's investing in female friendship (which is going really well) but I can imagine it will get old with time. I know she would like to date at some point in college.  I think she would be receptive to almost any invitation from a guy.  She and friends are not holding out for the top 5% or anything like that. [/quote]

This sounds like what my daughter has described. The frats let in girls, but not many boys so the ratio in the parties is off.  She's not sure where to meet non-frat guys.  It's bugging her.[/quote]

Is she considering transferring? And if so, where? Is she in a sorority?[/quote]

Gosh, no.  It's not bad enough to transfer, but it will take different effort than it did when we were younger.  Rush is 2nd semester.[/quote]

Is this UVA? My daughter is also there and feels like it's impossible to meet guys. She didn't head to college with this as a priority but it's quickly becoming clear that she likely won't date in college. She says she can't meet guys aside from parties and then the guys at these are all only interested in the same handful of super hot girls. She and her friend group (who are all attractive but not gorgeous blonds) aren't noticed. She can't figure out how to meet other guys or tell if they're even around. [/quote]

It's not UVA, but I've heard the UVA social scene is very dependent upon bars. It's my understanding that frat parties aren't open and that you need an invite.  My DC's school also has a bar scene, but it's more relavent junior and senior year.

To the PP, isn't it weird to tell an 18 year old to go on a dating app?[/quote]

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