Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 22:34     Subject: Dating in college
Anonymous wrote:I've heard anecdotally that college kids heavily use dating apps. That kids don't ask people in person anymore. Is this true???
Yes, on a dating app you can be certain that everyone on the app is willing to date, whereas asking someone in person can either creep them out / scare them if you don't know them well, or mess up a relationship if you do.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 22:33     Subject: Re:Dating in college
Anonymous wrote:This is definitely a consideration for my son. He’s at a small school now and wants to make sure there is a sizable population of heterosexual women wherever he ends up for college.

I think it’s odd that so many people think dating should be irrelevant to young people. I mean, don’t they have hormones and a sex drive? An emotional drive to connect with someone romantically? Relationships and marriage are supposed to be one of the most important things in adult life.

It's not irrelevant, after all look at how rare all men's colleges are relative to all women's. It's just that most parents correctly realize that you can find good spouse material at most colleges.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 22:07     Subject: Dating in college
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are your students looking at the ratio of males/females and heterosexual/not heterosexual data when applying to colleges? It seems like the dating pool at different select universities varies widely (depending on what one is looking for.) I was a bit surprised by some Ivies, frankly. Or maybe today’s teens don’t really worry much about this kind of thing at all & simply don’t care?


Was not a reason to pick/not pick a college. Current junior has no significant other at the moment. She is at a school with 44% male and 56% male, which I had to just look up - she was dating someone but they broke up arpund midtermsbroke up. Current senior is dating someone, his college is 42% male and 58% female - also had to look that up


is your daughter transgender?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 22:01     Subject: Dating in college
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh and I think all the boys know which schools have the “hottest women” that’s Arizona State, Alabama, U of Miami and a few others in the southern US
The most attractive women I've met all go to MIT
- current male college student


do you meet any other women that don't go to MIT?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 21:40     Subject: Dating in college
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. This not something anyone considers. What a strange post.


This. What even, OP?


DP. Of course this is a consideration that many students and parents have. My kids - both daughter and a son - had no desire to attend a school that was heavily female, as so many are. It just throws everything off. Much healthier for everyone to have a relatively even balance.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 21:36     Subject: Dating in college
I've heard anecdotally that college kids heavily use dating apps. That kids don't ask people in person anymore. Is this true???
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 21:30     Subject: Dating in college
Having an active social life and dating opportunity was definitely part of the college decision for my dd. I was more focused on academics but I appreciate and respect her perspective and priorities. Kid is super responsible and a top student but wants to have fun and balance as well.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 19:50     Subject: Dating in college
My wife was the girl across the hall in the dorms. Even if we didn’t date until a number of years after college…it’s still not a terrible set to select from.