<p>I read somewhere that the dating scene is "nonexistent" at Dartmouth. Can anyone shed any light on that? Do most girls date?</p>
<p>i was only there for three days and i met several couples...</p>
<p>The most common complaints I hear are that you either get random hook-ups or people who are practically married, with nothing really in-between. I guess that is the case - I don't think there's a whole lot of casual dating going on. This doesn't seem particularly unique to Dartmouth though. I hear similar complaints from friends at Princeton, and I was amused when I went to Harvard and saw the Crimson's Valentine's Day edition bemoaning the exact same things.</p>
<p>Yeah "dating" seems to be non-existent in college in general. Its hook-ups or serious relationships. I do know a significant amount of Dartmouth alums that end up together for some reason though.</p>
<p>Because Dartmouth people are so wonderful, they can't lower their standards and accept anyone else. :)</p>
<p>I hear the same thing slipper said. Supposedly all these Dartmouth alums are getting married soon after they graduate. I'm like, seriously?!?! how does this happen?</p>
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<p>Yes Jen,</p>
<p>Chicky and the crew are in the wedding of one of the friends who is getting married in about 2 weeks after graduation. They also have quite a few engaged friends.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. Interesting... I didn't know casual dating happened so little at colleges in general.</p>
<p>i heard that so many dartmouth alums decide to get married at the special church on campus that there is something like a 7 year waitlist. Seems kind of exaggeratted, but that is what the tour guide told me.</p>
<p>on the cornell tour i was told that girls reserve the chapel before they find their guy!</p>
<p>Prepare for a <em>Huge</em> generalization:</p>
<p>I think the reason there isn't a lot of dating at top schools is basically because the women there are a lot more educated/driven/focused about school, and aren't there to get their MRS degree anytime soon. When my parents talk about their college experiences (at less prestigious schools), a lot of dating went on, because there was a large amount of girls at their schools who were basically there to find & marry a pre-med.</p>
<p>I would posit that the women at these top schools are quite capable themselves of becoming a doctor, so they don't feel the need to be looking for a lot of dating (maybe they hook up for the fun of it). Also, the serious relationships that do happen are more likely to be chance, and not the case that either person was looking for that. Sometimes you just get lucky.</p>
<p>I would say 85% of my Dartmouth friends 5 years out are still single, and of the 15% who are married or in a serious relationship 2/3 of them are with another Dartmouth person.</p>
<p>I disagree. I think "casual dating" happens more often then some of the people here think. There's plenty of room in the spectrum between random hook-ups and being practically married.</p>
<p>ridonkulous0-- Assuming what you said is true, girls may now be more ambitious, but guys haven't really changed. Don't they still want to date, and therefore still ask out girls?</p>
<p>I don't know, unless there's a serious spark, how many guys do you know would like to have a committed relationship during college (the best time in your life to be single), when they can still hook up, and whatnot. This could explain why there's such a disparity in the seriousness of relationships. A guy would want to be unattached, unless he thinks there is really something there, and those might evolve into the serious relationships. By no means am I saying that there isn't any in-between. I was just responding to the widely-reported opinion that there are very few of them. Also, one could argue that there never really was that much dating ever, in any school, because it was just that one group of girls (in search of their MRS degree), who simply dated ALL the guys.</p>
<p>For some reason I think Dartmouth student (and college students in general) might eschew dating because it happens really casually. Before I got in a relationship with my college girlfriend we probably went on what would be considered dates (hanging out at Occum pond, going to the big green bean for coffee, playing pong lol, etc) it just was much more casual feeling and I called it "hanging out." To be honest I liked this a lot better.</p>