College is the perfect opportunity to find a date
If you’re single at Central Michigan University, you may feel you have limited options for meeting a meaningful partner in Mount Pleasant.
Don’t fear: I am here to guide you.
Provided, of course, you are looking for a “meaningful” partner, and not just someone to spend a bar tab with.
As a happy recipient of several bar tabs, I will allow it as an option but, for the sake of argument, there are several other ways to meet someone you are assured of remembering.
The tried-and-true method of meeting someone with similar interests is to participate in activities you are, well, interested in.
There are 180 Registered Student Organizations on-campus to get involved in.
More information about these organizations can be found at stulife.cmich.edu.
If you live on campus, it is likely your residence hall offers social events. Instead of writing them off, attend one with a roommate; you may be pleasantly surprised.
Work and cocurricular activities are another option to meet those with similar interests, and it also helps you succeed in your major.
A word of advice though: it can get pretty messy spending required time with an ex.
From personal experience, I don’t recommend it unless the guy or girl is pretty special.
My last one was not.
The point is, although incredibly tempting to get involved with someone from work, one should proceed with caution.
Say you’re not one for extracurricular activities — try attending the required ones.
Everyone should have at least one attractive or interesting person in at least one class.
Classes are a great and non-threatening way to make small talk and get to know someone.
You might as well score a date out of your mounting debt.
There are very few rules for going after someone in a class.
Please shower, and please do not wear sweatpants every day.
I go the sweatpants route to all of my classes and, as anyone could guess, I have yet to be asked out.
If you are one of the lucky (unlucky?) few who do not attend cocurricular events or class, there are still two routes to follow.
The first is to network with your friends to see who may know someone you may hit it off with.
Everyone has a blind date horror story, but it is a great way to meet someone you may not have interacted with otherwise.
Finally, they are incredibly low-risk, as you do not have to see the person if things go south.
Finally, the Internet may be of help. Internet dating sites have risen in popularity with our digital generation.
How serious it works depends on how serious you take it.
PlentyOfFish.com is a free site with several CMU students listed.
A friend of mine met an eight-month relationship from the site.
All of these are viable options to meet someone new.
Me? I think I may stop wearing sweatpants to class.
