#NerdsUnite: Which college is the most "desperate" for that coveted NYE kiss?

College students are on the prowl for a last minute make-out session. Collegiate dating startup, datemyschool, releases data on the ten most desperate schools for a New Year’s Eve kiss, announcing Ball State as the most determined.

In the last twenty-four hours, students nationwide have been frantically logging on to datemyschool to snag a smarty for their midnight kiss. On any given night, about 75,000 members head to datemyschool to score dates, but within the last day, more than 100,000 were flirting away on this campus-dating platform.

“Since our users tend to land dates within 30 minutes, singles who are still looking for New Year’s Eve plans can definitely meet someone on datemyschool today,” says co-founder Jean Meyer.

Calculated based on the ratio of the number of active users at each school of the last day to the number of total users at those schools, the ten most desperate colleges are ranked in the chart below.

Though colleges in Indiana and the New York tri-state area are the most set on smooching tonight, datemyschool is open to students and alumni from every school nationwide, making it easy for folks looking to lock lips at the stroke of twelve to meet new pals on their campus and other campuses nearby.

About datemyschool:

Winner of About.com's 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards for Best College Dating Site, datemyschool is an online dating platform for students and alumni, and has been praised for its safety and privacy features.

Columbia University MBA classmates, Balazs Alexa and Jean Meyer, co-founded datemyschool in November 2010 to help students and alumni safely discover new people on campus and campuses nearby.  

datemyschool is:

- Anonymous: Members may restrict schools, departments, and individuals from accessing their profiles, and they cannot be searched on Google

- Safe: Members are all verified and given extensive privacy control

-Exclusive: Only verified students and alumni may join

#nerdsunite

#RIP @OkCupid: A letter of goodbye and a formal announcement of retirement

After ... 2 years and three months, I have decided it is time to say goodbye to my beloved OkCupid account. 

Yep, true story. 

With over 103 dates in 9 months and an average of 2 to 3 dates per week in the year since ... I am capped out. I get more requests for business on there now than I do legitimate dates and I gotta admit I'm just over it. 

We've had a good time dear friend. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened!!!

I need new dating energy, and I definitely need a change of pace. 

I've obviously been angsty about this for some time now, but it's about time I take some freaking action!!! 

In an awesomely coincidental manner I just so happened to get hit up by Date My School last month and I am now working as one of their brand ambassadors. 

Their big claim to fame is that they can match you in less than 30 minutes. 

Obviously, being an efficiency freak, that got my attention. 

I'll now be documenting my dating adventures over there testing this theory. 

See, here's my profile ... 

Obvi, I didn't go to college - but I'm using our intern's college email addy to get access. (Thanks again John!) 

<tangent> That, btw, is a SUPER big no no for DMS. All of the people on there are VERIFIED to go to the university they say they did. I'm just a special case cause, like, I never went to college but I'm nerdy and heart academia and college boys in general. </tangent> 

My goal right now is spreading the DMS love all over UCLA so I've been tweeting, hosting little events there, and even canvassing the campus with all things DMS (AND dodging security and building management in the meantime. Who knew sneaking into dorm rooms to pass out door hangers was a super big no no? Ask for forgiveness never permission nerderinos!!!). 

I'm pretty intrigued by this new dating realm. I heart new, shiny things, but in my heart and soul I am FREAKISHLY loyal so the thought of changing freaked me out at first. 

Recognizing though that growth could come from this place of fear I just decided to go with it and see what happens. 

And now here I be. 

I'll still leave my OKC profile up (since I know people search for it), but I'm officially no longer accepting dates from it, and if you want to chit chat just pop on DMS. No joke, man their UX is pretty gnarly and it's definitely less douchier than a lot of the other sites I've been on. ::cough cough Plenty of Fish cough cough:: 

Also, I'll be giving out free dating advice and profile suggestions. I'll leave my DMS profile up while I'm working every day from now on, so feel free to message me anytime and I'll take a look and help adjust your profile. 

Here's to bettering ourselves as people nerds, and stepping more outside of our comfort zone. I'm not quite sure what this new journey is going to bring, but I am MORE than ready and MORE than excited. 

#YAYLIFE

Click here to set up your Date My School profile