USA TODAY – May 7 – Co-founder of DateMySchool.com, Alexa built the dating website in 2010 with Jean Meyer for peers at Columbia University where they attended business school. Since then, the college- and alum-exclusive service has expanded to ~ 230K students in 2,800 colleges. The duo launched iPhone, iPad and Android applications last month.
"Once they've seen these people are just college kids they're much more open and receptive," Gobiel said. "You then know there won't be these creepy people you might find on other websites."
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DateMySchool.com: Online Dating Site For Students
FOX BUSINESS – Apr 16 – DateMySchool is a dating site that targets students. The site now has ~200K users. The company is not yet profitable but it has received ~$3M in funding. Every user is verified upon sign up, alumni and students alike. DMS determines who can access your profile.
by Christina Scotti
The full article was originally published at Fox Business, but is no longer available.
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Awesome Offices: HowAboutWe & DateMySchool
THE NEXT WEB – Dec 27 – New York is the world’s most populous city and it’s been dubbed creative capital of the world. Here is a look inside some of the coolest NYC tech and startup offices.
HowAboutWe allows singles to connect by letting them come up with fun date ideas. And it helps couples enrich their relationships by offering them a curated collection of great date experiences, built for two. The team operates from Brooklyn’s DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), in a former warehouse of the Grand Union Tea Company.
DateMySchool Sunset Park headquarters in Brooklyn was a weapons production facility during World War II. Today it houses creative companies. One of those is DateMySchool, the US’ largest dating platform for students and alumni.
by Mundo Resink & Stefan Blokker
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Date My School: Online Dating For College Students
ROUNDUP DAILY – Oct 31 – Date My School is an online dating website launched by two Columbia University business students two years ago. The site has since grown to 150,000 users at more than 1,300 four-year colleges and universities. Users must have a verified “.edu” email to join the service as it is exclusively for college students.
by Tara Melton
The full article was originally published at Roundup Daily, but is no longer available.
Datemyschool.com: Surfing For Romance On Campus
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Oct 9 – Datemyschool.com launched two years ago by two Columbia University business school students who found it difficult to meet women outside of their department. The site has 150K users at more than 1.3K four-year colleges and universities. The site is free for current students with a college email address. Alumni pay $9 a week.
DateMySchool Expands To 600 Colleges
NYULOCAL – Nov 2 – DateMySchool (DMS) expanded to 600 campuses nationwide. DMS only started last November, and has grown to 55K members.
by Jocelyn Silver
See full article at NYULocal
Dating Site Launches at UCLA
DAILY BRUIN – Aug 22 – DateMySchool.com, a dating site aimed exclusively at college students launched this week at UCLA. The free site follows a format resembling similar social sites, with a profile page and an option to message other users.
by Yanting Li
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DateMySchool Extends Access
EASTERN ECHO – June 13 – DateMySchool is a dating site that allows college students to connect with one another based on their universities, colleges & departments. DateMySchool.com went live in Nov 2010 exclusively for students of New York’s Columbia University. Within a week of their debut, the number of registered users surpassed 1,300, which is ~ 5% of Columbia University’s student population. In Dec 2010, DateMySchool.com expanded to include students from New York University. By February 2011, the Fashion Institute of Technology of State University in New York joined the fray and helped DateMySchool rocket up to 7K registered users. Most recently, DateMySchool.com has opened up to students at universities in Michigan and Washington. This expansion has helped the site surpass 20K registered users in 8 months.
by Jerome Nichols
See full article at Eastern Echo
College Dating Site
NY TIMES – Feb 25 – Date My School, a site which just received $500K from private investors, went live for Columbia last November and New York University in December, restricting membership to those with .edu e-mail addresses at these two institutions. Within a week, Date My School had attracted ~ 1,300 users (5% of Columbia’s student population). It now has 7,000 users.
by Hannah Miet
See full article at NY Times