Vermont Dates

Vermont Dates is a dating site that helps bring the single students, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Vermont together. While you don't have to be involved with the school in order to use this site, almost all of the members of the site live in the same area as the school so if you don't live near there you will probably find this site to not be very useful.

The site does have some good features. Signing up for the site is very quick and easy. You can choose to fill in all the details for your profile when you sign up, or you can opt to skip it and fill that stuff in later. I love when they give you that choice because it lets you check out the site and see if you like it before you spend the time filling in your entire profile. Once you have gotten a free membership you can use the different search tools the site offers. There is a basic search which allows you to select an age range and a distance from you and sort the members using those options. There is also an advanced search tool called Smart Match. The Smart Match function takes the details from your profile and uses them to match you with like-minded people. If you skipped filling in the details on your profile you will need to go back and fill them in before the Smart Match will correctly work.

While I liked a lot of what I saw in this site I did still rank in on the lower end. There are two basic reasons for this. The first reason is that the site lacks any extra features. There are no chat rooms or instant messaging features. The search tools are the only features offered on this site. The second reason is that it is a very local site. If you don't live near the school then chances are there will be no other members near you and you will get very little out of this site. Still, if you do live near the school you should give this one a try. Creating a profile, searching and looking at profiles is all free. You only need to get a paid membership if you want to contact someone directly. With a decent number of members in your local area those either involved with the school or living near it will have a good chance of finding someone they are into on this site. So if that is your situation, ignore my rating and give this one a shot.