My Favorite Free Dating Sites

As a college student, at times, funds are limited, and this is reflected in my choice of dating sites. From Match.com to Chemistry, many dating sites are premium and require quite the cost for their services. Unfortunately, many free dating sites tend to not provide the maximum services they are capable of, operating in perpetual "half" mode. I still have found a couple websites which provide good services for the cost.

Keep in mind this list is short, because I have very limited experience with dating sites, and only the ones which are worth it are mentioned here.

OkCupid.com

OkCupid is a free dating site with some interested principles and features. They feature, for example, many different things to build matches, such as questions which are user-generated and quizzes (great way to kill some time). After you've filled out a decent profile and answered some questions, people are rated based on their romantic, friendship, and enemy scores. Additionally, you will probably get frequent emails (about once per day, if you're adamant about responding) with a new "quiver," which is a selection of a few matches which the system thinks is right for you, which you can accept by sending a message or reject by hitting a button.

OkCupid has many new and exciting features coming in, and I think it's a great way to kill some time, if not find the love of your life. I've found one date through them, and he was actually pretty worthy of being seen again, so I consider this at the top of my list.

PlentyOfFish.com

PlentyOfFish is a site which looks to have been thrown together in a matter of days. It's definitely not competing for the prettiest site, although most aren't these days. They offer limited features which forces you to do the searching and the matchmaking yourself. Don't expect to be bombarded with e-mails about people interested in you; if you're not actively looking, this site is useless.

I'll be updating this list as time goes by and I have more (review-worthy) experiences with free dating sites.

If you feel I've missed something great, feel free to share it in the comments.