"I feel like if I dated someone younger, I wouldn't be on the same level mentally and maturity wise."

Sameeta Dasari
junior-international politics

"[I would date someone] within 10 years [of my age], but you can't go too low for legality issues."

Bill Franz
senior-computer science

"Probably older. I can relate to males who are older. I feel they are closer to my maturity level, and I feel weird dating someone younger."

Mariel Young
junior-information sciences and technology

"Both, someone older will have more experience, but someone younger might look up to you so that'd be good too."

Marty Leslie
sophomore-landscape architecture

"Being different ages means you have experienced different things. You'll have seen things someone younger hasn't, and someone older has seen things you haven't."

Justin Wagner
junior-biology

-- Compiled by Dorothy Beatty
-- Photos by Adam Zolyak