Freshmen who are used to typical high school dinner-and-a-movie dates may find the college dating scene especially hard to adjust to.

Michelle Yi (freshman-division of undergraduate studies) said she had the opportunity to explore the collegiate dating scene before other freshmen because she attended summer session.

She said she was not impressed.

"All the guys here are taken or not boyfriend material," Yi said. "A lot of freshmen guys are in party mode and won't be into the dating scene until they are sophomores or juniors."

Unlike Yi, who came to college single, some freshmen come to Penn State still attached to a significant other from high school who they left behind.

Maintaining a long distance relationship can be difficult during college, Gwen Withers (freshman-biology) said, but she is still willing to give it a chance.

Withers met her boyfriend, Kevin, through a mutual friend, and they have been together for three months.

Since Withers will be at Penn State while Kevin attends Gettysburg College this fall, they will be more than two hours apart.

"For our first date we went on a blind date to Wal-Mart and just walked around and played with the giant balls for about an hour," Withers said. "Since my brother goes to Penn State and I can use his car, we're going to try and visit each other twice a month."

Kristina Hernandez (senior-biology and forensics) said she tried to maintain a long distance relationship while in college but it didn't last.

Hernandez was three hours away from her boyfriend, Chris, and they dated for four months.

"We saw each other once a month, but distance wasn't an issue with our relationship except for the fact of meeting guys up here," she said.

She said with so many single guys at Penn State, she was holding back to think there was no one else.

"I broke up with him because I thought I could find someone better."