College — a place to meet lifelong friends and possibly even spouses. Having trouble finding that dream guy or girl? No worries. Datemyschool.com has it covered.

Founded by Balazs Alexa and Jean Meyer in November 2010, datemyschool.com is an online dating site exclusively for college students. Online dating often carries negative connotations that make it an unattractive option for some people, but Melanie Wallner, director of public relations for datemyschool.com, assures this site is different.

"DMS has zero embarrassment," Wallner said. "Members can remain anonymous on campus and even in class by limiting their profile access."

Privacy controls can be adjusted so only students from specific universities can see an account, and users can even limit access to students in certain schools within that university. Other filters include race, religion, body type, hair color, eye color, astrological sign and political viewpoint.

The 31,000-plus member website, which started at Ivy League schools, added K-State to its network this summer. I made an account on datemyschool.com to see what it was all about. The site gives users suggested matches based on questions answered; personal information entered, such as interests, hobbies, favorite books and movies; and type of relationship wanted. After visiting a potential match's page, the person receives a notification and vice versa. There is a private messaging system as well as an instant message feature for people who are online. A profile can be "saved" or "liked" once it catches attention.

But just how successful is DMS? Andres Lalinde, 33, and Michelle Przybyski, 26, from Columbia University, married about two months after their original conversation on datemyschool.com.

"It has been the best, most incredible time in both of our lives and neither one of us would change anything for the world," Lalinde said.

He said he knew Pryzbyski was the one after he introduced her to his dog, Domino.

"I opened the door to get Domino; Domino ran right over and licked her to death. I had always trusted Domino's intuition, so I knew Michelle had great energy," Lalinde said. "Plus, seeing Michelle with Domino melted my heart; she was so natural with my dog."

To ensure the safety of all members, datemyschool.com puts barriers in place to protect them. Only undergraduates, graduate students and alumni can use the site. Members either must have a college degree or be working on one. An active university email account ending in .edu is mandatory in order to sign up. In order to protect people from fake accounts, only one email account per person is allowed. Additionally, a user's account will not show up in a Google search.

"It's a platform to discover new people online," Wallner said. "With its advanced privacy settings and exclusivity to college and university students and alumni, DMS is the safest online platform worldwide."

According to datemyschool.com, founders Balazs and Jean ensure "only students and alumni can join, there won't be any weirdos, spam, scam or fake profiles. We know there is trade-off between the quantity of profiles and their quality. All of our competitors go for quantity. We go for quality."

Whether looking for a long-term or short-term relationship, cuddling or networking, datemyschool.com has many options. Every member is or recently was a college student, so they are familiar with schedule challenges and busy workloads. As of now, the site is only available in the United States. So when meeting people in classes on campus proves difficult, this website provides the comfort and safety of an online meeting ground.