My game, for better and worst (mostly worst), is well-suited to this demographic. As a result, I've banged (and
not banged) a fair share of grad-school girls and can make the following observations:
(1) Many are cute, some are outright hot. Forget the stereotype that these chicks are all ugly. A majority of these girls are in the sweet-spot 22-26 age range and have taken care of themselves. They eat well, bike to campus, and hit the campus gym periodically. Sure, there are some horrifying specimens, but there is also some legit talent in the American grad schools.
(2) Not all disciplines are the same. Not even close. Women in the humanities tend to be the most uptight. The ones in the sciences are the most socially awkward (and poorly dressed), but there are a lot of freaks hidden in their ranks--and you often can't tell the difference by just looking. Many of the "pansexual" nerdy types that I've posted up from online profiles in other threads were self-declared science grad students. Business, Law, and professional-school bitches are different animals entirely. Business chicks are basically party animals (with the possible exception of the Indian ones). Law chicks run the gamut from slutty business-like party animals to rigid careerist types.
(3) As a whole, they tend to be more prudish, uptight, easily offended, and relationship-minded that the regular chick population--without a doubt. The ones in the humanities will likely adhere to the type of over-simplified feminist beliefs you will find pestilent. They are socially awkward and they often won't put out even if they're swimming in their own horniness, from weeks of not getting laid. Keep in mind that this sort of restraint and self-control is what got them into a good graduate school in the first place. This, of course, means lower dick counts, for the most part. Many of these chicks look for (only) for stable-boyfriend types, so they can get into a relationship and forge ahead on their work. It's a calculated move that speaks to their uptight, planning tendency. Needless to say, these girls haven't the foggiest clue on how to flirt with you or seduce you.
A typical grad-student chick's online profile:
(4) They are smarter. Not
all of them are (some are just good at school), but some can be pretty damn "smart"--or, probably more accurately,
educated. They can actually teach you shit and are curious about the world around them. They'll have hobbies that develop their higher faculties, like playing an instrument (well) or looking through a telescope. They know very little about Kim Kardashian and have shitty cell phones. A huge percentage of them, for some reason, don't even own TVs. They like foreign films and know the directors and shit. They will have traveled. They probably speak a least one additional foreign language. If you have the misfortune of meeting one online, you'll note that their grammar and turn-of-phrase are impeccable. They'll be tastefully witty and brilliant in writing, but often disappointingly incongruent in person.
(5) They're often domestic. Many of them know how to cook or bake, and enjoy doing so. This is less an expression of their love for domesticity than another pragmatic decision or natural product of their tendency to be home-bodies and prudes.
(6) They dress like shit and cut their hair short. This is particularly a problem is the sciences, but tends to be the rule more than the exception across the board. Even the best-dressed ones will only wear "sensible" stuff from Ann Taylor Loft or J-Crew or the Gap or Banana Republic. High heels and cool fashion are rare. You may get some gratuitous hipster-wear from the occasional one, but nothing like you'd see on Hollywood Blvd or Miami Beach on a good night. Boy cuts and ear-length cuts (that leave loose strands when put in a pony tail) are endemic.
(7) Many of the shier ones only get excited when they talk about their work. I'm shocked at how common this has been. They're flat until you ask them about some reactor or some dead author or the roots of Obama's political philosophy, and then they cut loose.
(8) Most are accustomed to being around weak, effeminate men with no game or musculature 24/7. This can work for, and against, you. A sizeable percentage will be frightened by just your masculine presence and even your most harmless of game moves. A smaller population will
crave your manliness, and stick to you like glue.
What does all of this mean?
If you find a gem (probably no more than 10 percent of the population) who isn't too prudish, too feminist, too old, too crazy, not singularly focused on her work, basically not full of shit, who is also cute, has held onto some feminine sweetness, and didn't cut all her hair off, you have a chick you may actually enjoy hanging out with and--if you were so disposed--would probably make for a decent LTR. They are extraordinarily hard to find, but they exist. I've come across pretty hot ones who turn out to be irredemably prudish or awkward, with flat personalities. I've met really fun ones who will talk to me, intelligently, about the absurdities of feminist thought, teach me about some shit I didn't know about, cook for me, but then only look
okay. I've run into a few gems. I've also come across a couple of the secret sluts.
But, the overwhelming majority of these chicks are irretrievably damaged in some respect, in my experience, to the extent that I've sometimes cut off a conversation (or not pursued a lead) because I learn they're grad students. The odds that I will deal with a lot of work, for very little yield, are simply too high.
Not recommended.