I used to be in the dating scene and so as a female, I am going to try to answer this for you, but I’m not sure it will help. When I was in college, I liked guys who did sports with me. The intramural sports were usually co-Ed and I was always involved in them. The guys who ended up getting to go out with me were the ones who came over to talk to me and just be friends. I am attracted to tall guys (I am sorry, but I am tall, and I didn’t want to be taller than the guy), so if they were tall I would usually date them. The shorter guys who tried with me would get friend zoned. If the only guys flirting with me were shorter, I would have dated them, but since they were competing with tall guys, they did not have a chance. No matter how nice and cool and cute they were, they did not stand a chance. So, I guess what I am saying is, go for a girl who is not always surrounded by guys trying to talk to her. Go for the ones who you will not have to compete for. Also, do co-Ed sports, or some activity where you can meet girls and team up with them in a positive friendly way. If there is a girl who has a specific type and you are not that, do not try with her. Move on to a girl who likes your “type”. For instance, there are girls who like the shorter guys, but that was not me since I am tall myself. Do some detective work and see which girls are dating guys that are a similar type as you are. Not sure if this helps at all. But hopefully you will be able to get some info from my shallow and short dating experience! (I got married young)