Two Hours From Any Major City. Zero Excuses Not to Show Up.

Iowa State has a strong Indian graduate student community, especially in engineering and computer science. Ames is a small town built around a big university, and if you're South Asian and single here, your world can feel very small very fast. The same lab, the same apartment complex, the same Hy-Vee grocery run. Meeting new people outside your program takes effort, and the town doesn't offer much help.

The format from New York: real contestants go on live dates on stage while the audience watches and reacts. Afterward, the whole room mingles. It's the social event that small college towns need but never get. In Ames, where the nearest big city is two and a half hours away, an event like this becomes the most interesting night of the semester.

Ames is two and a half hours from any major city. That isolation can make dating feel impossible, but it also means that when something real comes to town, people actually show up. The ISU desi community is tight and enthusiastic. We think a show here would pack the room.

We're gauging interest. Join the waitlist and you'll be the first to know when we announce a date. If you want to go on a live date on stage in front of your classmates, apply to be a contestant below. That's either incredibly brave or deeply unhinged, and honestly we can't tell the difference anymore.