[QUOTE=OliverNP;4683907]Great post. I'm a big fan of tying cyclical events to SB supply and demand.
Anyone have any opinions on timing with regard to college schedules? For example, I'd be interested to know if the supply of college SBs increase during fall or spring break, or if they are more likely to be looking for an SD during the weeks immediately before, or after?
My experience has been that arranging dates during the exam week before a break results in a lot of girls saying they want to postpone meeting in person until exams are over, but maybe that's just me?[/QUOTE]Here's my experience. The impact on you depends on where you are. In Charlottesville, for example, coeds dominate the pool. In a place like D. C. , you have lots of students during the academic year, but also lots of students coming home for vacations / summer, plus interns visiting for the summer.
Good times for colleges are generally early in the semester. Students are back and getting acclimated. Bad times are exam periods--especially finals, but also midterms--and vacations. It depends on the school, but late August through just before Thanksgiving is good. Over Thanksgiving, students are away, and they are prepping for finals shortly thereafter. Then they go on break. Things pick up in mid-January and are good until fairly late April, when studying for finals intensifies. Spring Break has 2 effects--the pool is down when the students are gone, but many students are hard up for cash and really want to go somewhere fun with friends. There seems to be in influx of SBs in late February / early March and more willingness to negotiate. The pattern sometimes repeats at the end of the spring semester, as SBs need money for summer travel.