Dating seems to be on everyone’s mind as the end of the school year comes closer: senior scramble, ring by spring, etc. The creators of Mysterious Matchmakers, Calvin’s new online dating service, thought the same thing.

“It started as a bit of a joke, like, ‘I’m surprised Calvin doesn’t have its own dating website.’ And then we thought, why not? We could make one,” said Annalise Tanner, one of the creators of the website.

“The whole basis for the idea was that both genders were looking for each other, yet didn’t have the initiative to go out and do anything about it,” said Brad Bomber, another one of the “doctors,” as they call themselves.

Mysterious Matchmakers started up in March of this year and as of right now has around 20 people signed up. The service includes a survey about your preferences, favorite color, how much you’re willing to spend on a date and other questions relating to their interests. The creators then go through each survey by hand and match people together.

“We’ve adjusted the questions we ask people so when we match people they are more successful. Not just looking at their responses if aesthetically they would fit well, but also that they have interests in common so their date can be fun and not filled with awkward silences because they don’t have enough in common,” said Tanner.

Once they find a match, the doctors then plan a date for their clients. “We plan most of the dates on campus because we don’t want to make people responsible for getting off campus or finding transportation,” said Jennifer Hopper. The service costs $9 to find a match and be set up on a date.

Bomber emphasized that “this program is wonderful as we are real people choosing your date, where you should go, etc. It’s more personal than some random website that just puts you together based on similar results. We wanted to place two people together on a blind date and be able to not be worried.”

“It’s only available to Calvin students. We verify e-mail addresses to make sure they’re not some creeper,” said Hopper. “We want to make it really safe.”

“Currently we are working to expand the number of people in our dating pool so we can make better matches because we would be drawing from a greater variety of students,” said Tanner.

“We just want to give people the opportunity to meet new people. Whether they start dating doesn’t really matter. They could just make new friends,” said Hopper.

For those who are curious, their website is http://makersmatch.wix.com/mysterious. They also have a Facebook page: Mysterious Matchmakers.