Bwog is back with a guideline on how to step your Tinder game up to your maximum. In the vitriolic dating scene of New York City, Tinder can either save you or ruin you, and this is just a matter of how good your profile is. Just do as we say and you will be fine.

• First and foremost, make sure you have Columbia University in the City of New York in your profile. Take advantage of the elitism that this school provides you with. Make sure “in the City of New York” is included because if the school name is longer it sounds more official and more important.
• But don’t put it in your bio. The repeat makes you sound like a tryhard.
• Any internships? Researcher positions? Include that shit. As with the first clause, make sure the position name is as long as possible, because it sounds more important that way. For example, instead of saying “Intern at CUMC,” say “Undergraduate Research Intern at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC).”
• Do you work at Goldman Sachs? Include it. Do you not work at Goldman Sachs? Pretend you do. 
  

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• Don’t include too many selfies. It makes you look like a weirdo without friends. Make sure you have pictures taken by other people to make sure it looks like you have friends.
• Don’t include a picture with Alma. Too cliché. Same applies for Low or Butler.
• If you wanna include your height, don’t just end there. It just looks too superficial if you include your height and nothing else. Add “Perfect big/little spoon” after that for more right swipes.
• If you have a moderately interesting major, include it. By moderately interesting, I mean anything other than Econ or Poli Sci. For example, you could say “Art History major – let me give you a tour at the Met” or something. It’s a good way to start a conversation that’s not just “hey” or “you’re cute.”
• Make sure your first picture is one of you alone where your face is fully visible. A lot of people tend to just swipe left or right very quickly according to what the first picture is. If your first picture looks really good, even if the rest of you don’t and you have an uninteresting bio, you could get a lot of swipes just from that.
• Don’t include a picture from Carman. The cinder blocks give it away. You’re advertising to any other Columbia students in the area (or any other New Yorkers who might be familiar with Carman for some godforsaken reason) that you’re a freshman and you live in Carman. Idk, I’d swipe left.
• Make your bio interesting. Come on, you go to this school. You can make your bio better than, say, “6’0″, NYC, I can cook,” “Venmo me $5 and see what happens,” “Is mayonnaise an instrument?” or “I love poop.”
• Don’t put “420 friendly” or anything weed-related. I GET IT. YOU SMOKE.
• Put a pic of you and your dog or cat, if you have one. It’s hard to have and maintain a pet, especially a dog or a cat, at Columbia, so everyone loves dogs and cats, and wants to pet a good doggo or kitty.
• Make sure you have more than one picture. You know, reassure people that you’re not a catfish. Having more than one picture that shows your face well is good.
• Including Greek life in your bio could go either way. Every frat/srat has good and bad stereotypes, and people may swipe left or right accordingly. It depends on how you want to present yourself.

image from Her Campus