I'll try to make this post as un-douchey as possible.
I just finished my first year (well, back in May) and have recently started seeing a girl. And when I say recently, I mean pretty recently (the past week and a half, and we've gone out twice, although we've talked more between dates). Anyway, she's in another grad school program nearby that's busy too, so we both understand the time constraints that the other person has during the school year (at least I hope she does).
That said, I do like this girl so far, and I'm not one to try to smother someone early on when dating them, but I feel like there's a minor sense of "urgency" (not the right word, but can't think of a better one) as far as trying to find out if this is something that we'd both want to continue on a more serious basis once school starts up. I'm not entirely sure about the details of her second year, but obviously M2 year is pretty hectic. I'd be willing to make time for her if we continue to hit it off well, but obviously I'll have to be thinking about Step I prep and stuff like that as the year goes on.
Anyway, I know I'm jumping the gun, which is why I'm trying to get a good idea of how I should take things the next few weeks. Like I said, we've gone out twice in a little over a week. I'm not even sure what the "standard" number of dates per week is, and I don't want either of us to feel like the other person is coming on too strong, but I also feel like with just over a month before school starts again, I'd like to be able to sort things out the earlier the better. Any recommendations in general?