here's my take, being single is actually a good thing. Of course I'm a bit biased, since I've been single for a good 17 years, then I got a girlfriend for about 6 months of Junior year into summer, then she dumped me, then I started going after this other girl, who was bi and became a Lesbian........but we don't talk about that. Just recently I've started college, and made friends with a great girl, she and I dated about a month, and she broke up with me, but we're still sorta together. she's 27 and a freshman, and I'm 19 and a Freshman.
anyhow, the one thing I learned about being single is that those who're single have more time on their hands to get things done they couldn't when they had a girl, and to boot, school doesn't get shoved to the side.