Originally Posted by
mishful
If you can find a nice, secluded area (if the evenings are warm) you could prepare a reasonably cheap but well-planned picnic with her, which gives you the opportunity to eat & spend time together (same as a dinner at a restaurant) which allows the option if the date is baaaaad for one of you to initiate ending it once you've finished eating, but also means if it's going really well you can relax together, go for a walk or just sit and talk in neutral territory (rather than your dorm room...) and get to know each other better.
It also probably wouldn't hurt to take her to a stand-up show that isn't necessarily good because afterwards at least you could bond over just how terrible the comics were!