dude, if she drinks coffee? its time to start drinking coffee, they usually sell hot chocolate at most cofee places though. win win

NO! learn to drink coffee.. don't grab a tea or something like a slushy or fruity blended stuff.. be manly.. drink coffee...
Getting a coffee with a girl is like the most neutral thing to do with no "hidden" ideas behind it..
You're tired from class and need a small kick.. ask her if she wants to go with you..

A starbucks caramel machiatto doesn't even count as a real coffee, its that sweet, so drink that..

Fuck her right in the pussy.

Props if you know the reference.

Honestly do whatever makes you the most comfortable. The more comfortable you are the easier it will be to allow your true self to shine through to her.

Much less so, and at the same time moreso. I lose money month over month just paying rent and student loans, but i've also found my more generous side in the last four years. I recently bought gifts for my cousin (she's a lawyer, the one who helped me with that problem i had with my ex-landlord last month), first buying a copy of Legend of Zelda Collection for GameCube (for her fiancee's birthday, as she was going to buy it for him instead and i wanted to thank her for helping me out), and then picked up a bottle of bitters for her wedding (fiancee is a sort of amateur-bartender type, likes to mix drinks), so more generous and more thoughtful about what i give.

So i've grown out of that, despite having a better excuse to be that cheap nowadays than back then, when i was paying for nothing.

If possible,get involved in her circle while your getting to know each other. Then have them help you get the scoop. This actually helped with the girl I see now because initially it was really hard trying to read that vibe from her. Normally I find it easy to recognize if a girl into me or not, but my current girl was tough.

I'm not the best when it come to others since I'm an oddball...

First, don't overthink, act.
Second, be chivalrious, women may say it doesn't matter, and some will run from you if you are too kind, but those kind of woman isn't for relationship anyway.
Third, insist... there is a saying a few friends use and is quite true... a woman may resist 1 flirt from 500 guys, but won't resist 500 flirts from the same guy (you will be showing comitment and interest).
Fourth, invite for icecream, never fail.

I do tend to overthink, but that's almost a constant. Brain never stops. The problem is when i let the overthinking get to me, like it did four years ago. I just don't want to inconvenience anyone.

I think i'll wait a few weeks and make my move in early October. She's new to grad school so relationship stuff might be a bit out of the blue for her right now. Plus fall is just a more romantic season than Summer, at least i think (i'd argue summer as the least romantic, but that's a topic for a different day).

Hot damn its like 4 in the morning here and you'll wait a few weeks? Thats it? And she's new? You don't think any other guy will ask her for a coffee in the mean time? I like hit on the new girl in class even before i introduced myself.. Go do the coffee thing

Such is life, luck, and love. We'll see whether fortune mobilizes against me, and i'm losing a whole weekend to my cousin's wedding in the first weekend of October anyway, so i have to get ahead on my assignments and that'll suck up all my mental energy the next few weeks.

I like my chances in this case, though. It's grad school, not college. Hormones are much tamer, so the game is a little more slow-paced.

How long do you think drinking coffee takes.... -_-" i would slap you if you were standing in front of me.. Freaking 12 days before its even october... Do you have classes with her in those 12 days? Can't find 15 to 30 minutes max.. *slap*

I even have like the perfect line for you:
"Let's do this again sometime when i have more time and i'm back from my cousins wedding"

Its casual, doesn't put pressure on her, no pressure on you, no time frame but yet it opens the oppertunity for a next time..