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Here’s some general advice on shidduchim for (young) BTs, speaking from experience.
Hashem will bring you your shidduch whenever it will be. For me it was via someone in shul whose wife was a shadchanit, and their daughter – another shadchanit – knew my wife, who is an (Israeli) BT of the same years as me.
In particular I’d recommend not to think about it too much yet, be a little passive. If something comes up and it’s the right thing, go for it! In particular, my recommendation is not to make many demands up front. The only requirements I had when I started shidduchim was that she should speak (at least some) English in order to be able to communicate with my family, and that she shouldn’t be seriously overweight. Those were my prerequisites – and nothing else. In other words, keep your options open. Don’t start building an exact profile of your ideal dream wife. Things can always change.
Me and my wife have been married for almost 5 years now, and we are both really happy with each other, even though neither of us expected to find anything like the other. Hashem brings people together in ways you cannot possibly predict.
I got married at age 21, after having gradually become frum over a period of years ranging from when I was 15/16 until when I was 19 (when I moved to E”Y and went to yeshiva for some time).