I know girls whom after dating thirty guys still haven’t gotten married and I know guys who can’t seem to get dates. The vast, vast majority of girls have had their chance to get married, but unfortunately many haven’t found The One yet.
I don’t believe in the age crisis. Men have always married younger women and no one complained until recently.
There may be more older girls than guys but I don’t believe it’s a result of an age gap. I believe we would find the answer if we could create more tolerance for Jews unlike ourselves. (I’m not saying to compromise on Halacha, only hashkafa.)
Although learning full time is ideal, maybe the schools need to stop pushing it on the girls who can’t handle it.
There are many who say that there is a reverse crisis by the chassidim of there being too many guys. I don’t know if its true but being that its mentioned time and again, maybe there’s where our problem is. Perhaps we need to revamp our chinuch in order that we all become more accepting of other Jews.
I’m sure we will find wonderful boys deserving of our girls if we become less exclusive.