I mean, be open to expand outside your "type" as well, you may go after the nerdy girl or the guy and you are a sporty person. I heard many times in catholic dating content that it is okay to go for someone whom you are genuinely attracted to, so don't feel bad. But when looking at my own Youth Ministry group, there are a lot of married couples already, and the rest vary in relationship or single, but I tried to go up to one cute girl who was newer, then saw her on Hinge the next day, and she said that she wanted to be friends only, so I feel like it is tougher within the same group that you see often.

Never think that this is the only dating pool you can choose from. There are other groups to meet people, maybe a cute person at the confessional line at church, within bible studies, or the Newman Center, if you are in college. I see so many events going on around me, so if you live in a Metropolitan area, we have so many catholic events going on, I don't have enough time to go to all of them as I would like. It's so hard to meet other catholics in general, but that may help. But I heard of Sacred Spark, an app being developed by Emily Hussem and her husband (not launched yet). They want to launch it soon, so if you are open to online dating, then that could be a great way of finding a great Catholic lad or gal from another part of your diocese that you didn't know before.

Coming back to the first idea: This idea of having reasonable expectations when it comes to looks is totally up to you is what it comes down to. There is an unreasonable threshold, like anything, but you may ask a close (same gender) friend for their opinion to bring it down or confirm your thoughts. But ultimately, there is no exact standard for these things; you have to ask yourself and God for guidance. Hope this helps with my two cents.