Move over, Facebook, and step aside, MySpace; there is a new social networking Web site in town.

“CollegeHotList takes social networking to the next level, going beyond posting messages on walls and tagging photos,” co-founder Chris Mirabile said.

Gianni Martire of Loyola College in Maryland is credited with being the founder of the site, while three other friends, including Mirabile from NYU, are listed as co-founders of CollegeHotList.com. Co-founder Jamie Rose Briones, also of NYU, and Andrew Savino of Loyola College, also took part in the venture. All four friends have graduated and hold bachelor’s degrees in the business field.

CollegeHotList.com is different from other sites because it focuses more on the social aspect of online “social networking.” While Web sites like Facebook and MySpace allow users to meet new people, create blogs and share photos, they do not offer chat rooms, online shopping or event locators; CollegeHotList.com does.

“CollegeHotList.com not only allows college students more practical ways of connecting to each other on and off the Internet, but it also allows college students a forum within which to express their opinions and thoughts, in regards to everything associated with their college experience,” Mirabile said.

“CollegeHotList is a useful tool to finding the best clubs, the best places to get a cheap eat around campus, finding the most popular events on any given night, getting the best deal on a cell phone or simply to entertain yourself with our flirts, HotMatches, videos [and] Hot Photos,” Mirabile continued.

HotMatches and flirts are other special features of their site. HotMatch pairs students with related interests and ratings together, and flirts allow students to send winks, hugs, kisses or whistle to their objects of desire.

Another huge difference between CollegeHotList.com and other social networking Web sites is that it is exclusively for college students. “Most social networking Web sites lacked usefulness and failed to address the specific needs and concerns of college students,” Mirabile said.

The beta version of the Web site was launched Feb. 26, but so far, “thousands of college students from over 500 colleges have signed up,” Mirabile said.

They are trying to keep students’ needs in mind as they continue to tweak the Web site, and Mirabile said users can look forward to new features, which are coming soon.