Hedging bets in dating

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I've recently been interested in a girl in my class. She has been sending me IOI's since the beginning of the semester, but I didn't bother acting on them until a week ago out of disinterest.

I talked to her a couple times before classes and on Tuesday I ended up arranging a date for this Friday. I asked today in a brief conversation whether we were still on and she said she has a family dinner she cannot miss at that time, so she can't make it. My assumption was that she probably didn't even want a date to begin with and made a lame ass excuse, but for some reason I went out on a limb and asked if she was free Saturday. She said yes, to my surprise, and I told her jokingly, "No wishy washy. I don't want to waste a Saturday evening".

We then talked for a bit after class and parted ways. I said, "See you Saturday" and she just said yes, but with some pained look, as if she didn't want to and couldn't say it.

Her expression at this time coupled with the fact that she had cancelled our original Friday date made me kind of annoyed, so I decided I would boost my self esteem by hitting on some girls at the food court of the University and maybe get some numbers. I talked to one girl, a Master's student, and we hit it off and I ended up getting a number. I felt good and on a roll, so I talked to a second girl, an Economics student, and I got her number too.

At this point I realized I had more fun talking to these girls for maybe 10 minutes each than I had with the girl in my class in three separate conversations spanning maybe 15 minutes. To be honest, I don't think we ever had chemistry and she is very boring. She seems to only be interested in her studies and her conversation topics reflect this. She doesn't respond to any of my attempts at humor and is overall a terrible conversationalist.

So, I guess my question to you is should I even bother with this girl? I know I can get other dates, so she wouldn't be a real loss, but I feel bitter about the whole thing.