Seriously, it feels like every other time I walk out one is trying to land there. Does the bowl shape remind them of a toilet, and Skyrim is just filled with incontinent dragons?

Stop using fast travel. My characters have a hard time FINDING dragons because I never fast travel. It wasn't until I was talking to some Khajit trader that told me that dragons don't seem to be bothering the main roads. So now when I want to find a dragon I have to do a little more "off-roading".

The magnet is buried somewhere near Riften in my game... I had 9 dragons there yet... 3 of those were in the city..

The College does seem to be a popular spot for a Dragon spawn. It is a pretty exciting encounter between the landing perch around the rim of the courtyard and then of course landing right in the courtyard itself. They probably have a higher chance spawn there to ensure most people get to fight one there. Maybe they should have scaled the possibility of dragon back some after the first encounter though.

Don't attack them, they just want to join the college.

Give them a chance.

One spawned for me there, but I was on top of the walls where the library exits to. Thankfully it was large enough to land a dragon, but I could hear the other college students cursing from below.

I've only encountered one dragon at the College. For me, the dragon magnet is buried in every single small town on the map, as well as Dawnstar and Solitude... Makes sidequests REALLY svck when dragons eat the NPCs :/ but on the plus side, I am the proud owner of 49 dragon souls. ._.

I've had 4 or 5 land there, not the greatest of spots for the poor fellas seeing as all the mages run out and kick it's ass lol. I tend to observe, it's rather comical. I miss out on leveling destruction or archery but it's worth it to watch all the magic being flung about, the battle is over very very fast indeed.