Meaning of ～ばいいかな


Recently, I've seen this sentence somewhere:

簡単に入れる大学に入って、いい結婚相手を見つければいいかな。

I'd like to know what is the meaning of the ～ばいいかな construction here - is it
merely a "I wonder if..." sentence ("I wonder if I'll find a good
husband/wife...") or is it closer to ～ばいいな, i.e. "I wish I found a good
husband"?




I can't give you the grammar behind it, but I can give you the translation and
explanation. Hopefully there's someone who can answer the grammar part in more
detail.

> I guess I'd be fine with geting into a easy college and find a good
> husband/wife.

I think context is needed to explain this translation. Seeing the Japanese,
the question I assume that is being asked is something to the effect of:

> これからの進路はどうするつもり？  
>  What are your plans for the future? (to a high school student)

So imagine a high school student thinking about this, not having a concrete
plan yet, so he/she is throwing out a very vague and answer. The 「～ばいい」 here
is not "should" but "it would be nice if" or "I would be fine with".

I read 「かな」 here as "I guess", something that is more vague than uncertain.

I can't tell you why, but the only way I would see 「かな」 as "I wonder" is if
there was 「の」 before it, making it more of a question.

> 簡単に入れる大学に入って、いい結婚相手を見つければいい **の** かな。  
>  I wonder if I should enter an easy college and find a good husband/wife.

