People already do this type of filtering implicitly. In sociology, it's called "social sorting" [1]. In fact, all the characteristics you're looking for can be

People already do this type of filtering implicitly. In sociology, it's called "social sorting" [1]. In fact, all the characteristics you're looking for can be satisfied by going to a top-tier university or a nearby city: most college graduates have higher income levels and probably higher SAT scores, and most move to metropolitan areas after graduation. In this case, we call a "sorting mechanism". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sorting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sorting Note: I'm not encouraging this behavior – just pointing out that it exists without technology. A dating app like this would just cause more sorting.