The waiting list for an elite dating app, The League, has already reached 100,000

ARE you successful enough to join an elite dating app? Well, get in in line: there are already 100,000 people in front.

‘Elite’ Tinder app lets in only the best

A DATING app designed to only allow successful and ambitious people to join has launched in New York City, becoming the second city to open its doors to the exclusive online singles club.

Described as “Tinder for the elite”, The League launched in San Franciso in January, and is the brainchild of Stanford MBA graduate Amanda Bradford, who managed to get her idea off the ground after raising $US2.1 million from Silicon Valley investors, the Business Insider reports.

The app is aimed at “smart, busy and ambitious” individuals who want to “spend ... [their] time a little more intelligently”.

We're officially live in beta in New York!! http://t.co/PSrK9nFwT1

— The League (@theleagueapp) May 7, 2015

“We get it. You’re super picky and constantly overcomitted. Tell us your preferences and let us do the scouting,” the invitation on its website says, before promising to do “all the research via social media”, revealing the user’s job — with the prerequisite medical, law, arts or business degree — to an equally accomplished match.

Success ... Only the best and brightest can use The League. Picture: The League

When a hopeful candidate first downloads the app, he or she is placed on the waiting list to determine if they are good enough to join the “private beta”.

Success is determined by a secret algorithm, which invites users to access the app based on their LinkedIn resumes and their friend networks.

The ideal candidate is a single professional working in finance, advertising, medicine or law, with friends in similar fields.

“The best universities curate students. Employers curate their employees,” Ms Bradford told Business Insider in January.

“Work and school are the top places where 20-somethings meet each other. So it makes sense for a dating community to curate as well.”

The app has so far admitted 2,500 New Yorkers out of the 16,000 waiting in line for their turn at snagging other hot, fun professionals.

In total, the waiting list boasts a little over 100,000.