Counselors say that colleges often slip in a late applicant ahead of less qualified students on the waiting list.

And the only qualified student is a boy, Sadeed Bayat.

This program makes it possible for qualified students to earn both a bachelor's and master's degree in 5 years.

At the bottom of the academic pyramid were an array of two-year community colleges for less qualified students.

"Formal preschool" is offered in communities which have twenty five or more qualified students.

Government oversight can also ensure that every eager, qualified student has access to higher education regardless of economic status.

California law requires every high school to prepare qualified students for the public university.

Honors Program - provides qualified students with extended requirements.

With more qualified students competing for places, the least-promising applicants are being turned away.

But they say that to achieve racial, geographic and other desirable balances, some qualified students, regardless of race, have to be turned away.