Federalism is a government in which power is divided between state and national levels. One such example is the early Colonies which was an advocate of a federal union between the American colonies after the Revolution. One major problem was that the states competed with each other in an unproductive manner. Today, the Constitution has established a system of “dual sovereignty,” under which the States have surrendered many of their powers to the Federal Government, but also retained some sovereignty.
Andres cannot go to the college because her family can't afford to pay for her, while Nick was not accepted to his college and the government would have paid for him to go.