Maybe this has been asked or answered before but im watching the tng episode where wesely takes the starfleet entrance exams and only one person gets it. Im thinking its per quadrant thing but it just seems so nuts that they take so few. Not to mention you would think two or three would be retakers. Was this ever explained?
Wasn't this Wesley's attempt at an early admission? It could be they specifically limited early admission candidates, and all 4 people we saw were competing for one of those slots.