Valencia secures a good grade with a $4\mathrm{.}0$ GPA in her admission test. However, she is denied admission by a community college. She files a suit stating that she was discriminated on the basis of race. She claims that she was rejected because the college used race as an important factor, giving applicants belonging to minority groups a greater chance for admission than students with similar credentials belonging to disfavored racial groups. In deciding this case using the equal protection clause, which of the following approaches is most likely to be used by courts?

Multiple Choice

rational basis scrutiny

strict scrutiny

intermediate$-$level scrutiny

quasi$-$scrutiny