Let me give an analogy. Its not perfect, but it illustrates a point.
Lets say you want to go to university... so you go out and find the one you want and apply and go through the hassles and you get in.
Now lets say someone else does not know where to go to even apply to university. They are literally ignorant about how to get in.
Because the entrance is absolutely fair and just, everyone must have equal opportunity to enter.
If, after the second guy dies, and someone comes up to him and says "you never had a chance to go to school...You HAVE to go through the application process though. But do you want to go? Yes or no?"
If he answers yes, then they tell him, "here, we have filled out your application for you. All you have to do is sign here and turn it in..."
Did that chose for him? No.
Did that give him the same opportunity to get into school that you took? Yes.
Now the real trick is, who actually graduates, and with what GPA...