I wouldn't count on it either, but it DID happen to my son. He went NLIC for a PI which he was previously In Progress for. He applied in Feb, 2013 and went NLIC in early June. Then a month later, he got a screener-type of phone call asking if he was still interested. This was on a Saturday. They were very apologetic and basically said he was on the "B-list". He had until Monday to mull it over. Unfortunately, he had to turn it down because he was already committed to an off-campus apt for September and there was no way we could've afforded 2 rents for him (school and Orlando), and he at that point, he just wanted to finish his senior year and graduate. Now fast forward almost a year later, he's starting to wonder if that was right decision, because he just went NLIC again for what is most likely his last time. But the stars just weren't aligning last year. Just wasn't meant to be I guess. We would've been in too big a hole, financially, and he would've been put a full year behind in his engineering studies.