Dwarf Star transferred his scholarship between two brigades - from one overpriced school (to which he had not applied) to a similarly expensive one (at which he had been early decisioned). It took a little over a week, but may have been accomplished by luck or sleight of hand. The PMS told me that DS ranked fifth for the last available slot. It turned out that two of the four ahead of him opted for a service academy, one chose another school, and the fourth just vanished.
(I don't know how this counts on Marist's probability scale, since I did in fact win American idol a few years back. However, you may not have seen my virtuoso performance, since it was in a parallel universe in the downstairs shower.)