Getting a 34 on ACT would have ensured that the person gets a large scholarship, but getting a 33 means that they will not be able to get the scholarship and therefore, the person's good fortune was not really good at all.
Consider the staetement "I really needed a 34 on the ACT to get a big scholarship and in the end I got a 33 many times.". Based on this statement, is "I was just thanking my good fortune when I found out that I needed a 34 on the ACT to get the big scholarship, but in the end I only got a 33." a true statement? Yes/no/unknown