OMG, I hope you realize it depends on major and geo and more.
Here we are, celebrating that “the plural isn’t data”-- but just cuz some media hypes stats doesn’t mean they represent more than a superficial look.
“Just an anecdote from my experience this year…”
Well, just an anecdote from mine, over many years: MOST kids who apply to top or tippy tops colleges do not get in.
Wait, maybe that’s more than distant observation, lol.