Even if last year's admissions scandal didn't happen, the reality is that the ACT/SAT 25-75% ranges at the Ivys and top D3 HAs seem to get tighter and higher each year for the general student body. It seems that schools of this caliber now have a mid-50% ACT range of 33-35 and it's even 34-36 at places like MIT and Caltech. Yes, this means at least 25% of the general student body at MIT and Caltech has a 36 ACT which is incredible. Even Vanderbilt now has an ACT range of 33-35 for its general student body in 2023 class. Of course, it's somewhat expected that many athletes and other institutional need groups (URM, 1st gen) may constitute the lower 25% range, but you can imagine the pressure that admissions offices are placing on its coaches, especially for non-helmet sports (football, lacrosse, hockey, and basketball may have a bit more leeway), to have a minimum team ACT average that is around 32 or 33. The days of getting in with a sub-30 ACT even for a stud throwing 90+ mph may be getting harder simply because of AdCom pressure to not allow athletes to be too far away from the student body averages which seemingly creep higher each year.