83.2% of 3.8+/517+ applicants gain admission (
source). That's over twice the national average, and I'm sure the remaining 16.8% probably have a compelling reason to be overlooked by others with lower stats who may be stronger in other components.
High stat applicants are still favored in the process all other things being equal, and higher stats still positively correlate with higher chance of admissions.
"We have 22,000 seats and that he couldn’t get one BECAUSE WE HATE HIGH ACHIEVERS. I don’t know him but my heart bleeds for him." ?? My heart "bleeds" more for the applicants to have had to overcome significant life adversity, overcome poverty, or didn't have access to high quality education simply due to their parent's income level if we were to switch to a purely meritocratic system at the time of admissions instead of one that justly takes into account the distance traveled by each applicant with the resources they were given and that address the healthcare gaps we are lacking in America.