Universities are very quiet about registration problems, and it is hard to document who didn’t get in. Students see the class is full and move on to another course, perhaps a gen ed requirement. There is no trace of their frustration. I suspect administrators make sure that freshmen get their courses. I’ve heard nothing implying otherwise. The problem arises later at the bottleneck to the desirable (STEM) majors, when no one shifts to psychology, anthropology, or communication.
If people knew that some universities were accepting for high SATs without sufficient regard for disciplinary pathways, all hell would break loose. Enough is going on at my campus that, when she applies, I would want my younger child admitted to a college that admits directly to the major.