Were eng streams more brutal this year?

I've been seeing a ton of posts about people not getting their stream choice, or some people getting their 4th pick...

I remember during orientation week and most of the upper years I spoke to saying the vast majority (like 75-80%) of people they knew got their stream. I also feel like the cut off for seemingly non competitive streams - or not as competitive as mech/elec/comp (like eng phys, chem, tron) has seen a jump.