Do admission officers actually review each application one by one or do they just rank the pool and admit from there?
SDSU uses your Eligibility Index and ranks/admits by major.
(High School a-g coursework GPA × 800) + SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Math) = Eligibility Index
Via Common Data Set - Rigor of secondary school record is very important along with GPA & test score (See Page 9)
https://asir.sdsu.edu/Documents/CommonDataSets/CDS_2019-2020.pdf