there is plenty of speculation and I certainly don't have an answer for you. I can't imagine that they would admit a lesser qualified SDA over a non-SDA with better qualifications, but I'm sure it is a juggling act.
All I know is that at least three of my classmates/contemporaries at CSUSB applied to and were accepted to LLU and at least 2 of them were SDA. I am not SDA but I have not heard back yet, too soon.