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No. In addition to what the sibling posts cited, this https://651d7eef-05d1-4785-8f04-93b49cc8d71f.filesusr.com/ug... says:

>...ways of using the statements by reading them _prior_ to any other components of the application, scoring them using a rubric of their choice, and deciding which applicants to consider further using the entirety of the application. Exercising their discretion, faculty on some committees elected to move most applicants forward, while others (especially from the large colleges) preferred to continue with less than 50% of the original applicant pool.

So based solely on the DEI statement, some have rejected over 50% of applicants without taking the rest of the application into consideration.