My friend and I have always debated this topic. Is NC State (or universities in general) more lenient to the minority ethnic group in terms of grades and test scores? For example, a university’s average ACT is a 30 but the minority got a 26. (This isn’t my score just an example).
If you look at Part C7 of the NCSU Common Data Set, here, https://oirp.ncsu.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CDS_2016-2017.v10.pdf, it indicates that “racial/ethnic status” is “considered” as a factor in admissions decisions. How it is considered, I don’t know.