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Franklin Lakes NJ, in a Friday night showdown in the Super Football Conference, Ridgewood found themselves down 10-0 at halftime against Ramapo. But instead of relying on tactical adjustments, the Maroons turned inward. Senior running back Colin Burns took that challenge to heart, leading his team to a thrilling 29-17 victory with three second-half touchdowns.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ramapo quarterback Jack Grusser returned to action from an ankle injury and completed 13-of-17 passes for 244 yards and three touchdowns to lead Ramapo, No. 17 to a 38-12 victory over Ridgewood in Franklin Lakes.Grusser, tossed two TD passes to Will Scordato (37 and 25 yards), as well as a 2-yard score to Ben Robinson for Ramapo (6-2), which appears to have locked up a top four ranking in the North, Group 4 power rankings, and would ensure at least two home playoff games.
MAY 16, 2015, 11:10 PM LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015, 11:07 PM
BY PATRICIA ALEX
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Some of New Jersey’s public colleges and universities are making themselves appear more selective — and more attractive to prospective students — by skirting national standards when reporting data to the federal government and ratings organizations, The Record has found.
Ramapo College and Kean and Rowan universities include both complete and incomplete applications in the numbers they report, bloating the stated applicant pool by hundreds. Inflating the numbers to include students who leave out essential items like test scores or grades allows these schools to appear to be rejecting a substantially higher percentage of students.
A lower acceptance rate provides a reputation boost in the prestige-fueled world of college admissions.
In New Jersey, officials from the three schools acknowledge that incomplete applications are included in the totals they report to the federal government, U.S. News and World Report and other rating organizations and publications. This practice violates state and federal requirements that only completed applications be included, and makes it difficult to compare schools where some play by the rules and others do not.
