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<p>It seems almost a given among those from the New England states, New York, and New Jersey that the state schools are automatically inferior to other schools, even though they are often perfectly fine choices for good students (perhaps living in the shadow of super-selective high-prestige schools and school-prestige-conscious Wall Street investment banks may have something to do with it). That attitude is much less common in other regions of the country.</p>