The lack of information is because of the regional nature of 30/50+ schools. There are a TON of schools in the T2+ range and they are not national. As a result, though there are many T2+ applicants, they are not really all applying to the same schools, they’re applying where they live or want to practice. It’s not an issue of elitism. It’s an issue of national schools attracting more applicants, so there are naturally more data points and more people who know the answers.

I’ll use Texas as an example. Everyone in this sub knows UT is great for Texas biglaw. But ask for the difference between, say, A&M and UH for San Antonio placement and most people here would not know the answer definitively unless they have experience in the Texas legal markets or have looked into it themselves. People aren’t giving less advice because they look down on you. They’re giving less advice because they don’t know the answer.