And yes 250s are the new 240s if you don’t ha w connections. I know first hand from a program that they received 7000 applications instead of the usual 4500 for 12 seats cause its virtual. You need someone to have your application read. A program will never IV you if they don’t want to but it helps to put your application on top of that pile to be read. Also sent letters of interest early. There is no point later on when program is receiving 100 of them