Missed Interview Deadline

I foolishly put off finding out information for my schools and only saw today that the deadline to request a Swarthmore interview was Nov 28. Considering Swarthmore only has one response (the “why Swarthmore?” prompt), I’m worried that this will cost me my chances. How much do you think an interview matters?

I’m stuck in the same situation right now…hopefully it isn’t all that important, but I’m especially worried seeing as I’m ~2 and a half hours away and have never visited either (my mom won’t take me to any schools until I’m accepted) and I’m worried they’ll assume I’m not interested!