Hi,
I applied to UChicago in the early round as EA, and had an interview in November. I got deferred.
(The first interview was quite casual; I did not say a lot about myself but more about my opinion on various things, as that was the interviewer’s focus. I don’t think I messed it up though)
I changed to ED2 in the regular round, and another interviewer contacted me to have an interview this weekend.
I told the interviewer that I had already had an interview as an EA applicant, asked if this was separate–he told me that it was.
I guess this means I’m not rejected yet, but has this happened to anyone else (especially for UChicago)? I’m kind of nervous.
No, i was contacted by an AO to register with a specific date/time to confirm for an interview. I requested an off campus for EA but never completed one. Now I too am in ED2 and was told to schedule. Remember a deferred decision means that you are showing strong potential as an applicant for admission, so they are still interested and want to track you for the first semester of senior year. My interview is this weekend and I had my counselor calm me down because I was just as worried.
That sounds like good news to me – you should take it as such and be psyched for this interview.