@kwnstandina don’t worry! Maybe your other parts of the application impressed them and they just want to see your essay! Hope to see you this fall. Same goes to all other deferred applicants! To those rejected, I was rejected ED 1 from my first choice, which was similarly competitive as Tufts. I was devastated then yet got into Tufts now so don’t worry! You’ll get in somewhere great. It’s just this one school.