I really don’t think admissions take the interview that seriously in terms of did they answer each question perfectly just more to get a better idea of who you are from someone who met you personally and to share their experiences with the school with you. Some of the interviewers don’t seem to realize that and ask really intimidating questions.
@Kasami I wouldn’t email about the essay at this point. I think admissions are crazy busy right now and if they already decided it wouldn’t make them look again and if they hadn’t decided they might be more annoyed or worried that you are still stressing the small stuff. If it was a whole missing paragraph that would be one thing but one goofed up sentence they will realize was an editing error. If they like your ideas they will be able to see past that. My son was accepted EA and his uncommon essay was one of my least favorite of the probably 20 essays he wrote for all his apps. It had a couple of sentences that I thought seriously lacked clarity that he did not want to change. It was fine and his admissions officer even commented on liking his essay in one of the letters he sent.
To add on to what @dcplanner said, the interview is probably not viewed as the most important thing. I was accepted EA, and I did not even request an interview, so I mean I wouldn’t worry about it.
My interviewer was super nice, and we ended up talking for about an hour and a half. She asked me stuff about my classes- “What is the structure of that class? Do you like it or not?” along with more general stuff like: “What draws you to UChicago?” “Is safety a concern for you, knowing the school’s location?” which seemed more geared towards “how much do you know about the school? can you comment on its recent safety additions?”. At the end, I felt comfortable enough to actually ask her how much the interview mattered, seeing as my stats are not necessarily “all that and a bag of chips” but as I’ve done cool stuff outside of the classroom that can’t be just blurted out onto the application. She told me that “generally the interview is just to make sure, like, you’re not completely insane. I don’t know, really, but I would assume that they just generally glance at the interview to make sure you’re not a serial killer. However, if you helped cure polio or something completely amazing and were able to talk about that in the interview, they miiiight take that into account just a little bit. But they know that interviews are scary, and they just want to weed out the really awful people.”. So I wouldn’t worry about the interview that much.
Personally, I wish the interviews mattered a little more than they do because I feel that I come across a lot better in person than I do on paper, and I love being able to establish a repertoire with someone and actually show them a good side of me. :-h
@NoDebt2020 I didn’t even request for an interview because I’m scared af, and if the interviewer was a pretty alumna, well, then I’d go completely blank and I’m pretty sure my app would’ve been sent to the phantom zone :’)
Anybody here got an email stating that your application has been completed?? 
For those deferred, did anyone send in a letter of updates or continued interest? I did that for my ED school because there was a section for it in my portal, but there’s no option in there in the UChicago portal. Did anyone send a letter to the admissions office?
@shadyconcepts i wrote an email to my regional counselor
@shadyconcepts I just added an update to my portal (I think I read somewhere that’s what they want)
@crossovercuber What did you write in your letter?
I think you mean “establish a rapport with someone and actually show them a good side of me”. Sorry, though I know you wouldn’t want to use it incorrectly again. But, my kids correct me all the time, and I appreciate it.
@graceann how did you add an update to your portal?
@beaglee105 i just wrote about what i have been doing in my senior year and just updated them on my accomplishments
is it a big deal if you were deferred and didn’t send an email or letter of continued interest to your regional counselor?
@collegeeeeee I just uploaded a word doc to the portfolio section
Does anyone know/have an idea of when RD decisions will be released? I heard that 3/11 might be the date, but that just seems frighteningly soon.
@shadyconcepts I uploaded an additional supplement to my portfolio to show more interest
@bobchillax I heard rumors that it would be 3/23, not sure how true they are
Where’d you hear that?
They said mid-March, and I don’t think 23rd qualifies to be “mid” March. Plus, last year, decisions were released on 14th March. So +/- 3 days from 14th, we can expect our decisions to released.