Ah sorry, the way I said it is confusing. I was interviewed by a few schools re: admission and that's how they usually went. For UCSD I was not interviewed but just got an offer through email early January, which is why I think they are having the interview now before they want to send out their 1st wave of offers.
Should be just to see if you're fluent in English and/or to hear about your research from yourself. I got into UCSD early January in the last cycle and they probably want to talk to you to see that you aren't crazy or something like that.
According to the results page, international students did get either an interview or an admission last week. Let's hope they haven't got to our files yet! My application was fully completed only a day before the deadline.
At this point, I just want to know regardless of the result, but the results section seems silent other than the two interviews. I am interested b/c I am an international student and I haven't gotten an interview request or anything like that.
Thanks for the reply. I did submit early (11/24) but the english waiver went on the 4th which is only the day before the deadline... I hope its not the case of you were fine but applied too late kind of thing...