@riverrun Hey! Congrats on being shortlisted for an interview!
I'm in CU Boulder's MFA right now. I wasn't interviewed and haven't heard anyone else in the program mentioning having been interviewed prior to acceptance. So it seems like it's a new thing. I'm gonna try to go ask our program director what's up tomorrow if I don't have too many students swarm my office hours.
Also happy to answer questions about the program!