At last I received an email on Friday the 23rd inviting me to a group interview at Hunter which I have scheduled next week. Though it's not a guarantee of acceptance, it feels reassuring to have made it to the final round!! Doing what I can to prepare now. In the meantime, have to make the tough choice about whether or not to put down deposits at NYU and Smith to leave those doors open since they want my answer before I will hear back about the Hunter interview. Anyone in a similar position? I wonder about trying to get schools to budge on their deposit/acceptance deadlines?