What category did the 3500 cals come from? Highly active, mildly active? That is an important factor because your level of activity will dictate an increase or decrease in calorie intake. From your stats you are similar in weight and heigth to me, meaning you probably have a high metabolism. If that's the case then you need the high cals.
Regardless of your metabolism, protein intake should be high and to avoid gaining fat (which is inevitable during a bulk) you can limit your fats, but you still need fat in your diet so dont cut it out completely.
You don't grow in the gym, you grow out of the gym so your intake needs to be high everyday. 3500 cals from my experience is not very much once you start trying to pack on some serious muscle. I'm highly active, with a high metabolism and I'm taking roughly 5000-6000 calories per day, everyday of the week. The calculator gave you a baseline and it will take some time to find out what works for you, start with the calculated number and evaluate the results after a couple weeks. If there is no weight gain, then increase it by 500cals and repeat the process.
You're doing an effective program and you should be able to judge the effectiveness of your diet fairly quickly. Best of luck.
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