<p>Stats, essays, etc. Just wondering so I can prepare accordingly. Thanks!</p>
<p>Unless things have changed since I interviewed last year, basically all they get is your name. They may ask you for some of those things, though (mine did).</p>
<p>What’d they ask for?</p>
<p>Don’t fret too much about it, the interview doesn’t count in the admissions decision.</p>
<p>umm…yeah it does</p>
<p>I think it does too. </p>
<p>Also, my interviewer indirectly [or I may just be like making this upp 
] said that they actually contribute a lot to the decision process.</p>
<p>Mine said he did not receive any of my personal information/statistics. He could have been lying though (mind games!). I am inclined to think that he was telling the truth, but there is always a possibility.</p>
<p>He/she speaketh the truth. We get name, address, telephone, email, high school and whether a student is a regular or early action applicant and that’s it. I usually invite students to bring a resume along if they have one but tell them it’s no big deal.</p>
<p>My interviewer told me the interview had no weight in the admissions process at all.</p>
<p>They have weight on the margin. For most candidates they are basically nothing much, but I can guarantee you if an alumni who has a track record of turning in cheery rec letters slams you with concrete details that make you look like a poor fit for the college, or otherwise comes across with effusive praise based on verifiable evidence not otherwise highlighted in the other portions of your application, it can hurt or help a lot. </p>
<p>It tends to be the extremes that cause a push either way. For example, candidate X stated they “would tolerate the Core, because Chicago is good at business fields like accounting.” Or something like, “candidate Y admitted her grades slumped for one semester after her devoutly religious parents put her out on the street for petty drug use. Since moving in with her uncle - and starting at New High School - she has gone back to being an ‘A’ student.”</p>
<p>My guy got a list of what Chicago suspected my interests were, based off of my application. It was actually pretty accurate (physics as my essay was about that, forensics as I’m in debate, music as I play violin, art as my other essay was about painting, and chemistry as I did a chem research project last summer).</p>