2015 Post-Doc Interview Thread

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Sorry for the delay in updates, guys, I got my first rejection yesterday and didn't feel like looking at this thread much last night ;)

Received via PM:

Invites:
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH)/Weill Cornell Medical College – Westchester Division, Clinical Neuropsych- received via phone call on 12/29 (I think), interview days 1/15 and 1/20
Stony Brook University Hospital, Clinical Neuropsych- via email (generic) on 1/2, interview days January 15th, January 22nd
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Pediatric Neuropsych- via email (personalized), interviews at INS
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Pediatric Neuropsych- via e-mail (generic) on 1/6, interviews at INS

Rejection:
Phoenix Children's Hospital Pediatric Neuropsycho- via email (personalized) 1/13
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cara susanna said:
Sorry for the delay in updates, guys, I got my first rejection yesterday and didn't feel like looking at this thread much last night ;)
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Sorry about the rejection, hang in there! What I find the most comforting is that (unlike internship) if for some reason getting a postdoc doesn't work out it will in no way impact getting our degrees and finishing with school! It also seems as if post-doc opportunites are continually opening up, even up to the very end of internship sometimes, so there may still be some options out there we don't even know about :) and thanks again for keeping this thread running I really appreacite it!
 
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Avocadobunny said:
Sorry about the rejection, hang in there! What I find the most comforting is that (unlike internship) if for some reason getting a postdoc doesn't work out it will in no way impact getting our degrees and finishing with school! It also seems as if post-doc opportunites are continually opening up, even up to the very end of internship sometimes, so there may still be some options out there we don't even know about :) and thanks again for keeping this thread running I really appreacite it!
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Thanks for the support! I'm trying to keep that in mind. I've also been told that a lot of positions end up not filling, so it's pretty doable to get one of those.

Anyway, onto the postings :)

-Site name: VA Portland
-Date notified: 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: MIRECC
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): phone
- Interview dates offered: Various times next week
 
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Site name: VA Boston/National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Division
-Date notified: 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Rejection
-Track: Women's Health Research Fellowship
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): N/A
- Interview dates offered: N/A
 
I feel you @cara susanna . Nothing like a rejection email to get you down. The good news is that this process does not seem as competitive as the internship process. At least that's what I told myself the other day when I got my first rejection.

Site name: Central Arkansas VA
-Date notified: 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: PTSD
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person
- Interview dates offered: 2/2 and 2/6
 
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mindfulnessiszen said:
I feel you @cara susanna . Nothing like a rejection email to get you down. The good news is that this process does not seem as competitive as the internship process. At least that's what I told myself the other day when I got my first rejection.
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It actually seems more competitive to me, sadly. I think that I aimed too high.

More postings:

-Site name: Texas Children's Hospital
-Date notified: 1/16/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Pediatric/Clinical Child
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): in-person
- Interview dates offered - 2/2/15

-Site name: Children's Hospital Colorado
-Date notified: 1/16/15
-Invite or rejection: Rejection
-Track : Hematology/Oncology & Solid Organ Transplant
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): Mass email

Site name: Central Arkansas VA
-Date notified: 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: PTSD
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person
- Interview dates offered: 2/2 and 2/6[/QUOTE]
 
Avocadobunny said:
Sorry about the rejection, hang in there! What I find the most comforting is that (unlike internship) if for some reason getting a postdoc doesn't work out it will in no way impact getting our degrees and finishing with school! It also seems as if post-doc opportunites are continually opening up, even up to the very end of internship sometimes, so there may still be some options out there we don't even know about :) and thanks again for keeping this thread running I really appreacite it!
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Post-doc opportunities DO open up all throughout the year. This is especially true for academic settings/university counseling clinics, as far as I have noticed. So there is this frenzy now and it seems there is a "season" for neuropsych positions, but for more general settings, including VAs, it is way more variable then pre-doc and good opportunities continue to come up.
 
Sorry about the bad news, cara susanna :(

Site name: VA Pittsburgh
-Date notified: 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Gero
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person or phone
- Interview dates offered: 1/29,30 or 2/5
 
I'm sorry to hear about the rejection @cara susanna :( The first rejection always stings no matter how much we prepare ourselves. I like to think it will make our invites that much sweeter

Thanks again for doing this!
 
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Thanks for the support, everyone :)

Some more:

-Site name: Durham VAMC
-Date notified: 1/16/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: PCMHI
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): in-person or phone/video
- Interview dates offered - 1/30/15, 2/2/15, 2/3/15

-Site name: Milwaukee VA
-Date notified: January 16th
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: LGBT Healthcare track
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): Email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person, or phone if needed
- Interview dates offered: 1/26, 1/29, 2/4, and 2/5

-Site name: Boston VA
-Date notified: January 15th
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: LGBT Health track
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): Email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person, or phone if needed
- Interview dates offered: 1/28, 1/30, 2/4, and 2/6
 
Has anyone heard back from any of these sites (invites or rejections):
University of Michigan PM&R Neuropsychology Fellowship
UVA/Western State Neuropsychology Fellowship
West Virginia University Neuropsychology
Cleveland Clinic Neuropsychology
University of Toledo Neuropsychology
 
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pnutbutterbaby77 said:
Has anyone heard back from any of these sites (invites or rejections):
University of Michigan PM&R Neuropsychology Fellowship
UVA/Western State Neuropsychology Fellowship
West Virginia University Neuropsychology
Cleveland Clinic Neuropsychology
University of Toledo Neuropsychology
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Hey! Another neuropsych applicant here. I am waiting on West Virginia University, Cleveland Clinic , and UVA - Neurology (Fuchs). My friend applied to University of Toledo and hasn't heard anything yet. Hope that helps. Wondering how many places are closed today for the holiday.
 
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-Site name: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
-Date notified: January 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Adult CBT
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): Email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person
- Interview dates offered: 2/2, 2/9
 
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Hey All, does anybody know how post doc interview questions differ from internship questions? I'm not entirely sure how to prepare for this process as much as i did for internship. Anybody have any insight?
 
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PDXgeropsych said:
Hey! Another neuropsych applicant here. I am waiting on West Virginia University, Cleveland Clinic , and UVA - Neurology (Fuchs). My friend applied to University of Toledo and hasn't heard anything yet. Hope that helps. Wondering how many places are closed today for the holiday.
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I'm also waiting for Univ of Toledo and UVA/Western State. Current post docs have told me that they eventually heard from all their sites so here's hoping we get answers this week.
 
I know someone who interviewed last week with UVA neuropsych. Not sure which site, sorry!
 
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Site name: West Virginia University
-Date notified: 1/20
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): INS
- Interview dates offered: Tuesday and Wednesday morning at INS
 
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A bunch that others PMed me with over the three day weekend:

Childrens Hospital Colorado: Psychology Post-doc
Date: 1/16/15
Invite or rejection: rejection via personal email
Greenville Health System: Pediatric Psychology Post Doc
Date:1/15/15
Invite or Rejection: Rejection via personal email

-James A. Haley VAMC (Tampa VA)
-1/5
-Invite
-Neuropsychology
-personal email
-Phone
-Flexible

-G.V. Sonny Montgomery VAMC (Jackson VAMC)
-1/14
-Invite
-Neuropsychology
-mass email
-Phone and in-person
-in-person Thursday 1/29/15, Friday 1/30/15, and Thursday 2/5/15

-Bay Pines VA
-1/16
-Invite
-Neuropsychology
-Personal email
-Phone/VTEL, in-person, INS
-INS interviews will occur on 2/3/15 and 2/4/15. Phone/VTEL/in person interviews will occur on 1/26/15; 1/28/15 and 1/29/15 between 1:00-3:00 p.m. EST.

-Tampa General Hospital
-1/14
-Invite
-Rehabilitation
-phone
-Offered phone & in-person
-Offered 1/31 and 2/2

-Site name: Philadelphia VA MIRECC
-Date notified: 1/20
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: MIRECC
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): in-person
- Interview dates offered: February 10, 13, 16, 18 or 20
 
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Has anyone heard anything from VA Long Beach? Their deadline was 12/15. I emailed the training director to see if they had a sense of their timeline (trying to combine trips), and got an auto-responder saying she's out on leave...'till December 1, 2014. It's very odd.
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I know that some tracks have heard back and others have not. I know the Women's Trauma Track got personal phone calls from supervisors of that track a week ago. I have not heard anything else! It's been over a month and I feel like we should have heard by now.
 
Has anyone heard from the Houston VA MIRECC, Denver VA MIRECC, or West Haven VA MIRECC? Also, has anyone actually received a rejection from the San Diego VA?

This is probably silly since I'm the person people are sending most of their invitations/rejections to, but hey ;)
 
-Site name: East Central Regional Hospital and Georgia Regents University
-Date notified: 1/20/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Forensic Fellowship
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): Personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person
- Interview dates offered: 2/5, 2/9
 
Via PM:

-Site name: Boston VA
-Date notified: 1/21
-Invite or rejection: Rejection
-Track: Behavioral Medicine
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): email


-Site name: University of California, Berkeley
-Date notified: 1/20/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: UCC
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): phone
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): phone
- Interview dates offered - several over the next 2 weeks
 
Via PM:

-Site name: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial (Bedford) VA
-Date notified: 1/20/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personalized email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): INS
- Interview dates offered: Wednesday afternoon

-Site name: Henry Ford Health System
-Date notified: 1/17/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): INS
- Interview dates offered:Tuesday and Wednesday
 
Via PM:

-Site name: Oregon Health & Sciences University
-Date notified: 1/21/15
-Invite or rejection: Rejection
-Track: Behavioral Pediatrics/Pediatric Psychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email explaining that their current fellow is staying on for an additional year.

-Site name: VA Long Beach Healthcare System
-Date notified: 1/14/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Women's trauma
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): Personal phone call
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person or phone
- Interview dates offered - February 2

Site name: Children's Hospital of Orange County
-Date notified: 1/21/15
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Pediatric Psychology (C/L & Hem/Onc positions)
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): in-person
- Interview dates offered - 2/4 & 2/6
 
Site name: University of Virginia - Neurology (Dr. Fuchs)
-Date notified: 1/21
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In person at INS
- Interview dates offered: Tuesday 2/3
 
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-Site name: VA Long Beach Healthcare System
-Date notified: 1/21/15
-Invite or rejection: Rejection
-Track: Women's trauma
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email

Site name: Sharp Vista Hospital (San Diego, CA)
-Date notified: 1/21
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Adult Cog-IOP/DBT
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): phone
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In person
- Interview dates offered: Tuesday 2/2-2/11
 
Via PM:

Site name: Alpert School of Medicine at Brown
-Date notified: 1/20
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Pediatric Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): generic email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In person
- Interview dates offered: INS

Site name: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
-Date notified: 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Pediatric Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In person
- Interview dates offered: INS

Site name: Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital
-Date notified: 1/16
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Pediatric Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In person
- Interview dates offered: INS or on-site
 
Site name: Palo Alto VA
Date notified: 1/16/15
Invite or rejection: rejection
Track: Neuropsych
How notified: mass email
Note: mass email indicated that my materials would be kept "on file" in the very unlikely event that their top applicants select other sites.


Site name: VA Northern California HCS
Date notified: 1/16/15
Invite or rejection: invite
Track: Neuropsych
How notified: personal email--
Type of interview: onsite, in-person
Interview dates offered - 1/21--were flexible.
 
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socialcog said:
Site name: Palo Alto VA
Date notified: 1/16/15
Invite or rejection: rejection
Track: Neuropsych
How notified: mass email
Note: mass email indicated that my materials would be kept "on file" in the very unlikely event that their top applicants select other sites.


Site name: VA Northern California HCS
Date notified: 1/16/15
Invite or rejection: invite
Track: Neuropsych
How notified: personal email--
Type of interview: onsite, in-person
Interview dates offered - 1/21--were flexible.
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I received a similar "on file" email from a diff VA except mine said in the event an interview position opened up. It was an odd rejection letter.
 
Hi all,
Question: Thank You note/email, yes or no?
To all? to some?

Thank you ;)
 
pnutbutterbaby77 said:
Has anyone heard back from any of these sites (invites or rejections):
University of Michigan PM&R Neuropsychology Fellowship
UVA/Western State Neuropsychology Fellowship
West Virginia University Neuropsychology
Cleveland Clinic Neuropsychology
University of Toledo Neuropsychology
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UVA/Western State- I got a rejection today. My first. Didn't sting. I wasn't even sure if sites would send rejections really, and I applied to too many places based on supervisor's advice, so I have a lot of interviews. Also, there are 2 UVA post-doc fellowships- [SoCloseYet So far way] so UVA Neurology has sent out invites, seems like UVA/Western is doing so this week.
Waiting on UToledo also...

Update: Got second rejection.... UToledo, lol. Now feeling a bit bummed :(guess it's rejection week for me. But I'm optimistic about the interviews I have :cat:
 
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Girl1985 said:
Hi all,
Question: Thank You note/email, yes or no?
To all? to some?

Thank you ;)
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Just like on internship, I think you should send Thank-You notes. I know people who didn't and matched, so it's not a must. If a site says not to, then don't. The post-doc process and interviews are pretty similar to internship- the only difference is I have less anxiety because at the end of the day they can't take my doctorate away. Grad school and getting an internship has been the stress in my life, not post-doc. Worst case scenario- I get a job, boo hoo, lol.:nod:
 
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UVA/Western State- I got a rejection today. My first. Didn't sting. I wasn't even sure if sites would send rejections really, and I applied to too many places based on supervisor's advice, so I have a lot of interviews. Also, there are 2 UVA post-doc fellowships- [SoCloseYet So far way] so UVA Neurology has sent out invites, seems like UVA/Western is doing so this week.
Waiting on UToledo also...

Update: Got second rejection.... UToledo, lol. Now feeling a bit bummed :(guess it's rejection week for me. But I'm optimistic about the interviews I have :cat:
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Received both rejections today too. I guess I already crossed off UVA so I wasn't surprised. Toledo was also sort of expected for me. Now, I'm crossing my fingers that I hear from the remaining sites tomorrow.
 
SoCloseYetSoFarAway said:
Much like @MissSPSS, I sent thank you emails to all my sites - both rejection and invites. Majority of them were super nice and friendly.
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Lol, I don't send out Thank you emails to sites that rejected me. I thought about it- like "Thanks for reviewing my materials and deeming me unworthy" ;). I think they understand if I don't respond to them.
 
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Site name: UMass Medical School
Date notified: 1/23/15
Invite or rejection: invite
Track: Forensic
How notified: personal email
Type of interview: onsite, in-person
Interview dates offered - 2 day interview 2/12, 2/13
 
MissSPSS said:
Lol, I don't send out Thank you emails to sites that rejected me. I thought about it- like "Thanks for reviewing my materials and deeming me unworthy" ;). I think they understand if I don't respond to them.
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whoops! I did not mean to speak for you :wideyed:. I should've clarified I only meant the email part :)

I think the one I found most awkward was from a site that hinted I was waitlisted for an interview. Ummm...I have time for that? o_O
 
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Has anyone heard from the neuropsychology track at San Francisco VA? They said that they would notify us by January 23rd at the latest, but so far no word (although I suppose there's time left in the day!)
 
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Has anyone heard from the neuropsychology track at San Francisco VA? They said that they would notify us by January 23rd at the latest, but so far no word (although I suppose there's time left in the day!)
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Ditto, waiting on them and a few others :(
 
Just wanted to let people know that I got my second interview! I'm not going to post the site on here because it would be suuuper identifying, but wanted to share my good news :)
 
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Rejections-
Stanford counseling 01/23
Berkeley counseling 01/20
Princeton counseling ~01/15

Invites-
cal poly, phone, Skype interview, week of 19 and 26, Jan
University of South Florida , phone, Skype interview, between 12 and 20 of Jan
 
Site name: Alpert School of Medicine at Brown/Providence VA
-Date notified: 1/20
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Adult Track General Mental Health
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): phone call
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In person
- Interview dates offered: individually scheduled, anytime up to 2/13

-Site name - University of Toledo
-Date notified - 1/20/15
-Invite or rejection - Invite
-Track - Neuropsychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone) - personal email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc) in-person at INS on 2/3

-Site name: Consortium for Advanced Psychology Training, Flint, MI
-Date notified: 1/18/15
-Invite or rejection: Invitation
-Track: Primary Care/ Health Psychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): phone
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): in-person
- Interview dates offered - 1/26, 2/2, 2/9

-Site name: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
-Date notified: 1/8/15
-Invite or rejection: Invitation
-Track: Health Psychology
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): in-person
- Interview dates offered - various; Mondays or Fridays in January

-Site name: Minneapolis VA Health Care System
-Date notified: 1/8/15
-Invite or rejection: Rejection/ "wait list"
-Track: Primary Care-Mental Health Integration
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): probably a mass email

-Site name: DSH-Vacaville Postdoctoral Fellowship
-Date notified: 1.24.2015
-Invite or rejection: invite
-Track: Forensic
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): In-person, phone interviews are not allowed
- Interview dates offered - Feb 5 or Feb 12

Montclair State University Counseling Center
Invite via phone call 1/22/15
Phone interview 2/4/15

West Haven VA - Health Psychology
Phone call 1/22 - invitation to do phone interview next week (1/26-/1/30; site is not doing in person interviews)
 
-Site name: Cambridge Health Alliance
-Date notified: 1/23
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track: Primary Care/Behavioral Health
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email
-Type of interview (phone, in-person, etc): in-person
- Interview dates offered: Interviews will be all day and held Feb 2-6 and 9-13. Choice of dates will be offered next week.
 
traith said:
I haven't heard from Cleveland VA since they confirmed receiving my application, as well.
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Actually, just for the record, I emailed the training director well before applying about one of the new tracks they sent out an email about, but didn't have information about in their brochure and never heard back from him at all.
 
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