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My program has weekly meetings with our DCT, plus within our practicum supervision course, which provides another perspective from our profs who recently went through the process.
Hi guys,
I just wanted to check-in and see where y'all are in the process and how your stress levels are. Right now I'm double (and triple) checking my essays and C.V. I still haven't worked on the APPI yet, but will do so in the next week, as I have my hours pretty well organized, so I don't think it should take more than an afternoon. As for stress, I'm not feeling too bad right now, but things may heat up a bit in the next couple weeks!
anyone applying w/o having their dissertation officially proposed yet?
^ I was wondering about that. Only one of mine has this as a requirement. 2 others say it must be proposed by ranking deadline...my questions is, how will they know?!
^ I was wondering about that. Only one of mine has this as a requirement. 2 others say it must be proposed by ranking deadline...my questions is, how will they know?!
my first due date is october 30th!!!!! Just have to write my cover letter....which I have been MAJORLY procrastinating on....
Speaking of LOR's....I just found out that one of my intensive supervisors won't be able to get me the signed LORs until 4-5 days before my first deadline!! She is super busy and frequently travels, so I have to catch her in between trips. I really appreciate that she is writing me a letter, but it is stressful cutting it that close, particularly because at least one of my top sites is due first.
Maybe you could contact your early deadline sites, explain, and ask if that letter could be sent separately so you can be sure everything else arrives on time?
I don't see why there'd be a benefit to sending it too early. They don't have rolling admissions or anything-- that'd violate APPIC policies. Is that what you're asking.
My first deadline is 10/31, and then the majority are between then and 11/3. I can't believe it's 10/14 already, eek!
mailing off my first application today!
where is everyone applying? or do we want to wait and only talk about where we are interviewing- in order to not curse our luck?!
About ten overlap with cmuhooligan (we're obviously aiming for similar sites) and one or two with psychmama.
psychmama, we have a number in common. I have a couple that I'm on the fence, but we'll see. It was hard picking "Safety" sites because there really is no such thing. I'm going to go with what I have, and hope for the best.
T4C - I'm in agreement about picking "safeties". I'm just planning to throw a lot of applications out and see what sticks. With the insane number of applicants at some of these sites, it's anyone's guess.
Good luck to you, and to all who apply!
PSYPAQ said:I thought the that predoctoral students applying for internship might benefit from creating their own wiki for internship applications. I know that people generally post this information here, but using a wiki does have a few advantages (centrally located, easy to update by all, easy to track changes, easy to search). Of course, someone here would have to create an account and set up the wiki. I see that SDN has a wiki, and it may be possible to host the wiki here. Apologies in advance if my suggestion is not helpful to most.
I would love something like that! I would do it myself, but 1) as an internship applicant, I have zero time, and 2) Perhaps I am outing myself as an ignoramus, but I am not quite sure what a Wiki is, let alone how to make one. It's like Wikipedia, right? So bottom line: Great idea! Someone else should do it.
McLean
Mass. General
Cornell
Columbia
Brown
UIC
UCLA Semel
Seattle VA
Maryland VA
Medical College of Georgia
U of Florida
U of Wisconsin
Florida Mental Health Institute
Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
Albert Einstein
Boston Consortium
Emory
So, it seems like most sites state that they will notify applicants regarding interviews by Dec. 15th. When do sites actually start letting us know, end of the month, first week of Dec., or do they really wait right up till the 15th?
Quick question for you guys: I had several 11/1 due dates and had to overnight a couple of applications. One application was overnighted on 10/30 and USPS.com shows that a notice was left at the internship site on 10/31. There has been no update on usps.com since then. Should I contact the internship director to alert him/her that an application is at the post office?