2009-2010 Internship Thread

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4 invitations, 2 rejections, waiting on 6 (mostly children's hospitals)
 
Eruca said:
I'm waiting on them too... no word yet. My classmate that applied last year said they notified her via snail mail (she couldn't remember the date). I've been checking my mail every day, but nothin' so far..
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I was ranked by the Portland VA last year (they don't do interviews but have an open house). You may not hear from them until WELL after 12/15. I recall I got a letter from them only 10 days or so before ranking day....
 
edieb said:
I was ranked by the Portland VA last year (they don't do interviews but have an open house). You may not hear from them until WELL after 12/15. I recall I got a letter from them only 10 days or so before ranking day....
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I'm a little confused.. the open house is by invitation only (they invite only the finalists to open house). You heard you were a finalist in February last year? Wouldn't this totally preclude you from the option of attending the open house?
 
As of 5:07 EST 12/8/08: 7 interviews 🙂banana🙂, 1 rejection 🙂d), 11 to go....
 
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congrats on the invites everyone.

My numbers are a bit low, 2 invites, 4 rejections, waiting on 8 more.
 
Received 2 no-go's today. Missouri Health Sciences Consortium and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. Hopefully good news will follow. 🙂
 
Surprisingly, I heard from 1 site today. So, 1 interview and waiting on 12.
 
Psych999 said:
How did the Bellevue interview go? I am interviewing for the child track next week and I have no idea what to expect. Was it a pretty large group of applicants you were with?
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There were about 7-8 of us, but it wasn't a group interview. The director spoke about the program for about an hour, and then we each had two 30-minute individual interviews with different faculty.
 
I've been lurking here for a while so I figured it was time I shared 😉

I'm actually almost done....
7 invites (University of Chicago, UCLA, UCSD, Charleston, WPIC, and the Minneapolis VA and Hennepin County Medical Center)
3 rejections (University of Illinois-Chicago, Boston Consortium, and Brown)
2 more to go (Palo Alto VA and Maryland Consortium)

All are adult tracks, mostly general but some neuropsych or severe mental illness (if they have it!)
 
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psychgrrrl said:
I've been lurking here for a while so I figured it was time I shared 😉

I'm actually almost done....
7 invites (University of Chicago, UCLA, UCSD, Charleston, WPIC, and the Minneapolis VA and Hennepin County Medical Center)
3 rejections (University of Illinois-Chicago, Boston Consortium, and Brown)
2 more to go (Palo Alto VA and Maryland Consortium)

All are adult tracks, mostly general but some neuropsych or severe mental illness (if they have it!)
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Thanks for sharing! Can you tell me what track for UCSD?
 
Eruca said:
I'm a little confused.. the open house is by invitation only (they invite only the finalists to open house). You heard you were a finalist in February last year? Wouldn't this totally preclude you from the option of attending the open house?
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Yep, I was at the airport going from one interview to another when a friend told me I had received a letter from the Portland VA. I told him to open it and it was a notice that I was going to be ranked. There was a notice of the open house on the letter but it was BEFORE the date on the top of the letter... I called and they said that they hadn't notified everybody in time and that not attending the open house wouldn't affect the ranking....

Another site, William S. Hall, sent me an e-mail saying I was invited to an interview. Then, they said there was no internship. Then, literally a 10 days before the ranking date, they said there was an internship and interviews were required. I called to schedule an interview date, and they told me the original invite was a rejection
 
Eruca said:
Thanks for sharing! Can you tell me what track for UCSD?
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Sure - I ranked the Specialty Mental Health first and then Neuropsychology second. I'm not actually sure if they said which one (or both) when I talked to them because they telephoned Friday afternoon and I totally wasn't expecting it - everyone else has been email!
 
I have heard from 6 sites (5 interviews, 1 rejection). I have not heard from 13 other sites!!! Eruca, I got an email invitation from the Portland VA today.
 
2 invites, 4 rejections, waiting on 16
 
Just received a rejection from NYU Rusk Institute. Durn!
 
Hey everyone. So far for me it's 4 invites, 3 rejections and 12 still outstanding...

Are they all going to wait until the 15th?:scared:

Wishing everyone good luck!
 
5 invites, 2 rejections, waiting on 6. Looking at everyone else's numbers on here it seems like people applied to a lot more places than I did. Now I am wishing I'd applied to more...
 
Psych999 said:
5 invites, 2 rejections, waiting on 6. Looking at everyone else's numbers on here it seems like people applied to a lot more places than I did. Now I am wishing I'd applied to more...
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It all depends on fit. I was lucky that a number of the VA's offered opportunities in areas I was looking for, so I applied to more sites than I would have otherwise.
 
Psych999 said:
Heard from UNC (Child Track)
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Congratulations! I assume that was an invitation? Do you mind me asking if you heard via phone or email? UNC was one of the two places I was still waiting to hear from...
 
8 invites, 2 rejections, 5 more to go (i'm in school psych).
 
psychgirl12 said:
Congratulations! I assume that was an invitation? Do you mind me asking if you heard via phone or email? UNC was one of the two places I was still waiting to hear from...
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Yup, it was an invitation. It was via e-mail, but it was an individualized e-mail (not one of the mass ones to all invited applicants), so it may take them a while to get to everyone. Do you mind if I ask where else you are waiting to hear from?
 
Psych999 said:
5 invites, 2 rejections, waiting on 6. Looking at everyone else's numbers on here it seems like people applied to a lot more places than I did. Now I am wishing I'd applied to more...
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I applied to as many as I did because I'm limited geographically to a very competitive part of the country. If I could have spread out and considered relocation, I might have chosen to apply to fewer sites.
 
Hi all,

3 invites, 3 rejections. Waiting on 1. I know...taking a gamble on the number of sites...
 
Psych999 said:
Yup, it was an invitation. It was via e-mail, but it was an individualized e-mail (not one of the mass ones to all invited applicants), so it may take them a while to get to everyone. Do you mind if I ask where else you are waiting to hear from?
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Still waiting to hear from Emory.
 
How many interviews do you guys want to feel "safe"? Initially, I thought 6-7, but now, looking at my remaining options, I guess 5.
 
Psych999 said:
5 invites, 2 rejections, waiting on 6. Looking at everyone else's numbers on here it seems like people applied to a lot more places than I did. Now I am wishing I'd applied to more...
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I was thinking a similar thing (only applied to 12) but from what I've heard most people who match don't really match below their 5th or 6th choice anyhow. So given the fact that you already have 5 invites I would suspect you're in good shape!
 
ClapYourHands said:
Hey there! I have a friend who reminds me all the time that, "you'll only match at one, anyway!"
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I have a few friends that tell me the same thing. Plus there are people who have had tons of interviews and not matched. So I hope that these friends are right because the interviews are just not rolling in quickly for me!
 
cmuhooligan said:
How many interviews do you guys want to feel "safe"? Initially, I thought 6-7, but now, looking at my remaining options, I guess 5.
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I have 4 -- was hoping for 6-8 interviews. I still have 12 places to hear from, but I'm getting nervous. I wonder why it's taking so long? 😕
 
psychmama said:
I have 4 -- was hoping for 6-8 interviews. I still have 12 places to hear from, but I'm getting nervous. I wonder why it's taking so long? 😕
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I have no idea but it is driving me absolutely mad! I am waiting on 7 and have been for quite some time!
 
Congrats on Devereux BrainMusic. I just got an invite too - from Maimonides!🙂
 
Yaay, I finally got my first interview today - Central Washington counseling center.

SOO relieved. I was starting to get really nervous!!😍
 
Anyone hear from Montefiore, St. Lukes, UMDNJ, CHOP, or Yale Child Study?
 
psy100 said:
Anyone hear from Montefiore, St. Lukes, UMDNJ, CHOP, or Yale Child Study?
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Sorry psy100, I am waiting on CHOP too 🙁

As far as I know, my friends have not heard from CHOP, St Lukes, or Yale Child Study 🙁
 
psy100 said:
Anyone hear from Montefiore, St. Lukes, UMDNJ, CHOP, or Yale Child Study?
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Nope, nothing from Montefiore or St. Luke's 😕
Has anyone heard from Mt Sinai Services-Elmhurst or North Bronx?
 
in8joy said:
Yaay, I finally got my first interview today - Central Washington counseling center.

SOO relieved. I was starting to get really nervous!!😍
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Congrats!! Did they contact you by email or phone?
 
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