
Wow. In the same breath you say "My post wasn't meant to be insulting" and then continue to be insulting and to generalize. Obviously you think very highly of yourself and your program compared to others, which makes me wonder what kind of training they are giving you. My lousy professional school spends tons of time on "multicultural issues" which is essentially to teach us to not be so damn prejudice and not generalize about other people or think we are better than them because of stereotypes we have.
You start with pointing out yourself that many internship programs prefer Clinical Psych students. You won't get any argument here - but do you for some reason not understand that professional schools have clinical programs? Mine doesn't even offer a counseling, school, or ed option. In addition, you say "the PsyD model is great" but then say PsyD's don't apply to quality internships. What is that about? And to add to what has already been said, my one measly interview is at a very well-known university medical school.
And yes, I am being defensive, because it really bothers me that you have such rigid stereotypes and are unwilling to see you may be wrong, despite personal evidence given by people right on this forum, and insist on pushing those stereotypes onto the rest of us. The only reason PsyDs have been looked down upon is because they didn't exist until the 1970s (I believe) and it had to be proven that they were just as good as PhDs. I don't know what "quality" sites you are looking at, but a number of mine (state hospitals, universities, prisons, and a VA) seem to actually prefer PsyDs based on the number accepted in previous years. You may not be aware, but the general accepted difference between a PsyD and PhD is that PsyD's are trained to work clinically with patients, PhD's are trained to do research and teach. Of course, in practice they really are interchangeable (and I don't personally believe one is more equipped than the other for clinical work), but when applying to a highly clinical site why wouldn't they want the degree aimed at providing clinical interventions?
I feel like I am talking to my 85 year old grandfather: check ALL the facts, not just the ones biased in your favor, before making swooping generalizations and trying to force them on others.