2011 APPIC Internship Application Thread

[Psychovsky]

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Two interviews down! The anticipation is definitely scarier than the actual interviews.

Has anyone heard anything from St. John's in LA? I don't think I've seen it mentioned.

 

[LucileTwo]

This may have already been posted so I apologize if this is a repeat. I'm wondering how long is typical to wait to hear back from sites once you've responded to their interview invitations with your preferences for dates. In the invitations, no amount of time was specified. I don't want to start making travel plans until the date is set in stone. Any feedback is very welcome! 😀

 

[edified1]

This may have already been posted so I apologize if this is a repeat. I'm wondering how long is typical to wait to hear back from sites once you've responded to their interview invitations with your preferences for dates. In the invitations, no amount of time was specified. I don't want to start making travel plans until the date is set in stone. Any feedback is very welcome! 😀

I don't have a lot of experience to draw on (3 interviews scheduled), but all of mine have been confirmed within 24 hours.

 

[yada]

Anyone heard anything either way yet?

 

[ThisIsCrazy]

This may have already been posted so I apologize if this is a repeat. I'm wondering how long is typical to wait to hear back from sites once you've responded to their interview invitations with your preferences for dates. In the invitations, no amount of time was specified. I don't want to start making travel plans until the date is set in stone. Any feedback is very welcome! 😀

I've had a few take 3-5 days. I'm pretty sure it's because 2 out of the 3 days they offered were super popular days and everyone (myself included) requested the third day.

 

[aagman01]

Received interview invites from Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland & from the Illinois School Psychology Consortium within the last few minutes....yeah

 

[aagman01]

Haven't heard anything either way at St. John's Health Center.....

Two interviews down! The anticipation is definitely scarier than the actual interviews.

Has anyone heard anything from St. John's in LA? I don't think I've seen it mentioned.

 

[RingoStarr]

JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER INVITATION FROM ANOTHER ONE OF MY TOP SITES: MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL!

The email was personalized and the dates are Monday and Tuesday, January 17-18, 2011 and again January 24- 25, 2011, 8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. I applied to their Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy Track.

I AM SO EXCITED!

This emoticon best illustrates my reaction when I read the email:

 

[psychstudent5]

i applied to 16 sites, received 1 interview (Henry Ford Hospital- Consultation Liaison Psychology), and 4 rejections (Loma Linda VA, UIC, Uof Chicago, Jesse Brown VA).

i know i have 11 other sites to hear from, but I have read through the thread and several have already sent out interviews. i'm quite scared and discouraged. 🙁

 

[erg923]

Not to raise anxiety levels, but I had a supervisor at a top VA tell me that he automatically throws out applications if he doesn't receive a thank you email. His reasoning was that he sees sooooo many qualified candidates that he is looking for ways to whittle it down, even during the interview process. I'll be doing this since I think it conveys interest in a site and I want them to see my name as much as possible in the hopes that they will remember me amongst all the other applicants

I find it hard to believe that after the interview process, one person can have that authority without running it by or at least consulting other members of the committee/faculty. I am sure he is well aware of the mixed messages applicants receive regarding sending thank you notes or bugging a site after the interview, thus I cannot understand how he thinks this is either appropriate or fair.

Obviously, thank you notes are a nice gesture, but thats just it, its an (empty?) gesture. I suppose I would argue that since all TDs know that they are not the only one getting a thank you note, they also realize that their site is in fact no more different or special than all the others. Much like Jerry Seinfeld, I would like to take a stand against all this over thanking. I mean, maybe they should be sending ME thank you notes for traveling to their site (unfunded) and for potentially providing a years worth of labor for $12/hour, right? Seinfeld said it best when he said, "If I knew I had to give the guy a million thank yous, I wouldn't have taken the hockey tickets in the first place."

 

[363492]

i applied to 16 sites, received 1 interview (Henry Ford Hospital- Consultation Liaison Psychology), and 4 rejections (Loma Linda VA, UIC, Uof Chicago, Jesse Brown VA).

i know i have 11 other sites to hear from, but I have read through the thread and several have already sent out interviews. i'm quite scared and discouraged. 🙁

Hang in there! Lots of us are waiting to hear from quite a few sites too. As they say, it isn't over until it's over, and for most sites, that's the 15th. There's still time for the tide to turn. 😍

 

[Aribbean05]

received an invite from Boston multicultural center today

Me too! Phone call from a seemingly exhausted woman.

 

[DOCit2me]

I got one!!! Wahoo!!! 😀

Green Chimneys Children's Services, via personalized email. No dates yet, will send another email with dates, they say 🙂 ... it's an APPIC site, not APA, but I'm really excited about it!

Hoping everyone gets good news!!!! 😍

 

[aagman01]

A dose of levity is DEFINATELY appreciated!!!!

I find it hard to believe that after the interview process, one person can have that authority without running it by or at least consulting other members of the committee/faculty. I am sure he is well aware of the mixed messages applicants receive regarding sending thank you notes or bugging a site after the interview, thus I cannot understand how he thinks this is either appropriate or fair.

Obviously, thank you notes are a nice gesture, but thats just it, its an (empty?) gesture. I suppose I would argue that since all TDs know that they are not the only one getting a thank you note, they also realize that their site is in fact no more different or special than all the others. Much like Jerry Seinfeld, I would like to take a stand against all this over thanking. I mean, maybe they should be sending ME thank you notes for traveling to their site (unfunded) and for potentially providing a years worth of labor for $12/hour, right? Seinfeld said it best when he said, "If I knew I had to give the guy a million thank yous, I wouldn't have taken the hockey tickets in the first place."

 

[DOCit2me]

Two interviews down! The anticipation is definitely scarier than the actual interviews.

Has anyone heard anything from St. John's in LA? I don't think I've seen it mentioned.

Glad to hear they arent as scary as they seem!... I am also waiting on St. Johns...

 

[Psychstuca]

Got invites today from Napa State Hospital and Mendota Mental Health, both via email. I can't believe that my last interview is now on Feb 1st. It's going to be a long marathon. I have one week in Jan where I have 4 interviews scheduled in one week. Kind of concerned about getting exhausted and losing my energy, even though 2 of them are in the same area (all 4 out of state).
I have enough interviews now, but I still can't say no - because of this unpredictable process you can never be sure, that's what I am telling myself.

Thank you, T4C, for sharing your interview travel story and tips. That really helps to know that people do travel to over 10 interviews 🙂

Good luck to everyone!

 

[LucileTwo]

JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER INVITATION FROM ANOTHER ONE OF MY TOP SITES: MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL!

The email was personalized and the dates are Monday and Tuesday, January 17-18, 2011 and again January 24- 25, 2011, 8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. I applied to their Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy Track.

I AM SO EXCITED!

This emoticon best illustrates my reaction when I read the email:

Congrats!!! That's super exciting!!! I'm waiting to hear from Miami Children's, but for the neuropsych track. Thanks for posting the dates. I wonder if they're sending out all tracks or just Child, Ad, and Family Tx today?

 

[blindchaos]

So I'm 6 (with 7 tracks) and 4 so far, waiting on La Rabida, TCH, & Mailman (which I know have made some notifications) and University of Tenn St. Judes and CHOP.

Oh yeah...and I successfully defended my dissertation!!!!!

Congrats on defending your dissertation!!!!!!! 👍

Also...kinda glad to hear that others are waiting on UT-St Judes too! A classmate and I both applied to that track and neither of us have heard a peep. On their website, they say their deadline is Dec 15 but they also note that they try to contact everyone by the 15th but that it's not always possible 🙄 Here's to hoping they are on time or early this year!!!

I'm waiting on UT-St Judes, Watson Institute, and the Child and Family Guidance Center (Topeka, KS)

 

[blindchaos]

I got one!!! Wahoo!!! 😀

Green Chimneys Children's Services, via personalized email. No dates yet, will send another email with dates, they say 🙂 ... it's an APPIC site, not APA, but I'm really excited about it!

Hoping everyone gets good news!!!! 😍

That seems like a really neat place and I love the incorporation of animals (I'm huge animal lover)! A friend of mine worked there a few years ago (not as a intern) and absolutely loved it. Good luck and congrats!!!

 

[uniquepsych]

Hey everyone. This is my first post. I'm so happy for all of you that have been getting positive feedback!

However, I've only gotten rejections. Too many to even say on here (it's embarrassing). I still have 11 sites to hear from, but 7 of those have already contacted some people, so I'm freaking out.

I guess I am just curious if I'm the only one who's application has gotten no bites yet (aka some support, advice, positive thoughts, whatever you all are willing to give). This process is becoming almost traumatic!

Good luck to everyone!

 

[blindchaos]

Hey everyone. This is my first post. I'm so happy for all of you that have been getting positive feedback!

However, I've only gotten rejections. Too many to even say on here (it's embarrassing). I still have 11 sites to hear from, but 7 of those have already contacted some people, so I'm freaking out.

I guess I am just curious if I'm the only one who's application has gotten no bites yet (aka some support, advice, positive thoughts, whatever you all are willing to give). This process is becoming almost traumatic!

Good luck to everyone!

No worries - you still have a lot of sites left and there are quite a few sites on here that seem to be staggering their invites so not everyone gets an invite at the same time.

A classmate of mine is in the same situation - receiving only rejections thus far but still waiting on quite a few. My classmate is a fairly strong applicant and I think the biggest factor is that a lot of the sites they are still waiting on are university counseling sites. It sounds like a lot of univ. cc sites are waiting til the semester/finals are over since they are swamped right now. Also...a different classmate was stuck at one interview for weeks but then got four invites in the span of about 24 hours. It's not over til you get a letter/email/phone call - hang in there! You can still get *plenty* of interviews from the 11 remaining sites!

 

[arsesta]

Oh man uniquepsych hang in there!!!! I have two classmates who've gotten one interview offer so far and a bunch of rejections. They have 6 to 7 sites to hear back so I don't think your situation is too out of the norm. Did you check if your other sites have the 12/15 response deadline? Some sites offer interviews/reject on a rolling basis while other sites send out their offers/rejections on the last last possible date. Its crazy because ppl do get notified on the 15th or later for interviews!! (Check out last yrs thread around that day) so echoing everyones comments there's still a chance if you haven't gotten a rejection notice.

Good luck! Sending you tons of positive energy. Go do something nice for yourself (massage? Haircut? Ben and jerrys?)!

Hey everyone. This is my first post. I'm so happy for all of you that have been getting positive feedback!

However, I've only gotten rejections. Too many to even say on here (it's embarrassing). I still have 11 sites to hear from, but 7 of those have already contacted some people, so I'm freaking out.

I guess I am just curious if I'm the only one who's application has gotten no bites yet (aka some support, advice, positive thoughts, whatever you all are willing to give). This process is becoming almost traumatic!

Good luck to everyone!

 

[StrongArm]

Hey everyone. This is my first post. I'm so happy for all of you that have been getting positive feedback!

However, I've only gotten rejections. Too many to even say on here (it's embarrassing). I still have 11 sites to hear from, but 7 of those have already contacted some people, so I'm freaking out.

I guess I am just curious if I'm the only one who's application has gotten no bites yet (aka some support, advice, positive thoughts, whatever you all are willing to give). This process is becoming almost traumatic!

Good luck to everyone!

I feel your pain. I'm in the same situation as you and I'm totally freaking out. I have 10 sites left and one has contacted people, but a few I'm waiting on are college counseling centers and I have no cc experience 🙁 But some fair experience with adolescents and young adults.

Argh. I'm seriously considering some Plan B options.

 

[psychgal]

Received an invite from Texas A&M CC by phone. They may still be contacting people. I really feel for everyone who is still waiting on their first invite. I wish I could make it happen. Most of us have put so much into our programs and all deserve to be matched to an internship.

 

[OCD18]

Has anyone heard anything from Lenox Hill or Woodhull in NY?

How about Pennsylvania Hospital?

 

[LucileTwo]

Has anyone heard anything from Lenox Hill or Woodhull in NY?

How about Pennsylvania Hospital?

I'm still waiting on Lenox Hill as well. According to the APPIC website, their notification deadline isn't until the 30th!! I don't know if that's a typo or if it's accurate. Either way, I guess they'll be one of the last we'll hear from.

For those who heard from Jesse Brown VA, what tracks did you apply to? I'm still waiting on them and 11 others. I didn't hear a peep today! I thought it would be busy- I suppose some sites are holding us in suspense till the end! (cue final countdown music)

I'm off to see Tangled to destress and take my mind off all of this... I think this process has taken at least a year off my life!

 

[psychgrrl]

Glad to hear they arent as scary as they seem!... I am also waiting on St. Johns...

I just received a rejection email from St. John's. 🙁

 

[IsItOver]

Oh yeah...and I successfully defended my dissertation!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Hey everyone. This is my first post. I'm so happy for all of you that have been getting positive feedback!

However, I've only gotten rejections. Too many to even say on here (it's embarrassing). I still have 11 sites to hear from, but 7 of those have already contacted some people, so I'm freaking out.

I guess I am just curious if I'm the only one who's application has gotten no bites yet (aka some support, advice, positive thoughts, whatever you all are willing to give). This process is becoming almost traumatic!

Good luck to everyone!

I just want to echo what everyone else said. Besides the Navy I only have 1 invite, and 9 rejections. But I also still have 15 to go so I am A-ok. I just wish things would roll in one way or the other, so I'd know! It isn't over till it's over!! Keep your head up 🙂

I'm off to see Tangled to destress and take my mind off all of this... I think this process has taken at least a year off my life!

Loved that movie 🙂

 

[doghouse]

Has anyone heard anything from Lenox Hill or Woodhull in NY?

How about Pennsylvania Hospital?

I'm also still waiting on Woodhull and Pennsylvania hospital..

Hang in there, for those of you who are getting anxious!! There's still a long way to go... and you never know how it will all turn out.

 

[RingoStarr]

Hey everyone. This is my first post. I'm so happy for all of you that have been getting positive feedback!

However, I've only gotten rejections. Too many to even say on here (it's embarrassing). I still have 11 sites to hear from, but 7 of those have already contacted some people, so I'm freaking out.

I guess I am just curious if I'm the only one who's application has gotten no bites yet (aka some support, advice, positive thoughts, whatever you all are willing to give). This process is becoming almost traumatic!

Good luck to everyone!

I hate that this ridiculous system has turned a group of intelligent, driven, hardworking adults into a bunch of quivering blobs of self-doubt.

I just keep reminding myself that no matter what this process brings me, I'm always going to make it work in my favor and learn something from it.

 

[RingoStarr]

Oh yeah...and I successfully defended my dissertation!!!!!

Is there a jealous emoticon? LOL!

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[OCD18]

I'm still waiting on Lenox Hill as well. According to the APPIC website, their notification deadline isn't until the 30th!! I don't know if that's a typo or if it's accurate. Either way, I guess they'll be one of the last we'll hear from.

For those who heard from Jesse Brown VA, what tracks did you apply to? I'm still waiting on them and 11 others. I didn't hear a peep today! I thought it would be busy- I suppose some sites are holding us in suspense till the end! (cue final countdown music)

I'm off to see Tangled to destress and take my mind off all of this... I think this process has taken at least a year off my life!

The 30th!!! Wow, that's just horrible. Thanks for the info!

 

[uniquepsych]

Thanks so much everyone! It really does help to know I'm not alone and have so many people pulling for me! And of course, I'm routing for all of you as well! It really is an intense process and I'm trying to just keep myself positive as much as possible (as hard as that is)! Hopefully, I'll be posting about my first invite in no time! Thanks again! 😳

 

[CMHpsych]

Congratulations!👍 Was your email personalized? Things are so quiet on my end today and all I keep hearing is more of my sites offering interviews... eek.

Thanks! It was mildly personalized...it had my name 🙂

Hang in there ClinPsyD917, nothing is settled until its a rejection (or at least that's the theory I'm applying to the 4 sites I applied that have already been mentioned that I have not heard from).

It has to work out, right?

 

[Psychovsky]

I just received a rejection email from St. John's. 🙁

Oh no! Did the email look like a mass email?

 

[clinpsych]

Since I last posted I got interviews from:
Oh yeah...and I successfully defended my dissertation!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Sites are going to eat that up!

 

[waitforit]

I got an email invite (unpersonalized) from Woodhull Medical Center.

Interview dates are :

Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Friday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 12, 2010
Tuesday, January 18, 2010

All scheduled from 8.15am to 12.30pm

Good luck, Y'all!

 

[OCD18]

I got an email invite (unpersonalized) from Woodhull Medical Center.

Interview dates are :

Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Friday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 12, 2010
Tuesday, January 18, 2010

All scheduled from 8.15am to 12.30pm

Good luck, Y'all!

Congratulations! How long ago did you hear from them?

 

[InDueTime]

JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER INVITATION FROM ANOTHER ONE OF MY TOP SITES: MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL!

The email was personalized and the dates are Monday and Tuesday, January 17-18, 2011 and again January 24- 25, 2011, 8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. I applied to their Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy Track.

I AM SO EXCITED!

This emoticon best illustrates my reaction when I read the email:

Congratulations! Did you get your interview date confirmation email yet? I wrote back within an hour of getting the invite and still haven't received the confirmation. I get nervous thinking my response didn't go through or something.

 

[PsychScience]

Interview invite for South Shore Mental Health, via email. I wasn't too surprised to find out today, given that their deadline is the 10th. I was, however, surprised to get an email at 8:00 at night?

 

[ThisIsCrazy]

Interview invite for South Shore Mental Health, via email. I wasn't too surprised to find out today, given that their deadline is the 10th. I was, however, surprised to get an email at 8:00 at night?

Kennedy's went out at midnight. 🙂

 

[O Gurl]

Not to raise anxiety levels, but I had a supervisor at a top VA tell me that he automatically throws out applications if he doesn't receive a thank you email. His reasoning was that he sees sooooo many qualified candidates that he is looking for ways to whittle it down, even during the interview process. I'll be doing this since I think it conveys interest in a site and I want them to see my name as much as possible in the hopes that they will remember me amongst all the other applicants

Wow. That sounds very petty on his part. I'm also shocked that any site would allow him to make such a unilateral decision. But on the other hand if a site really ranks based on schmoozing and prejudice against people who are too busy interviewing all over the country to send them a personal note then do you really want to end up there? Later on will they assign rotations or choose post-docs based on who kisses butt the most? 🙄

I matched just fine without sending notes and in fact I do not personally know anyone from my class or before who did. I really think it is a matter of personal choice that is very unlikely to effect your chances at a site without raging narcissists at the helm.

 

[TjMc]

I have a feeling they will send out rejections if they aren't interested. Who knows, though. I don't think things make as much sense as I would like them to.

I wound up getting an interview at Andrus, but the dates were different: January 5, 6, or 12 were offered to me. All of which I have interviews scheduled already. Boo!

 

[RingoStarr]

Congratulations! Did you get your interview date confirmation email yet? I wrote back within an hour of getting the invite and still haven't received the confirmation. I get nervous thinking my response didn't go through or something.

I wrote back within the hour as well and also haven't received a confirmation.

Did you get a blank email from them also?

While I was writing back to give them my date, I got a blank email from them. I freaked out thinking they were retracting my interview!

Did you apply to the same track I did or a different track?

 

[DOCit2me]

Oh no! Did the email look like a mass email?

I also got a rejection from St. John's 🙁... personalized email, actually very nice, despite being a rejection... oh well...

Current count:
1 interview (YES!); 6 Rejections (Yuck) ; Waiting on 9 (We shall see)...

Good luck everyone!!!!

 

[InDueTime]

I wrote back within the hour as well and also haven't received a confirmation.

Did you get a blank email from them also?

While I was writing back to give them my date, I got a blank email from them. I freaked out thinking they were retracting my interview!

Did you apply to the same track I did or a different track?

I did get the 2nd blank email and had the same initial thought 🙂 Same track I think, Child-Adolescent-Family Therapy.

 

[ClinPsyD917]

I hate that this ridiculous system has turned a group of intelligent, driven, hardworking adults into a bunch of quivering blobs of self-doubt.

I just keep reminding myself that no matter what this process brings me, I'm always going to make it work in my favor and learn something from it.

I agree to the millionth degree. The system is pretty insane. I don't think any of us would be applying for APA internships if we weren't pretty darn awesome... This process (and all its sequelae) is just so ironic, given our field... Who would think that there'd be THIS kind of a process/stress/acceptance of straight up rejection for PSYCHOLOGISTS (to-be)??

I do have to say I love how supportive this forum has been. It feels really warm and helpful, even when hearing about other sites I applied to who have yet to contact me. See, we are good at giving support and being empathic... we ARE all pretty darn awesome 😀.

 

[TorturedStudent]

Thanks so much everyone! It really does help to know I'm not alone and have so many people pulling for me! And of course, I'm routing for all of you as well! It really is an intense process and I'm trying to just keep myself positive as much as possible (as hard as that is)! Hopefully, I'll be posting about my first invite in no time! Thanks again! 😳

I am almost in the exact same position as you, with 2 invitEs and enough rejections to be : about it. I also received a rejection from st. Johns today 🙂() and from au cc. Like you I also applied to cc with little experience, bad choice!!!! Buttttttt we have a few more to go!!!!!

And you and I are not alone by the way...it just seems that way on this forum...everyone here seems 😎 hehe

Good luck to us!!!!

 

[Erely]

I am almost in the exact same position as you, with 2 invitEs and enough rejections to be : about it. I also received a rejection from st. Johns today 🙂() and from au cc. Like you I also applied to cc with little experience, bad choice!!!! Buttttttt we have a few more to go!!!!!

And you and I are not alone by the way...it just seems that way on this forum...everyone here seems 😎 hehe

Good luck to us!!!!

I haven't gotten any interviews yet. 6 rejections & 1 rejection/waitlist. I still have 17 sites left to hear from. So you are definitely not alone! Hang in there! We can support each other!

 

[Sampaguita]

Is anyone else devastated that Jersey Shore Medical Center retracted their internship?!

I was totally considering applying based solely on location...

GTL!