2012 APPIC Internship Application Thread

[LMK]

Wait a minute here . . . I'm confused on this one. I thought that this VA just had an open house and that everyone was invited. Are they sending out rejections & invites? 😕

The brochure says:

" Open House@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; The John D. Dingell VA Medical Center Psychology Internship Program does not require an in-person interview; however, to accommodate those students interested in visiting our facility, an Open House will be held on January 03, 2011, from approximately 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please contact the Training Director to confirm attendance. The purpose of the Open House is to inform applicants about training opportunities and to introduce members of our supervisory staff as well as current interns.

The Program encourages interested applicants, who are not able to visit the Medical Center for the January Open House, to contact the Training Director, Psychology staff, and/or current interns via telephone or e-mail in order to obtain information about the training experience at our facility. The Psychology Section telephone number is (313) 576-1000, extension 63408. Because in-person interviews are not a part of the Program’s selection procedure, applicants will not be notified about their interview status. Interested applicants may contact the Training Director after reviewing this document in order to obtain the most current description of the Training Program. Though formal interviews are not part of selection process, there should be no expectation that contact with staff or interns will not affect how an applicant is rated."

Yeah, I know that's what it says. I tried to contact them in October to confirm for the open house, got no response - and of course that was well before I sent my application in. A friend of mine contacted and heard right away. I then applied anyway, later sent another email trying to confirm. Today received the email that said: " .Thank you for your interest in our psychology internship. I regret to inform you that your application is no longer being considered. We had a record number of applicants, many of whom are far along in their graduate programs. I wish you the best in the match and in your career as a psychologist..

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Members don't see this ad.

 

[pinkasaurus]

Congrats! Was this a mass email?

Thanks! It appeared to be a mass e-mail to applicants in Tracks A and D(Forensic). I can't remember what the focus of track A is, though.

 

[LMK]

Personalized email request for a phone interview received today

 

[RayneeDeigh]

I just received a rejection from the Winnipeg Residency.

Do you mean the Manitoba Clinical Health residency? Which streams did you apply to if you don't mind me asking?

 

[forensicdocnyc]

Got an email invite to interview on 1/30/12.


🙂

I got an interview today for FCI Tallahassee 1/25/12 (Good luck!!!)

 

[RGirl]

Unfortunately, this is where I see this process going... Each year # of applicants grow, # of internships grow (grossly minute in comparison), unmatched students apply again the following year, disporportionality grows... 🙁

I know of at least two sites (my own site and a friend's) who have received record number of applicants by a substantial margin this year. Some people are trying to write it off as a fluctuation, but I see it as more of an increasing longstanding pattern. This system is seriously in trouble. I just wish it didn't seem to just be the people in the throes of it who notice.

 

[RGirl]

I wish this were more generally the case but I'm pretty sure it's the exception rather than the rule. Some of the sites very strongly state that they give preference to individuals who do on site interviews. I love hearing those exceptional stories, I know someone who only applied to one rather competitive site (her favorite) and was matched there. Those things give me hope 🙂 Glad to hear that phone interviews aren't necessarily big fat 'no's when it comes to matching though.

This is my first year behind the scenes as an intern, and I can tell you that our site definitely tries not to discriminate-- in fact, they are surprised at how few people are choosing to do phone interviews this year, and were a little disbelieving when we told them we were lead to believe that phone interviews were looked down upon.

 

[nyprincess]

I know of at least two sites (my own site and a friend's) who have received record number of applicants by a substantial margin this year. Some people are trying to write it off as a fluctuation, but I see it as more of an increasing longstanding pattern. This system is seriously in trouble. I just wish it didn't seem to just be the people in the throes of it who notice.

Some sites a say an on-site interview is required, others that it is preferred, very few (at least the ones I've come across) state that either is okay with no preference...

 

[nyprincess]

I know of at least two sites (my own site and a friend's) who have received record number of applicants by a substantial margin this year. Some people are trying to write it off as a fluctuation, but I see it as more of an increasing longstanding pattern. This system is seriously in trouble. I just wish it didn't seem to just be the people in the throes of it who notice.

Actually, there was an article that came out in the New York Times addressing this matter - and APA's response to the letter... APA stated that it is advocating for more internships to open and seek accreditation, but it is NOT happening fast enough to accommodate the increase in student enrollment each year...

 

[psyunknown]

Some sites a say an on-site interview is required, others that it is preferred, very few (at least the ones I've come across) state that either is okay with no preference...

It really depends on the site, i know many college counseling centers only offer phone interviews now with an optional open house.

 

[terrybug]

^^^I am having moderate/decent success with getting interviews, but as you said, it's a little better for those of us who are willing and able to be geographically unrestricted. But regardless, I absolutely agree that something is deeply wrong with this system. I cannot find a rhyme or reason to the evaluative process... I have received interviews that some of my colleagues have not and in some of those cases they were better fits. My colleagues have received interviews that I have not for which my skill set is a better fit. It's really hard to comprehend the process when 'fit' doesn't seem to be upheld in a lot of cases. It's difficult to make sense of this whole process... it's sort of Alice-in-Wonderland-ish... like we followed a rabbit hole into some strange universe where reason isn't much favored. It's exciting and terrifying and beyond ridiculous and absurd on many many levels.

I'm in this situation and the catch is that the latest flight out means leaving the first interview a few hours early 👎

 

[PsychMode]

This is my first year behind the scenes as an intern, and I can tell you that our site definitely tries not to discriminate-- in fact, they are surprised at how few people are choosing to do phone interviews this year, and were a little disbelieving when we told them we were lead to believe that phone interviews were looked down upon.

Generally, what type of site is this?

 

[marvelgrrl]

Has anyone else NOT heard from Texas Children's Hospital? Yesterday a lot of people posted that they received invitations to interview, and today I saw that someone received a rejection. I still haven't heard anything though. Anyone else?

I'm still waiting on TCH too!!

 

[apply4psych]

X

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

This is my first year behind the scenes as an intern, and I can tell you that our site definitely tries not to discriminate-- in fact, they are surprised at how few people are choosing to do phone interviews this year, and were a little disbelieving when we told them we were lead to believe that phone interviews were looked down upon.

Very happy to hear of more examples who are pro-phone interviews... I wish it were more often the case and there were more sites openly like yours. For those sites that don't explicitly state it, it's hard to tell which sites would be genuinely accommodating and give a fair shot to both phone and in person interviewees.

 

[LaurenPsyd]

Just received a voicemail from the training director from Washington D.C. Medical Center. Interview dates for a full day interview are January 6, 9th and 10th.

Good luck everyone!

 

[Member154]

Telephone invite for the DC VA internship program. Dates are 1/6, 1/9, and 1/10.

 

[npsychrox]

Congratulations! Could you say what time the voicemail was left?

 

[Member154]

Congratulations! Could you say what time the voicemail was left?

Around 8:36am and I received a return call at 8:40am confirming the interview date.

 

[MissPhD13]

Sites where an interview has been offered
*just added*
11/29 albany internship consortium - phone
11/29 American Lake - email
11/26 Asheville VA Medical Center - phone
11/30 Atascadero - email
11/17 Baruch College - email
11/21 Bay Pines VA - email *11/22 invite*
11/22 Baylor College of Medicine (Child/Family, Adult/Adolescent, Geropsych track) - email
11/15 Bellevue-NYU (Child and Adolescent) and (Adult Track)- email
11/23 Berea Children's Home and Family Services - email
11/16 Beth Israel/ MMHC - email
11/23 Boston University Medical Campus/The Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology - phone *11/29 phone interview invite*
11/28 Brown (Obesity, child clinical, neuro, peds, adult clinical, health psych/bmed, dementia) - email
11/21 Casa Pacifica - email *11/15 email as well*
11/22 Central Arkansas VA (neuropsych) - email
11/30 Central Virginia Consortium - email
11/21 Cherokee Health Systems - email
11/14 Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - email
11/19 Children's Hospital of Michigan
11/15 Children's Mercy - phone
11/22 Children's National Medical Center - phone
11/14 Cincinnati Children's Hospital (BM track) - phone
11/22 Cincinnati VA - email
11/23 Columbia presbyterian adult track
11/29 Columbia - Child track - phone
11/15 Community Healthlink Youth and Family Services (clinical child)
11/30 Dallas VA neuropsych - email
11/18 Dartmouth (child track) - email
11/28 Dartmouth, neuropsych track - email
11/18 Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services (adult)
11/22 Didi Hirsch Child and Family track - email
11/21 Duke - Child Clinical Track - email
11/22 Duke University Medical Center - (CBT) and (Health) - email
11/29 Dupont Children' Hospital - email
11/25 Durham VA - email
11/25 Edmonton Clinical Psychology Consortium Residency - email
11/23 Emory (neuropsychology track) - email
11/21 Federal Bureau of Prisons USP Hazelton, FCI Morgantown - email
11/17 Geisinger Medical Center (BMed) - phone
11/29 Geisinger (child track) - Email
11/21 Georgia Health Sciences University/Charlie Norwood VA - phone
11/29 Gouverneur Healthcare Services - email
11/14 Greater Hartford Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium
11/22 Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
11/30 Institute of Human Adjustment - email
11/18 Interfaith Hospital
11/09 James Madison University - phone interview invite *11/28*
11/30 Kaiser Permanente- San Diego - email
11/17 Kings County Hospital Child Track - personal email
11/23 King's County Adult Track - e-mail
11/28 Lexington VA - phone
11/10 Long Island Jewish (neuropsych) - email
11/29 LIJ child track
11/28 LSU health science center - adult track - emai
11/28 Lucile Packard (Stanford) - email (re-notification; email sent last week)
11/23 Mailman Center for Child Development (University of Miami) - email
11/28 MGH Child Track - phone
11/29 MGH Adult track - phone and Bmed - email
11/30 MGH/Harvard neuropsych - phone
11/23 May Institute - email
11/29 McLean - email
11/18 MUSC Charleston Consortium (Trauma) - email *11/21 emailed invite for the Trauma track as well*
11/22 MUSC Charleston Consortium (Child Psychology)
11/11ish MercyFirst (invite sent week of 11/7-11/11)
11/28 MEDVAMC (Houston) - email
11/22 Milwaukee VA - email
11/29 Minneapolis VA - email
11/22 Missouri Health Sciences Consortium (VA track) - phone *11/29 invite?*
11/30 Mt. Sinai Services/Elmhurst Hospital - email
11/21 Mountain Home VA - phone
11/28 Nassau University Medical Center - email
11/17 Nationwide (Pediatric) - email
11/22 Nationwide (Child Clinical) - personal email
11/28 Nebraska Internship Consortium (NICPP) - email
11/28 NJ VA at the East Orange campus - phone
11/28 New York Presbyterian (Cornell Medical) - email
11/28 Ottawa hospital - neuropsychology - email
11/29 Ottawa hospital - track 1: mental health - email
Philhaven Hospital
11/17 Phoenix Children's - email
11/30 Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services - email
11/22 Pittsburgh VA - email
11/21 The Reading Hospital and Medical Center - email
11/08 Rochester BOP - mass email
11/28 Royal Ottawa Health Care Group's and at Brockville - email
11/09 Rush University Medical Center (neuropsych) - e-mail invite
11/17 Rush (Bmed) - email
11/28 Rush Medical Center Child/Adol track - email
11/21 St. Luke's Hospital (Adult general) - email ***INVITES ROLLING***
11/30 St. Luke's - Child track - phone
11/23 Salem VA - phone
11/29 San Jose State University - email
11/22 Sarah Reed Children's Center - phone
11/29 Seattle VA - email
11/25 Sepulveda VA - email
11/28 Spring Grove Hospital - email
11/28 South Texas VA - email
11/18 SUNY Upstate Medical University, Adult Track -email
11/28 SUNY Upstate (Child) - email
11/21 University of Alabama - Birmingham (adult) and (child) - email
11/28 University of Arizona neuropsych track - email
11/17 University of Arkansas Med School (Adult)
11/18 University of Arkansas Medical Center, Child Focused Track
11/22 UCSD/VA - phone (**more calls to be made between now and Monday**)
11/07 UCSF Child and Adolescent Services
11/20 UCSF Public Services and Minority Cluster - email *11/29*
11/21 University of Chicago Medical Center (Weight and Eating Disorder) and (adult neuropsych) - email
11/22 U of Chicago Medical Center - Adult track - email
11/21 U of Chicago Medical Center - child track - email
11/28 University of Delaware counseling center
11/10 University of Florida (BMed) and (neuro)- mass e-mail invite
11/15 UIC Dept. of Psychiatry (child clinical) - email
11/17 UIC (Adult) - email
11/18 University of KS- School of Medicine - email
11/21 University of Louisville SOM - email
11/24 University of Manitoba ( Health Neuro, Rural & Northern Streams) - email
11/28 University of Memphis - University Counseling Center - phone
11/28 UMiami Counseling Center - phone*11/29 phone*
11/30 UNC SOM
11/22 UPenn (Pennsylvania Hospital) - email (*ROLLING INVITES*)
11/28 University of Rochester Medical Center Child Track - email
11/26 UT Health Science Center - email
11/21 University of Utah, Neuropsychiatric Institute - email
11/25 Vanderbilt (neuropsych) and (VA Tenn. Valley) - email
11/28 Vanderbilt (adult psychiatry - email
11/28 Western State Hospital - email
11/21 Wisconsin-Madison DOP (General Psych)
11/17 Utah State Hospital - email
11/18 VA Medical Center, Salem - phone
11/30 VAMHCS/UMB Consortium infant studies - email
11/17 White River Junction VA - phone
11/21 Yale University School of Medicine (Hispanic Clinic and Outpatient Services) - phone
11/30 Yale - email

Sites where a rejection has already been sent
11/22 Asheville VA *11/29*
11/28 Brown (adult bmed)
11/23 Casa Pacifica *11/30*
11/30 Children's Hospital of Michigan *rolling rejection 10/day*
11/18 Children's Memorial Hospital
11/18 Children's Mercy
11/21 Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Child Clinical)
11/22 Cincinnati VA
11/19 Dartmouth
11/18 Denver Health *11/21 for adult*
11/27 Duke University CAPS
11/30 Durham VA
11/29 Edmonton Consortium
11/22 Federal Bureau of Prisons USP Hazelton, FCI Morgantown
11/30 FSU counseling center
11/22 Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
11/29 Henry Ford Health System
11/22 Holcomb Behavioral Health
11/28 James Madison University *11/30*
11/15 Kings Country Hospital Center
11/30 Lexington VA
11/30LIJ (child track)
11/25 Massachusetts Mental Health Center *11/27*
11/30 McLean
11/22 Milwaukee VA
11/29 Minneapolis VA - email
11/22 Mt. Gretna
11/16 Nationwide Children's Hospital (Pediatric) and (Neuropsych) - mass email
11/23 Nationwide (Clinical Child)
11/23 Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology
11/29 NY Presbyterian/Cornell
11/29 Ottawa Hospital
Philhaven Hospital
11/29 Pitt VA
11/23 Portland VA
11/29 Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
11/17 Rochester BOP
11/10 Rush University (neuropsych?)
11/17 Rush University (BMed)
11/30 Rush (child track)
11/28 San Francisco VA
11/21 Spring Grove Hospital
11/29 Stanford Counseling Center
11/21 University of Alabama - Birmingham - email
11/25 UCSD/VA - email
11/30 University of Illinois at Chicago
11/30 Univ of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
11/30 University of Mississippi Medical Center/V.A. Consortium
11/28 UNC School of Medicine (adult bmed, eating disorder)
11/22 University of Oregon Counseling and Testing Center
11/28 University of Wisconsin -- Health Psych track
11/17 Utah State Hospital - email
11/30 VAMHCS/UMB Psychology Internship Consortium
11/29 VA Puget Sound-American Lake
11/16 Westchester Jewish Community Services (in Spam folder) *11/30*

IMPORTANT DATES:

12/15 last day for MOST interview invites notification
2/8 last day for ranking internship sites
2/24 MATCH DAY
3/1 Submission for MATCH PHASE II
3/19 Submission of ranking for MATCH PHASE II
3/26 MATCH PHASE II DAY

Hello All:

I just joined the forum - nice to see how supportive everyone is being through this waiting game. I saw that University of Illinois at Chicago sent rejections already; was that for CAPS or the Dept. of Psychiatry? I applied to CAPS and got a generic email notification Nov. 17th confirming receipt of my application.

 

[psyunknown]

Got my first interview today! WEEEE. It was an personalized (Dear Name) from University of Missouri's Counseling Center. They are offering phone interviews from Dec. 12- Jan 7. I'm really excited as this was one of my top 5 sites.

 

[buddhachick]

Got my first interview today! WEEEE. It was an personalized (Dear Name) from University of Missouri's Counseling Center. They are offering phone interviews from Dec. 12- Jan 7. I'm really excited as this was one of my top 5 sites.

Congratulations!!!!!! 👍

 

[npsychrox]

Thanks!

 

[Reality1234]

PERSONALIZED INTERVIEW INVITE!!! i JUST GOT IT THROUGH EM

 

[optimistic2012]

PERSONALIZED INTERVIEW INVITE!!! i JUST GOT IT THROUGH EM

Congrats 👍!! What are the dates that they listed? Or do you have to call to find out availability?

 

[psych2013]

Do you mean the Manitoba Clinical Health residency? Which streams did you apply to if you don't mind me asking?

I applied to their behavioral medicine rotation. I hope you had better luck.

 

[SunnyCydney]

I've had a dry spell for days...I would really like the silence to end, preferably with good news. This is making me so antsy

 

[Reality1234]

Congrats 👍!! What are the dates that they listed? Or do you have to call to find out availability?

We had to call

 

[buddhachick]

I've had a dry spell for days...I would really like the silence to end, preferably with good news. This is making me so antsy

Me too! No news gives me anxiety.

 

[laurabrown28]

I'm still waiting on 11 sites. It's killing me.

 

[dsongco]

Personalized e-mail rejection sent this morning.

 

[Bex223]

Hi all,
First bit of news on my end - rejection email from Appalachian State. Not the best way to start hearing news, but rejections are just part of the whole process....

Best of luck everyone!

Oh, and that's Applacahian State University Counseling Center.

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

I'm still waiting on 11 sites. It's killing me.

I know, it's so frustrating. I'm still waiting on the bulk of mine as well (8 sites). I am an obsessive planner so it drives me nuts to be so useless and clueless about what my next 6ish weeks will look like.

 

[buddhachick]

I'm still waiting on 11 sites. It's killing me.

Waiting on 17!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The X]

Sorry to hear about the rejection. Do you mind saying which track at Yale Med you applied to? Thank you.

 

[optimistic2012]

email rejection from Hampton VAMC

 

[psyunknown]

Waiting on 17!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am also waiting on 17. If I remember right you're also a college counseling center applicant. . . sometimes I wonder why I chose this part of the field. Hahaha 😎

 

[433575]

Hi all,
First bit of news on my end - rejection email from Appalachian State. Not the best way to start hearing news, but rejections are just part of the whole process....

Best of luck everyone!

Oh, and that's Applacahian State University Counseling Center.

Oh no I am sorry to hear that but I think you are going to be hearing positive stuff from sites soon, I have a feeling. 😉

 

[Bex223]

I am also waiting on 17. If I remember right you're also a college counseling center applicant. . . sometimes I wonder why I chose this part of the field. Hahaha 😎

Hahaha, same here - waiting on 16 CC sites, with 1 rejection in the bag. Ugh.

 

[ArthurVandelay]

Interview invite to Metropolitan Detention Center- LA via email!

 

[Benny386]

Mass e-mail rejection from University of Wisconsin-Madison Counseling Center

 

[layleh]

Also on the Hampton VA rejection list.

 

[EspressOself]

Interview invite to Metropolitan Detention Center- LA via email!

Can you please tell me what the interview dates offered were? Thanks!

 

[dsongco]

Sorry to hear about the rejection. Do you mind saying which track at Yale Med you applied to? Thank you.

Yale Stress Center

 

[dsongco]

Rejection here too, but colleague at my advanced practicum site received an interview at the same time there. Grr.

Mass e-mail rejection from University of Wisconsin-Madison Counseling Center

 

[Qwnpixie]

Interview invite to Metropolitan Detention Center- LA via email!

Congrats! Was it a mass email?

 

[Milk Milk Milk]

Anyone hear from VA Connecticut Healthcare System OR Indianapolis Med Center?

 

[Benny386]

Forgot to quote text...


I concur with your grrr. Still waiting for 14 sites, 0 for 4 on interviews. I applied to mostly college counseling centers.

 

[Benny386]

Rejection here too, but colleague at my advanced practicum site received an interview at the same time there. Grr.

I concur with your grrr. Still waiting for 14 sites, 0 for 4 on interviews. I applied to mostly college counseling centers.

 

[Zuri1026]

Got my first interview today! WEEEE. It was an personalized (Dear Name) from University of Missouri's Counseling Center. They are offering phone interviews from Dec. 12- Jan 7. I'm really excited as this was one of my top 5 sites.

Good for you!! That's where I went for my undergrad and they have an awesome student health center! Go Tigers!!! 😀