2012 APPIC Internship Application Thread

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Received a mass(?) e-mail rejection Iowa State today. It said "Your supervised practicum experience level did not appear to be a "best fit" for our program and you are therefore not being considered for a 2012-2013 internship position." Was this semi personalized for me or did everyone get the same rationale for rejection? There was no formal greeting (i.e. Dear Applicant or Dear _________") it just started with "thank you for applying..." etc. Sorry if this was asked already.
 
erg923 said:
I am sorry you got that poor advice. I really think acknowledging that the sites has something you want, but don't have/didn't get in grad school can be key. Especially at some sites. Again, not all. But really, I'm surprised by that advice you were given, as any reasonably faculty member adviser or supervsior knows that you are lacking in many things at this stage and...THATS OK. If you weren't, you wouldn't be required to do a fulltime internship to get your degree. Humility and being honest with yourself is always a glowing quality as well.

Now, dont take this too far. Yes, of course there is an element of fit that is about "is this site's offerings, as a whole, consistent with my trajectory and career goals." This does require that you have some kind of demonstrated interest or experience in some element of the work though. This can be very, very broadly defined however. It doesn't mean that you have to want to be a VA psychologist or specialize in PTSD to apply for VA internships. And yes, you need to have basics. If you have never done PE or Seeking Safety..thats cool with us. If you have never done CBT for depression, thats a problem. 😉 If you have never been in VA, that's cool with us. If you have never been outside your university's training clinic, that's not cool with us.
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Man, if you had said this to me in the PM regarding a site I was interested in but the population wasn't exactly a fit for me (but I'm wholly committed to EBT, so that aspect was completely appealing) I would have definitely more seriously considered this other site.
Current and previous interns at my school often put together suggestions and advice, and they have also said that it is not so much "this is what I have and can be an asset to xyz rotation", but rather why there is a match, what does the site offer that you are excited about and interested in?
 
Mass (Dear Applicant) e-mail invite to Milton Hershey this afternoon.
 
Benny386 said:
Received a mass(?) e-mail rejection Iowa State today. It said "Your supervised practicum experience level did not appear to be a "best fit" for our program and you are therefore not being considered for a 2012-2013 internship position." Was this semi personalized for me or did everyone get the same rationale for rejection? There was no formal greeting (i.e. Dear Applicant or Dear _________") it just started with "thank you for applying..." etc. Sorry if this was asked already.
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This is the same language I got, and said I found it kinda rude.

It's silly; it's like giving unpersonalized personal feedback.
 
Rejection from UWash SOM. The only one I have left to hear from is Bedford VA.
 
Tigerlilylynn said:
I wish that was made more clear. Between the economy and the match imbalance we were left feeling very much like you needed to say you have a strong base in what they do and they can broaden that. To say you were lacking in any way felt like self sabotage given the glut of applicants. This has been such a black box of an experience and I'm completely sick to my stomach.
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Well said!
 
Duck Duck Goose said:
I've got 10 sites left but am expecting all rejections (due to either poor fit or because others have already been invited), so I've got 1 interview, too. People with 1 to 2 interviews matched at 52% last year, so let's go us! Let's match! :highfive:
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erg923 said:
Still over a 50% chance of matching, even with just one interview. Not too shabby actually.
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Thanks for the support guys! I know those are the stats, but hard to believe it when I got four interviews last year and didn't match...

The Hobgoblin said:
I got 3 in a few hours and no invites. I feel your pain.
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Yep, my third came half an hour after I posted that last rejection... three in 2 hours. No invites. I just don't know what the deal is...

Mlm026 said:
After what was, quite frankly, a shocking rejection from Fulton State, followed by the news about Florida State's funding, I was excited to see a call from an unknown number...

CVS pharmacy, I hate you!! Ugh! :bang:
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This made me laugh! Thank you for that because after three rejections in two hours, nothing was making me laugh!

layleh said:
McGuire VA rejection email went out.
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Yep, this was that third one in the last three hours that I was talking about. Can you believe they got almost 200 applications this year???? In the last two years they got approximately 60 to 70 applications... what the heck happened to make them shoot up like that? They were already APA accredited so that isn't it. My mom made a comment to me that if this is the rate of inflation at ALL the sites this year, no wonder I am getting a worse rate for interviews this time around... LAST year they were telling us "we received more applications than we ever have." This year seems to be blowing that out of the water... how depressing...

Ralph Ellison said:
Anyone interview with Navy last year willing to talk about their experience?
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Did you get my PM from earlier today? It would only let me enter 1000 characters so I had to be brief.
 
Does anyone else feel like they are in some sick version of musical chairs? I hated that game growing up...
 
I agree. I'm confused about the Cleveland VA. I'm not sure it's worth making a full trip to Cleveland if it's an Open House open to everyone, without knowing you're at least in the top 2/3 of applicants.
 
erg923 said:
Thats what we are selling....EBT intervention work (alot of VAs, not just ours) and we want to see people that actually have this gap and are enthusiastically looking to fill it.
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Thanks for the info; I stressed this in my VA cover letters & essays and will definitely have to make sure I continue to do so in my interviews.
 
idk123 said:
CHOP's invites will go out on 12/14 (per their website).
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Thanks! I guess I just totally overlooked that on their website, or they posted it after I finished my cover letter to them. I found it tonight. I will be looking for the email on the 14th then!
 
dlite said:
Nothing here either way. Still holding onto some hope :xf: Good luck to you :luck:
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I received an phone call for interview for the Oklahoma HSC (neuropsych) a week ago today (12/5). A colleague of mine also received a phone call for interview on this date (neuropsych). I hope this is helpful information. I don't know if they are finished giving invitations out. All the dates were in January though
 
psychgentleman1 said:
I agree. I'm confused about the Cleveland VA. I'm not sure it's worth making a full trip to Cleveland if it's an Open House open to everyone, without knowing you're at least in the top 2/3 of applicants.
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Based on a conversation with the Cleveland VA training director, it appears that this site only ranks applicants in regard to application materials. The open house has no bearing on ranking. So, if I were you, I wouldn't waste the money on travel because it will not help your ranking. However, there is something to be said about getting a feel for sites on the visit, which may help you have a clearer picture of how you rank the site. Good luck!!
 
Personalized rejection sent at 330 this afternoon Pacific time.

3 rejection today alone, totals 10 rejections thus far. I am trying hard to balance believing that it may be me, that I am not qualified, or that my school's tarnished reputation may be making an even greater impact than I anticipated 🙁 This is seriously the worst feeling ever.
 
Yeah this has been one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life. I am fairly certain I am the worst performing person in my class so I am pretty certain it's just me.
 
Dream Chaser said:
Just received an email from Florida State Hospital - Chattahoochee informing me that they will not be participating in Phase 1 of the match due to budget issues. Hopefully these budget issues get resolved soon so that there will be more opportunities for us all.
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One of my top choices, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Psychiatric Center, similarly ended their internship program completely due to budget cuts. Only after I spent hours on the application and APPIC took my money, of course.

I see sites shutting down all the time in the Match update emails.
 
Just received an email invite to interview at the Superior Court of DC Child Guidance Clinic! I'm so excited!
 
just got an email interview offer for uc riverside and a telephone offer from uc merced
 
psychgirl1 said:
Thanks! I guess I just totally overlooked that on their website, or they posted it after I finished my cover letter to them. I found it tonight. I will be looking for the email on the 14th then!
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I think you're right that they may have posted the info recently. I only just noticed it a few days ago!
 
Just received an email teleconference interview invite for the Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium Alaska Psychiatric Institute.
 
Just received a personalized email invite to Nova PSC for either Jan 19th or Jan 20th.
 
Rejection from the U.S. Medical Center in Springfield and interview invite from D.C. Superior Court.
 
Received email invites to interview with UC-Davis Counseling Center & University of North Dakota Counseling Center.

Although N. Dakota was not personalized, it was addressed "Hey folks!" which I thought was cute 🙂
 
just received email invitation to have a phone interview with UC Riverside Counseling Center 🙂
 
MsBella13 said:
Received email invites to interview with UC-Davis Counseling Center & University of North Dakota Counseling Center.

Although N. Dakota was not personalized, it was addressed "Hey folks!" which I thought was cute 🙂
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Was the UC Davis CAPS one personalized, and would you mind sharing the letter your last name begins with?
 
pinknyyy said:
Yeah this has been one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life. I am fairly certain I am the worst performing person in my class so I am pretty certain it's just me.
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I *know* I am the worst performing person in my class (class of 7 PhD students), so I completely understand where you are. I really thought I was a strong applicant (5th year with numerous pubs, practicum experiences, scholarly activities, excellent grades, etc.). All this time we've worked so hard to mold ourselves into strong, professional, independent academics just to be rejected numerous times over. It's disheartening and discouraging. I'm afraid, if I don't match this year, it will take a long time to pull myself up by my bootstraps to go through this merciless process again next year... 🙁
 
phdstudnt said:
I *know* I am the worst performing person in my class (class of 7 PhD students), so I completely understand where you are. I really thought I was a strong applicant (5th year with numerous pubs, practicum experiences, scholarly activities, excellent grades, etc.). All this time we've worked so hard to mold ourselves into strong, professional, independent academics just to be rejected numerous times over. It's disheartening and discouraging. I'm afraid, if I don't match this year, it will take a long time to pull myself up by my bootstraps to go through this merciless process again next year... 🙁
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That's what I thought last year too... "all this hard work that I did, and money that I paid, how am I ever going to do it again next year if I don't match??" Soooo I think I developed a subconsciously chosen defense mechanism to ignore that it was even possible that I couldn't match. That did NOT go so well on match day. I literally stared at the "you didn't match" email multiple times before I burst into tears and couldn't speak for a couple hours. Definitely shock. BUT it wasn't hard to decide (after there wasn't much in phase II that I was interested in) to do another practicum for my fifth year and work on my dissertation so that I would be irresistible this year... that did NOT work and I am even more in shock every time I get a rejection email this year. Which has been 6 of the 8 sites that I applied to so far... and only one interview... really hopeful for the last site but its honestly hard to believe that I won't get rejected from that one too. Even though I got an interview there last year. The next year comes faster than you think and my thoughts were "I haven't had time to do much more since I last applied!!!" and I was disappointed in this, but I did make improvements, especially going to the internship series at the APA conference this year, I followed every single recommendation that Greg Keilin made. And I'm starting to wonder if it made my application worse considering I am getting horrible results this time.

Hmm, this was supposed to be more encouraging than it turned out to be... whoops... what I was trying to get at was I found the motivation to work on my application and gain confidence that I would be better this year (even though it looks like it may prove to have been false confidence given the results I have had...) and it was actually a much less anxiety-provoking experience (the applying part) than I remember it being last year.
 
Does anyone have an interview at South Shore Community Mental Health on the 11th that would like to switch dates with me? I have an interview on the 6th. The TD mentioned that I can only switch if someone requests it or drops out : (
 
Hey guys,

I have been checking out this site and thought I would post my interviews. I don't think all of them have been previously posted.

1. VA Central Western Healthcare System, Northampton Campus
2. St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium
3. Broughton
4. Central Regional
5. Arkansas Behavioral Health
6. Utah State Hospital
7. Kaiser San Diego
8. Casa Pacifica

Black Hills Health Care System ("not selected for interview, but still considered for ranking"... whatever that means)

Still haven't heard from:
1. Napa State Hospital
2. Central CA Psych Intern Consort
3. Jerry L. Pettis Mem VA Med Ctr
4. Metropolitan State Hospital
5. Tewksbury Hospital
6. Togus VA Medical Center
7. Wayne State University
8. Center for Behavioral Medicine

Anyone here from these sites?
 
OverTheRainbow said:
That's what I thought last year too... "all this hard work that I did, and money that I paid, how am I ever going to do it again next year if I don't match??" Soooo I think I developed a subconsciously chosen defense mechanism to ignore that it was even possible that I couldn't match. That did NOT go so well on match day. I literally stared at the "you didn't match" email multiple times before I burst into tears and couldn't speak for a couple hours. Definitely shock. BUT it wasn't hard to decide (after there wasn't much in phase II that I was interested in) to do another practicum for my fifth year and work on my dissertation so that I would be irresistible this year... that did NOT work and I am even more in shock every time I get a rejection email this year. Which has been 6 of the 8 sites that I applied to so far... and only one interview... really hopeful for the last site but its honestly hard to believe that I won't get rejected from that one too. Even though I got an interview there last year. The next year comes faster than you think and my thoughts were "I haven't had time to do much more since I last applied!!!" and I was disappointed in this, but I did make improvements, especially going to the internship series at the APA conference this year, I followed every single recommendation that Greg Keilin made. And I'm starting to wonder if it made my application worse considering I am getting horrible results this time.

Hmm, this was supposed to be more encouraging than it turned out to be... whoops... what I was trying to get at was I found the motivation to work on my application and gain confidence that I would be better this year (even though it looks like it may prove to have been false confidence given the results I have had...) and it was actually a much less anxiety-provoking experience (the applying part) than I remember it being last year.
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I appreciate your support, though admittedly, it made me a bit more anxious. I know it was not what you intended. I had avoided this site for fear that it would send me into a spiral. Knowing that I was already there is what ultimately brought me here. What I found was so much support. Armed with my two interviews and the last 5 years of f*cking hard work, I will do all I can. If I don't match, well, I know I will have a hard time getting over it. However, I think I can get through it - God knows I have been through much worse. I will eventually move on and try again, if not just for myself, but for my kiddo.

Thanks to all. I'm a lurker, but now I have the opportunity to say... I wish we could all get great news. We've worked so hard to get here and I know none of us should have to experience rejection such as this.
 
OverTheRainbow said:
That's what I thought last year too... "all this hard work that I did, and money that I paid, how am I ever going to do it again next year if I don't match??" Soooo I think I developed a subconsciously chosen defense mechanism to ignore that it was even possible that I couldn't match. That did NOT go so well on match day. I literally stared at the "you didn't match" email multiple times before I burst into tears and couldn't speak for a couple hours. Definitely shock. BUT it wasn't hard to decide (after there wasn't much in phase II that I was interested in) to do another practicum for my fifth year and work on my dissertation so that I would be irresistible this year... that did NOT work and I am even more in shock every time I get a rejection email this year. Which has been 6 of the 8 sites that I applied to so far... and only one interview... really hopeful for the last site but its honestly hard to believe that I won't get rejected from that one too. Even though I got an interview there last year. The next year comes faster than you think and my thoughts were "I haven't had time to do much more since I last applied!!!" and I was disappointed in this, but I did make improvements, especially going to the internship series at the APA conference this year, I followed every single recommendation that Greg Keilin made. And I'm starting to wonder if it made my application worse considering I am getting horrible results this time.

Hmm, this was supposed to be more encouraging than it turned out to be... whoops... what I was trying to get at was I found the motivation to work on my application and gain confidence that I would be better this year (even though it looks like it may prove to have been false confidence given the results I have had...) and it was actually a much less anxiety-provoking experience (the applying part) than I remember it being last year.
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It's definitely tough this year since many sites have received dramatically increased number of applications. I've been really lucky so far with about 50% invite/rejection rate, but that is middle of the road some of my cohorts have had much worse ratio, and I think we are all very well qualified, have tremendous practicum experiences, research, courses, and we are all required to have met certain milestones (finished MAP, defended proposal prior to applying) etc.

Still, given the sheer numbers, and for me, it's about 10 interviewees per slot, the numbers are still very daunting. Granted, there are many overlaps, so it's not purely 10 per. I'm looking forward to when this is over, and I can look forward to the next chapter. I know what I will be doing for my post-doc, so there's little worry there, just hoping I can land an internship!
 
So this is Redunkulous. I am still waiting on 19 sites!!! Not a peep from anyone today. Is it Thursday yet?
 
phdstudnt said:
I *know* I am the worst performing person in my class (class of 7 PhD students), so I completely understand where you are. I really thought I was a strong applicant (5th year with numerous pubs, practicum experiences, scholarly activities, excellent grades, etc.). All this time we've worked so hard to mold ourselves into strong, professional, independent academics just to be rejected numerous times over. It's disheartening and discouraging. I'm afraid, if I don't match this year, it will take a long time to pull myself up by my bootstraps to go through this merciless process again next year... 🙁
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Yeah it is not fun 🙁 Waaa! Im not doing this again I'm just going to go outside of match.
 
Quynh2007 said:
Are you sure it's a "track"? I'm pretty sure UofL doesn't have tracks. I'm really confused. The internship program itself is called the Child Clinical / Pediatric Psychology Internship Program at UofL.
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You're right, it's not a track. I just didn't want to confuse anyone in case they have a counseling center or adult program. I can barely keep them straight myself! 😛
 
Has anyone heard from Ethan Allen/Lincoln Hills School in Irma, WI? They are one of my top choices and I am really hoping for an interview! Sorry I have posted this question multiple times over the last few weeks. 😳

Good luck to all who are waiting to hear back from sites this week. I know this process has been really stressful, and I am so grateful for the support and information that everyone on this forum has provided!
 
pinkasaurus said:
Has anyone heard from Ethan Allen/Lincoln Hills School in Irma, WI? They are one of my top choices and I am really hoping for an interview! Sorry I have posted this question multiple times over the last few weeks. 😳

Good luck to all who are waiting to hear back from sites this week. I know this process has been really stressful, and I am so grateful for the support and information that everyone on this forum has provided!
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I dont have an answer but I LOVE your user name!
 
mla123 said:
Rejections from Baylor (knew that one was coming) and LSU Health Sciences (infant/child track) this morning. Not exactly how I wanted to start out my Monday. Still waiting to hear from 3 sites.
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Was the LSU a personalized email? Thanks
 
I'm waiting on them too. Still no word.
pinkasaurus said:
Has anyone heard from Ethan Allen/Lincoln Hills School in Irma, WI? They are one of my top choices and I am really hoping for an interview! Sorry I have posted this question multiple times over the last few weeks. 😳

Good luck to all who are waiting to hear back from sites this week. I know this process has been really stressful, and I am so grateful for the support and information that everyone on this forum has provided!
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