2012 APPIC Internship Application Thread

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Had a few to add...

Received an email from Penn State's Counseling Center - they are planning to review all materials by Dec 7 and send emails regarding interviews and rejections on Dec 9.

Two classmates received interviews at Berea Children's Home and Family Services near Cleveland, Ohio.


Also, I saw that Pitt VA sent out interviews, but has anyone received a rejection email from them yet? I haven't heard from them at all.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving all - remember to be thankful for the many blessings in your life today, despite this terrible waiting game 🙂
 
Also, I saw that Pitt VA sent out interviews, but has anyone received a rejection email from them yet? I haven't heard from them at all.
🙂

I have not heard anything from them either... 👎
 
My colleague just got an invite to the U of Manitoba Clinical Health neuro track for an interview. Not sure if it was email or phone though. I applied to the other four tracks and haven't heard anything yet.
 
The Mailman Center for Child Development (University of Miami) sent out interview offers two days ago via a semi-personal email.
 
Durham VA sent out mass (dear applicant) email interview intvites this morning (at 6am the day after Thanksgiving?!?!)
 
Yesterday I received a personalized e-mail inviting me for interviews for the Rural and Northern Streams at University of Manitoba (only 2 I applied for). The interviews were coordinated for the same day so I assume that they will not send out invites until all streams have reviewed your application.
 
Was it a mass e-mail? Thanks!

Yes, definitely.

"Dear Internship Applicant:

After careful review of your application I regret that we will not be able to offer you an interview. This has been a particularly difficult year; we had 149 application, up 50% from last year. We are only able to interview 50 people. [etcetera]"

PS - Sent "To" the training director (so I'm assuming I was a BCC), CC'd to dept of psychiatry
 
I just got a personalized email from UCTC stating that my application has moved onto the next stage of review - but that they won't be extending interviews or rejections until the middle of December.

I got an email from the Portland VA saying that I made it through the first round of cuts and that they'll let me know by Dec 9th... Good luck!
 
Yesterday I received a personalized e-mail inviting me for interviews for the Rural and Northern Streams at University of Manitoba (only 2 I applied for). The interviews were coordinated for the same day so I assume that they will not send out invites until all streams have reviewed your application.

AHHHHHH I'm so nervous! LOL I applied to Rural, Northern, Adult, and Child because I'm such a generalist it hurts, haha. I want an interview so badly, Winnipeg is my hometown and I would kill to have an internship there. Really, you might see me on the news. :laugh:
 
Just received personalized form letter email rejection from UCSD/VA. I applied to the C&A Inpt Psych/Child Outpt and VA Fam MH/C&A Inpt Psych tracks on 10/31. They had 325 applications for 19 slots. Boo.
 
Got an individualized e-mail interview invitation from Sepulveda VA today!! Great after Thanksgiving news!!! Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!
 
Just received personalized form letter email rejection from UCSD/VA. I applied to the C&A Inpt Psych/Child Outpt and VA Fam MH/C&A Inpt Psych tracks on 10/31. They had 325 applications for 19 slots. Boo.


I just got the same rejection, but a few hours after you. Oh well.
 
Got an individualized e-mail interview invitation from Sepulveda VA today!! Great after Thanksgiving news!!! Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

Congrats! I got that invite too and went back to review Sepulveda's website and saw that only 70-something people applied last year. Does anyone know why their numbers aren't higher (not that I'm not thrilled to have gotten an interview)?
 
Hi,

Thanks to everyone who has been posting their updates. I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but I received a personalized email invitation today to the general track at VA Tennessee Valley (part of the Vanderbilt-VA consortium). It sounds like interviews for applicants to other sites within the consortium are being scheduled separately.

Good luck to everyone!
 
Personalized (Dear "name" in form letter) email invite to Vanderbilt/VA Consortium this evening for the neuropsychology track (through the Tennessee Valley VAHS). The letter implies the invites are being sent out at different times from the different consortium sites, so no worries if you applied to a different track.
 
I just received a phone call for an interview from the Asheville VA Medical Center!! Interview date is Jan 11!!!!!
 
I just received a phone call for an interview from the Asheville VA Medical Center!! Interview date is Jan 11!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! That's awesome! 😀 Interesting they are making calls on a Saturday! I did not get the e-mail rejection so I am still hopeful 😳
 
I agree, VERY good sign! Especially if they are making calls, it will probably take a few days.
 
Whew!! First notification from a site, and it was a mass email interview invite to UTSA with optional interview dates in December!
 
Just received a personalized invitation from the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio with interview dates of December 12 or 14.
 
I agree, VERY good sign! Especially if they are making calls, it will probably take a few days.

Thanks for the support! Still have not heard anything.. hope they didn't lose my app :scared: Haha I just need some patience 😎
 
Any idea which tracks?

They noted that they were sending out invitations that were independent of tracks; in fact, they mentioned that it was a mistake on the brochure that made some people think they needed to designate a track beforehand. They are doing an "Open House" format.

I'm not sure if they had sent out all invites, though, and I'm sorry for the lack of info.
 
Sites where an interview has been offered
*just added*
11/26 Asheville VA Medical Center - phone

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
11/21 Casa Pacifica - email *11/15 email as well*
11/22 Central Arkansas VA (neuropsych) - 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
11/15 Community Healthlink Youth and Family Services (clinical child)
11/18 Dartmouth (child 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
11/25 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
11/21 Georgia Health Sciences University/Charlie Norwood VA - phone
11/22 Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
11/18 Interfaith Hospital
11/09 James Madison University - phone interview invite
11/17 Kings County Hospital Child Track - personal email
11/10 Long Island Jewish (neuropsych) - email
11/23 Mailman Center for Child Development (University of Miami) - email
11/23 May Institute - 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)
11/22 Milwaukee VA - email
11/22 Missouri Health Sciences Consortium (VA track) - phone
11/21 Mountain Home VA - phone
11/17 Nationwide (Pediatric) - email
11/22 Nationwide (Child Clinical) - personal email
Philhaven Hospital
11/17 Phoenix Children's - email
11/22 Pittsburgh VA - email
11/21 The Reading Hospital and Medical Center - email
11/08 Rochester BOP - mass email
11/09 Rush University Medical Center (neuropsych) - e-mail invite
11/17 Rush (Bmed) - email
11/21 St. Luke's Hospital (Adult general) - email ***INVITES ROLLING***
11/23 Salem VA - phone
11/22 Sarah Reed Children's Center - phone
11/25 Sepulveda VA - email
11/18 SUNY Upstate Medical University, Adult Track -email
11/21 University of Alabama - Birmingham (adult) and (child) - 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
11/21 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
11/10 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
11/22 UPenn (Pennsylvania Hospital) - email (*ROLLING INVITES*)
11/26 UT Health Science Center - email
11/21 University of Utah, Neuropsychiatric Institute - email
11/25 Vanderbilt (neuropsych) and (VA Tenn. Valley) - email
11/21 Wisconsin-Madison DOP (General Psych)
11/17 Utah State Hospital - email
11/18 VA Medical Center, Salem - phone
11/17 White River Junction VA - phone
11/21 Yale University School of Medicine (Hispanic Clinic and Outpatient Services) - phone

Sites where a rejection has already been sent
11/22 Asheville VA
11/23 Casa Pacifica
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
11/22 Federal Bureau of Prisons USP Hazelton, FCI Morgantown
11/22 Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
11/22 Holcomb Behavioral Health
11/15 Kings Country Hospital Center
11/25 Massachusetts Mental Health Center *11/27*
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
Philhaven Hospital
11/23 Portland VA
11/17 Rochester BOP
11/10 Rush University (neuropsych?)
11/17 Rush University (BMed)
11/21 Spring Grove Hospital
11/21 University of Alabama - Birmingham - email
11/25 UCSD/VA - email
11/22 University of Oregon Counseling and Testing Center
11/17 Utah State Hospital - email
11/16 Westchester Jewish Community Services (in Spam folder)

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
 
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Has anyone else heard from University of Louisville School of Medicine yet? One person posted back on 11/21 that they got an invite but that's all I've seen... I haven't gotten an invite or rejection yet so trying to figure out if I am still in the running or if I should probably count that one out... Thanks!
 
Sorry I forgot to respond earlier! The invitation was via e-mail. It looked like a group/mass e-mail and explained that one of the rotations (Keller Day Treatment) would no longer be offered, and that they were wanting people to know this in case it influenced peoples' decision to attend the interview. Two interview days (in January) were provided. I'm guessing they are holding off on doing further notifications to see if anyone will decide not to accept the interview offer because of the change. Hope that helps and good luck!
 
Got a sunday evening rejection from MMHC (Massachusetts Mental Health Center) via e-mail....
 
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Just received a personalized rejection letter (snail mail!) from Duke University's counseling center.
 
Just received a personalized rejection letter (snail mail!) from Duke University's counseling center.

duke was a stretch for me, so I'll likely be getting the same thing in the mail tomorrow :idea: hopefully some good news will come for everyone this week!
 
duke was a stretch for me, so I'll likely be getting the same thing in the mail tomorrow :idea: hopefully some good news will come for everyone this week!
It was dated Nov 15th... not sure when it arrived in my mail...
 
G'luck to everyone this week. Thoughts are with you guys, so here's hoping good news for all! :luck:
 
Quynh,

Thanks for all the work you're doing on the list. Just one clarification...I'm not sure if the Mailman Center has sent out rejection notifications, the email was actually for an interview.
 
Hi,

received invitation for interview at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (ROMHC) today via email. YAY! 👍

good luck everyone!
 
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