2012 APPIC Internship Application Thread

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I just received a rejection from the Winnipeg Residency.

 

[Pebbles83]

Also got the generic rejection email. 🙁 I applied to the BMed track.

Congrats to those who received better news today!

 

[psychinterntobe]

Has anyone heard from NY locations in the last few days?

My friend got an invite to nyu this morning. Neuro, I think.

 

[ClinApp]

I haven't heard anything either! I emailed yesterday as they say to contact them this week. It seems others have heard both ways but for me not yet, and not sure what to make of it either!

This is the first I've heard of someone receiving an offer to interview at Children's Boston - is this a friend/colleague, or did I just miss it on the forum somehow? Did you get a response to your e-mail inquiry? Good luck 🙂

 

[arl468]

Got an interview to the Jesse Brown VA general track! 🙂

The e-mail was not personalized (e.g., "Dear Applicant"), but it was sent specifically to my e-mail address (e.g., not a list of bcc'd applicants).

 

[Qwnpixie]

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


🙂

 

[alienarms]

Myself and two others in my cohort got the mass email rejection from MGH CBT track tonight. We are all Ph.D. students with extremely strong research backgrounds and excellent training. Yikes. We were all thrown off a bit by the summary rejection. 😛

 

[Quynh2007]

Sites where an interview has been offered
*just added*
12/05 advocate Illinois Masonic medical center - email
12/06 Alaska VA - email
11/29 albany internship consortium - phone *12/1*
11/28 Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary - email
11/29 American Lake - email
12/05 Appalachian State Counseling Center - phone
12/05 appalachian regional healthcare
12/05 Applewood Center - phone *12/06 phone*
12/02 Arkansas Division of Behavioral Health Services - email
12/02 Arkansas State Hospital - 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
12/02 Baylor's Adult/Adolescent - email
12/02 Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Track - email
12/05 Baylor, TCH - 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
12/05 Beth Israel NYC. Adult Track - phone
12/01 Boston Consortium (child, PTSD, general, neuro, inpatient, women's, med psych) - email
11/23 Boston University Medical Campus/The Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology - phone *11/29 phone interview invite* *12/01 phone* *12/06*
11/18 Brooke Army Medical Center
12/06 Brooklyn VAMC
11/28 Brown (Obesity, child clinical, neuro, peds, adult clinical, health psych/bmed, dementia) - email
12/05 Calgary Clinical Psychology Residency - email
11/21 Casa Pacifica - email *11/15 email as well*
1202 Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System - email
11/22 Central Arkansas VA (neuropsych) - email
12/05 central regional hospital - email
11/30 Central Virginia Consortium - email
12/02 Central Washington University - phone
11/21 Cherokee Health Systems - email
11/14 Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - email
12/06 Children's Hospital Los Angeles - email
12/06 Children's Hospital of Colorado - email
11/28 Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa - email
11/19 Children's Hospital of Michigan
11/30 Children's Hospital of Orange County - email
12/01 Children's Memorial Chicago - email
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
12/06 Colorado State's counseling center - phone
11/23 Columbia presbyterian adult track *11/30* *phone*
11/29 Columbia - Child track - phone *12/01 phone*
11/15 Community Healthlink Youth and Family Services (clinical child)
12/05 Comprehensive Outpatient Services - phone
12/05 Connecticut Valley
12/01 Dayton VA - email
11/30 Dallas VA neuropsych - email
11/18 Dartmouth (child track) - email
11/28 Dartmouth, neuropsych track - email
12/05 Denver VA - phone
12/06 Devereaux Foundation - 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
12/02 Eastern Virginia Medical School - 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
12/01 FCC Butner
12/02 FCC Petersburg - email
12/06 FCI Tallahassee - email
12/01 FSU MDC Center - email
12/02 Forth Worth ISD Psychological Services - email
11/17 Geisinger Medical Center (BMed) - phone
11/29 Geisinger (child track) - Email
11/21 Georgia Health Sciences University/Charlie Norwood VA - phone
12/05 Georgia State Counseling Center - phone
11/29 Gouverneur Healthcare Services - email
11/14 Greater Hartford Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium
11/22 Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
12/02 Henry Ford Health System (adult neuro) - email *12/05 Consultation-Liaison - email*
12/01 Hines VA *12/05* email
12/02 Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto
12/02 Illiana VA - email
11/30 Institute of Human Adjustment - email
12/05 Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital - email
11/18 Interfaith Hospital
12/05 Iowa City VA - email
Jacobi - phone
11/09 James Madison University - phone interview invite *11/28*
12/05 Jesse Brown, neuro - email *12/06 general - email*
12/05 Jewish Child and Family Services- IL - email
12/01 Kaiser Fresno
11/30 Kaiser Permanente- San Diego - email
12/01 Kennedy Krieger Institute (Johns Hopkins) - email
11/17 Kings County Hospital Child Track - personal email
11/23 King's County Adult Track - e-mail
11/28 Lexington VA - phone
12/01 Loma Linda VA - email
12/02 London Clinical Psychology Consortium (neuro) - email
11/10 Long Island Jewish (neuropsych) - email
11/29 LIJ child track
12/02 Louisiana School Internship Consortium (LAS*PIC) - email
11/28 LSU health science center - adult track - emai
11/28 Lucile Packard (Stanford) - email (re-notification; email sent last week)
12/06 Madigan Army Medical Center - email
11/23 Mailman Center for Child Development (University of Miami) - email *12/05 email*
11/28 MGH Child Track - phone
11/29 MGH Adult track - phone and Bmed - email
11/30 MGH/Harvard neuropsych - phone
12/02 Massachusetts General Hospital (CBT Track) - email
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) *12/02 phone*
11/28 MEDVAMC (Houston) - email
12/06 Mendota Mental Health Institute - email
12/05 Michigan State University Counseling Center - email
12/02 Millard Health Centre - email
11/22 Milwaukee VA - email
11/29 Minneapolis VA - email
12/01 Mississippi State Hospital -phone
11/22 Missouri Health Sciences Consortium (VA track) - phone *11/29 invite?*
11/30 Mt. Sinai Services/Elmhurst Hospital - email
12/02 Mt. Washington - 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
12/01 Nationwide (IDD) - 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
12/01 Northeast Florida State Hospital - email
12/05 Northwestern SOM - phone
12/06 Ohio Psychology Internship forensic - email
12/01 Oklahoma Health Consortium - email
12/01 OU Health Sciences (adult, child) - email
12/01 Oregon Health & Science University - email
11/28 Ottawa hospital - neuropsychology - email
11/29 Ottawa hospital - track 1: mental health - email
12/02 Pacific Clinics
Philhaven Hospital
11/17 Phoenix Children's - email
11/28 Pilgrim Psychiatric - email
12/03 Pine Grove Treatment Center - phone
11/30 Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services - email
11/22 Pittsburgh VA - email
12/05 Portland State University Student Health and Counseling Center - email
12/06 QEII - email
11/21 The Reading Hospital and Medical Center - email
12/02 Robert J. Murney Clinic with Forest Institute - 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
12/06 Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Services - email
12/05 Salisbury - W. G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center - email
12/05 salt lake city va - email *12/06 email*
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
12/02 12/02 Southwest Consortium Predoctoral Psychology Internship (SCPPI) - email
11/18 SUNY Upstate Medical University, Adult Track -email
11/28 SUNY Upstate (Child) - email
South Shore Mental Health, Quinsy MA - email
12/03 South Shore- (Adults, Child/Adol) - email
12/02 Suffolk University CC - personal email
12/01 Syracuse VA - email
12/02 Texas Tech University Student Counseling Center - email
12/02 University of Akron Counseling Center - phone
11/21 University of Alabama - Birmingham (adult) and (child) - email
11/28 University of Arizona neuropsych track - email *12/06*
11/17 University of Arkansas Med School (Adult)
11/18 University of Arkansas Medical Center, Child Focused Track
12/01 UC Berkeley CAPS - phone
12/02 UCLA-Semel - email
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 *11/25 child* *12/06 Adult - email*
11/29 umdnj-piscataway (child track) - phone and email
12/02 UMDNJ Piscataway-Clinica Latina Adult track - email
12/06 University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ - newark - email
12/02 UMass Amherst Center for Counseling and Psychological Health -email
11/28 University of Memphis - University Counseling Center - phone
11/28 UMiami Counseling Center - phone*11/29 phone*
12/01 UM/Jackson Memorial
12/01 University of Minnesota Medical School - email
12/01 University of Mississippi Medical Center/V.A. Medical Center Consortium - email
12/05 UNM Health Sciences Center - email
11/30 UNC SOM *12/01 Butner
11/22 UPenn (Pennsylvania Hospital) - email (*ROLLING INVITES*)
12/02 University of Pittsburgh Counseling Center
11/29 University of Puget Sound
11/28 University of Rochester Medical Center Child Track - email
12/05 university of rochester counseling center - email
11/26 UT Health Science Center - email
12/03 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - email
11/21 University of Utah, Neuropsychiatric Institute - email
11/17 Utah State Hospital - email
11/25 Vanderbilt (neuropsych) and (VA Tenn. Valley) - email
11/28 Vanderbilt (adult psychiatry - email
11/18 VA Medical Center, Salem - phone
11/30 VAMHCS/UMB Consortium infant studies - email
12/01 VAMHCS/UMB Consortium (trauma, health, women's
12/01 Veterans Affairs NY Harbor Health Care System- Manhattan Campus - email *12/02*
12/06 VA Northern California - Martinez - email
12/01 West LA VA - email
12/02 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) - email
11/28 Western State Hospital - email
11/30 Western Youth Services
11/21 Wisconsin-Madison DOP (General Psych) *12/05 Health track phone*
12/01 Wisconsin Department of Corrections - 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
12/01 Yale U SOM (The Consultation Center) - email
12/02 Yale (inpatient track) *SPAM BOX*
12/05 Yale young adult- phone
12/06 yale Stress center - phone

Sites where a rejection has already been sent
12/06 Alaska VA Healthcare System Psychology Internship Program
12/01 Alberta Children's Hospital
12/02 Arkansas Division of Behavioral Health Services
11/22 Asheville VA *11/29*
12/05 Bellevue Hospital - Adult Track, Child/Adol *12/06*
11/28ish Beth Israel *12/02*
12/06 BC Children's Hospital
12/01 Boston Consortium
11/28 Brown (adult bmed)
11/23 Casa Pacifica *11/30*
12/05 Central Arkansas VA
12/02 Central Washing University
12/06 12/06 Children's Hospital Los Angeles
12/06 Children's Hospital of Colorado
11/30 Children's Hospital of Michigan *rolling rejection 10/day*
11/18 Children's Memorial Hospital
11/18 Children's Mercy
12/01 Children's National
11/21 Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Child Clinical)
11/22 Cincinnati VA
12/01 Danielson Institute
11/19 Dartmouth
11/18 Denver Health *11/21 for adult*
12/01 Didi Hirsch
11/27 Duke University CAPS
11/30 Durham VA
12/02 EVMS
11/29 Edmonton Consortium
11/22 Federal Bureau of Prisons USP Hazelton, FCI Morgantown
11/30 FSU counseling center
12/01 Greater Hartford Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium
11/22 Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
12/06 Harvard/Children's Hospital Boston
12/06 Harvard/ MGH, child, bmed, cbt
12/05 Hefner VA
11/29 Henry Ford Health System
11/22 Holcomb Behavioral Health
Interfaith
11/28 James Madison University *11/30*
12/05 Jewish Child and Family Services
12/06 John Dingell VAMC (Detroit)
12/01 Johns Hopkins University CC
12/05 Kaiser SD
12/01 Kennedy Krieger Institute (Johns Hopkins)
11/15 Kings Country Hospital Center
11/30 Lexington VA *12/05*
12/02 London Consortium
11/30 LSU
11/30 LIJ (child track) *12/05 Neuro*
12/05 Lucile Packard
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
12/02 Oregon Health & Science University
11/29 Ottawa Hospital
12/06 Phoneix Children's
12/02 Pacific Clinics
Philhaven Hospital
12/05 Pine Grove
11/29 Pitt VA
11/23 Portland VA
12/06 QEII
12/01 Reading Hospital
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)
12/01 St. Luke's Roosevelt (child)
12/02 Salt Lake VA *12/05*
11/28 San Francisco VA *12/05*
11/28 SJSU
12/01 South Texas VA
12/02 Southwest Consortium Predoctoral Psychology Internship (SCPPI)
11/21 Spring Grove Hospital
11/29 Stanford Counseling Center
12/02 Suffolk University *12/02 CAPS*
12/06 Texas Children's Hospital
12/02 Texas Tech University CC
11/21 University of Alabama - Birmingham - email
12/01 UCLA - Semel Institute
11/25 UCSD/VA - email
12/02 University of Delaware CC
11/30 University of Illinois at Chicago
12/02 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11/30 University of Maryland
12/06 UMass Counseling Center
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)
12/01 University of Minnesota Medical School
12/05 University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, pediatric neuropsych
11/22 University of Oregon Counseling and Testing Center
12/02 University of Pittsburgh Counseling Center
11/28 University of Wisconsin -- Health Psych track *12/05*
12/02 University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Health Sciences
11/17 Utah State Hospital - email
12/06 Utah State University Counseling Center
11/30 VAMHCS/UMB Psychology Internship Consortium
12/01 Veterans Affairs NY Harbor Health Care System- Manhattan Campus
11/29 VA Puget Sound-American Lake
12/01 West LA VA
11/16 Westchester Jewish Community Services (in Spam folder) *11/30* * 12/01*
12/06 Winnipeg Residency
12/01 Wisconsin Department of Corrections

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

 

[Pebbles83]

Myself and two others in my cohort got the mass email rejection from MGH CBT track tonight. We are all Ph.D. students with extremely strong research backgrounds and excellent training. Yikes. We were all thrown off a bit by the summary rejection. 😛

I hear ya on this! There must be some extra stellar candidates out there in this year's extra large pool? No one from my program, which is also very strong in research and clinical training, got an interview at Mass General. It was a bit of a shock.

 

[pinknyyy]

Brooklyn VAMC interviews. FINALLY good news!

 

[ndcm]

Brooklyn VAMC interviews. FINALLY good news!

Congrats!! Email or phone call?? 😀

 

[internhopeful6]

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?

 

[pinknyyy]

Looked like a mass email (bcc). So excited... my top choice! 🙂 esp after all the rejections before... ugh.

 

[HannahC]

My friend got an invite to nyu this morning. Neuro, I think.

When you say NYU do you mean Bellevue? They don't have a neuro track I don't believe.

 

[Duck Duck Goose]

Myself and two others in my cohort got the mass email rejection from MGH CBT track tonight. We are all Ph.D. students with extremely strong research backgrounds and excellent training. Yikes. We were all thrown off a bit by the summary rejection. 😛

Yeah, it definitely hurts when you can't understand the reason and there's no way for you to change it.

I've been an excellent match for probably 2 of the 8 sites that have rejected me so far. I'm geographically limited and sites literally do not care about my training needs when they can get applicants from around the country. I might be an 8 but there are 10s applying to the sites that I apply to because they don't have the same geographic restrictions and there's no forced choice for applying to sites (just for ranking, later).

The match, as it is, is random and rips off almost every qualified candidate/student/trainee (even the ones who match) in one way or another. It is absurd and there is no comparable training/exploitation requirement for other licensed professions.

I'm frustrated with "the system," can you tell? 😛

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

^^^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.

 

[neuropsyc]

I hear ya on this! There must be some extra stellar candidates out there in this year's extra large pool? No one from my program, which is also very strong in research and clinical training, got an interview at Mass General. It was a bit of a shock.

Same boat here - got rejected from the MGH neuro track today and this was my first rejection.

 

[PsychIntern2B]

Ok, I've finally broken down and started looking at these forums. Here's where I'm at:

1 Interview: Northeast Florida State Hospital (yay!)
4 Rejections: Pacific Clinics, Robert Murney Clinic, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Northeast Oklahoma Psychology Internship Program

I am still waiting to hear from 20 more.

What a stressful process! Good luck everybody 🙂

 

[CounPsyLer]

I saw either someone on here or their colleague (or both) got an interview. Has anyone received a rejection yet? I saw last year they sent at least some rejections on 12/2. Thanks!

 

[Sike2012]

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 too and I applied through both Baylor Menninger and directly through TCH. I think it means we're still being considered?

 

[internhopeful6]

I'm still waiting too and I applied through both Baylor Menninger and directly through TCH. I think it means we're still being considered?

Ugh! Very frustrating! I guess it's better than a rejection! I'm glad I'm not alone though...

 

[8400080]

Thanks for the responses....still debating about whether to book a flight through them, press has been bad though so far on them.

Like your name dream chaser 🙂

Just rode on Spirit this weekend - horrible experience! And, my husband can tell you I'm cheap, but I would definitely pay the cheap $15 to ride in their "first class" section - that is, if I every use them again. I was literally breathing down the neck of the person in front me of me for the 3 hours of flight.

 

[PerhapsMaybeOk]

Spirit airlines, terribad.

 

[Bex223]

Hi All!
Have been stalking, but not posting much. I applied to all counseling centers, and am still waiting to hear anything from all 17.... Just wanted to share, in case there are others who are freaked out reading about the interviews/rejections rolling in, and feeling like their time may never come. I just keep going back to the fact that we are IN THIS right up until the end, and there are many types of sites (counseling centers and community settings, from what I gather), that are notoriously later in their notifications. So, if you are in a similar boat, hang in there! We got this! 🙂

 

[Nomofish]

So, my practicum placement is at an APA accredited site with a Dec 1st deadline (I'd rather not say which site). My supervisor shared that they have not reviewed one application yet. Usually they start by now but are running way late due to the large number of applicants this year. I imagine that the same delay is going on across the country.

Anyway, as much as it sucks to wait, I don't think there is reason for outright panic yet. Save the panic for the 16th- at least that is what I keep telling myself!

 

[Nomofish]

Hi All!
Have been stalking, but not posting much. I applied to all counseling centers, and am still waiting to hear anything from all 17.... Just wanted to share, in case there are others who are freaked out reading about the interviews/rejections rolling in, and feeling like their time may never come. I just keep going back to the fact that we are IN THIS right up until the end, and there are many types of sites (counseling centers and community settings, from what I gather), that are notoriously later in their notifications. So, if you are in a similar boat, hang in there! We got this! 🙂

Here here!

 

[JessieSmith]

Hi All!
Have been stalking, but not posting much. I applied to all counseling centers, and am still waiting to hear anything from all 17.... Just wanted to share, in case there are others who are freaked out reading about the interviews/rejections rolling in, and feeling like their time may never come. I just keep going back to the fact that we are IN THIS right up until the end, and there are many types of sites (counseling centers and community settings, from what I gather), that are notoriously later in their notifications. So, if you are in a similar boat, hang in there! We got this! 🙂

Welcome! And thanks for the encouraging words! 😀

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

So I have a scheduling question for anyone who might have insight into the interviewing process...
I am noticing that it is almost inevitable (if I have a good interview turnout at the end of this madness) that I'm going to have to schedule back to back days of interviewing. I am wondering if it is even realistically feasible to interview from 8-4:30 one day in one state, then take an evening 4-5 hour flight to get to the next city by 10 or 11pm before having to interview the next morning. If there were no other options... would you do this or would you just do a phone interview knowing that people almost never match at sites they didn't do a face to face interview at?

Has anyone ever done this or know of anyone who has and could offer any advice/insight/warnings?

 

[05262012]

Just got a mass email rejection for Children's Hospital LA. 🙁.
.

 

[Duck Duck Goose]

^^^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.

Congratulations on your interviews! 😀

Seriously, if I were willing to apply cross-country, I'd do a lot better, I'm sure. (I'm also not a narcissist, haha) But that's not something I'm willing to do and I don't think that people who are unable to relocate should be barred from being psychologists (I'm able but not willing). It's just stupid!

What Erg mentioned earlier on in this thread, about the inability of those over a certain age to understand the unfairness/imbalance/etc. (sorry for my paraphrasing 😛) is completely true. After reading this thread for years (I lurked since 2006) and seeing/reading numerous qualified candidates not match, I still had the "well, there must be something that they did wrong," thought. Then I went through the process and saw the randomness of it (what really hit home for me was, like what you're saying, when overqualified peers didn't match and/or get interviews when they absolutely should have, if this were a "just world"... I was already sick of my program and contemplating alternatives so this 2nd match attempt is more to prove that I've really done all that I can do inside the system, and it's still ridiculous, than to further my "career").

But I'm still certain that there are people reading this who think that the match system actually works for "qualified applicants" and that the people who don't match had some flaw that caught up with them. That's really not true. It's also not true when sites say that "it's sheer numbers" or anything in that vein because that's not true either. Sites are mostly looking for the same things: hours in a relevant area/setting (including intervention and assessment) and general people and literacy skills. Some sites add publications or research to their requirements. Other than that, it's a crap shoot, and that's not how it should be, in my opinion.

Good luck, though, everyone!

 

[MelKUPhD]

Myself and two others in my cohort got the mass email rejection from MGH CBT track tonight. We are all Ph.D. students with extremely strong research backgrounds and excellent training. Yikes. We were all thrown off a bit by the summary rejection. 😛

Same story here! I'm just glad I know one way or the other, really, and I hope the applicants that got interviews there didn't ALL apply to the DBT track at Yale!!! Hehe.

 

[aebb]

I received a phone invite this morning to interview at the Yale University Stress Center.

Congrats to everyone on the interviews today!

 

[psychinterntobe]

When you say NYU do you mean Bellevue? They don't have a neuro track I don't believe.

Hmmm. She just said "nyu" ... I was guessing neuro, because that's her area, but perhaps she applied to a more generality track? Not sure :/

 

[arl468]

So, my practicum placement is at an APA accredited site with a Dec 1st deadline (I'd rather not say which site). My supervisor shared that they have not reviewed one application yet. Usually they start by now but are running way late due to the large number of applicants this year. I imagine that the same delay is going on across the country.

Anyway, as much as it sucks to wait, I don't think there is reason for outright panic yet. Save the panic for the 16th- at least that is what I keep telling myself!

This repeated mention of large numbers of applicants actually makes me feel more anxious about the whole process . . . There was already a very large discrepancy between number of applicants and number of spots in previous years.

 

[nyprincess]

This repeated mention of large numbers of applicants actually makes me feel more anxious about the whole process . . . There was already a very large discrepancy between number of applicants and number of spots in previous years.

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... 🙁

 

[LindsPsyD]

Just got a mass email rejection for Children's Hospital LA. 🙁.
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Me too. 🙁 I'm pretty bummed about this one. I really felt like I was a good fit, but I think it hurts that I'm not bilingual. 👎

 

[Member1461]

Received an email invitation for Children's Hospital Los Angeles this evening. Appeared to be a mass email. Interview dates are 1/3, 1/7, 1/12, 1/16, and 1/21. I applied for the early childhood and assessment tracks.

They received over 200 applications, so don't get too down if you didn't get this one!

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

Congratulations on your interviews! 😀

Seriously, if I were willing to apply cross-country, I'd do a lot better, I'm sure. (I'm also not a narcissist, haha) But that's not something I'm willing to do and I don't think that people who are unable to relocate should be barred from being psychologists (I'm able but not willing). It's just stupid!

What Erg mentioned earlier on in this thread, about the inability of those over a certain age to understand the unfairness/imbalance/etc. (sorry for my paraphrasing 😛) is completely true. After reading this thread for years (I lurked since 2006) and seeing/reading numerous qualified candidates not match, I still had the "well, there must be something that they did wrong," thought. Then I went through the process and saw the randomness of it (what really hit home for me was, like what you're saying, when overqualified peers didn't match and/or get interviews when they absolutely should have, if this were a "just world"... I was already sick of my program and contemplating alternatives so this 2nd match attempt is more to prove that I've really done all that I can do inside the system, and it's still ridiculous, than to further my "career").

But I'm still certain that there are people reading this who think that the match system actually works for "qualified applicants" and that the people who don't match had some flaw that caught up with them. That's really not true. It's also not true when sites say that "it's sheer numbers" or anything in that vein because that's not true either. Sites are mostly looking for the same things: hours in a relevant area/setting (including intervention and assessment) and general people and literacy skills. Some sites add publications or research to their requirements. Other than that, it's a crap shoot, and that's not how it should be, in my opinion.

Good luck, though, everyone!

I wholeheartedly agree that not being willing to uproot and move cross-country should not bar anyone from gaining the professional credential that they've already done nearly all of the work for. I'll admit that before going through this process I was one of those people who thought that SOMETHING must be "off" with the applicants who didn't match (not enough hours, poor interview skills, etc)... but last year I saw truly excellent people not match, and seeing certain amazingly qualified people not getting sufficient interviews just blows my mind. Luck should not be such a dominant factor in the process.

Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone here, and sending lots of positive vibes for our (hopefully temporary) insanity!

 

[PhD Intern App]

Hi all,

Got a call yesterday from NU and an email invite today from Martinez.

I'm really, really holding out for Jesse Brown General track - anyone think there is still hope? Sounds like one person on the forum has reported an individual email invite to general track? Anyone know anything else?

 

[Quynh2007]

Hi all,

Got a call yesterday from NU and an email invite today from Martinez.

I'm really, really holding out for Jesse Brown General track - anyone think there is still hope? Sounds like one person on the forum has reported an individual email invite to general track? Anyone know anything else?

What is NU? Northwestern?

 

[PhD Intern App]

Sorry, yes, NU SOM.

 

[KimS03]

This is the first I've heard of someone receiving an offer to interview at Children's Boston - is this a friend/colleague, or did I just miss it on the forum somehow? Did you get a response to your e-mail inquiry? Good luck 🙂

SO sorry! I really thought I saw it on the forum somewhere...but in looking back I don't see it listed! Also in talking with peers no one has heard of any Boston Children's invites going out yet. Sorry for the confusion...too much to keep track of! I did not get a reply yet to my e-mail. However to quell my anxieties I looked at last year's forum around this time...it seems they similarly sent rejections out early in the week followed by invites starting on that Thursday. Good luck to you too!! 🙂

 

[psych905]

Has anyone heard from Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY? I haven't heard anything, and I don't recall anyone mentioning it on the forum.

 

[WaitingtoExhale]

Hi all,

Got a call yesterday from NU and an email invite today from Martinez.

I'm really, really holding out for Jesse Brown General track - anyone think there is still hope? Sounds like one person on the forum has reported an individual email invite to general track? Anyone know anything else?

I got an email invite tonight from Jesse Brown for the General Track. It was not personalized and seemed like a mass email for that track, as I was cc'd to the training director. But if I have learned anything from this forum, never give up as you never know how sites are doing the invites. Good luck!!!!!!

 

[mumption]

Has anyone heard from Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY? I haven't heard anything, and I don't recall anyone mentioning it on the forum.

Nope. Also waiting to hear. Haven't seen any posts about it either.

 

[MsBella13]

So I have a scheduling question for anyone who might have insight into the interviewing process...
I am noticing that it is almost inevitable (if I have a good interview turnout at the end of this madness) that I'm going to have to schedule back to back days of interviewing. I am wondering if it is even realistically feasible to interview from 8-4:30 one day in one state, then take an evening 4-5 hour flight to get to the next city by 10 or 11pm before having to interview the next morning. If there were no other options... would you do this or would you just do a phone interview knowing that people almost never match at sites they didn't do a face to face interview at?

Has anyone ever done this or know of anyone who has and could offer any advice/insight/warnings?

I would try to get there by all means possible. But, you have to realize that to get across country, sometimes the latest flight is 6-7pm from smaller airports. Add snow into this mix and sometimes it's just not possible to do back-to-back interviews.

And people DO match to sites where they don't do an inperson interview! Last year my good friend got her #1 site it was the only one she did a phone interview with. She had 13 interviews overall; imagine how much $ she would have saved if she didn't fly to those other interviews 😱

 

[DrivenDoctoress]

I would try to get there by all means possible. But, you have to realize that to get across country, sometimes the latest flight is 6-7pm from smaller airports. Add snow into this mix and sometimes it's just not possible to do back-to-back interviews.

And people DO match to sites where they don't do an inperson interview! Last year my good friend got her #1 site it was the only one she did a phone interview with. She had 13 interviews overall; imagine how much $ she would have saved if she didn't fly to those other interviews 😱

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.

 

[DoctorSiggy]

I would try to get there by all means possible. But, you have to realize that to get across country, sometimes the latest flight is 6-7pm from smaller airports. Add snow into this mix and sometimes it's just not possible to do back-to-back interviews.

And people DO match to sites where they don't do an inperson interview! Last year my good friend got her #1 site it was the only one she did a phone interview with. She had 13 interviews overall; imagine how much $ she would have saved if she didn't fly to those other interviews 😱

I am already making scheduling changes with some sites. Directors haven't got back to me, so lets hope they will be accommodating. This part is hard

 

[pinkasaurus]

Hi everyone. I received an email invitation today to interview at the Ohio Psychology Internship Forensic track.

 

[Mlm026]

Hi everyone. I received an email invitation today to interview at the Ohio Psychology Internship Forensic track.

Congrats! Was this a mass email?