2013-2014 APPIC (internship) interview thread

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A very friendly personal invite for Children's Hospital of Orange County this morning. Asked to rank: January 8 (Wednesday), January 10(Friday), January 13 (Monday), January 17 (Friday), January 20 (Monday) andJanuary 24 (Friday). Yay!
 
Question:idea:... I have not heard from a site, but some have received an invitation for an interview and some have received a rejection... where does that leave me:thinking:?? 🙁 is it possible they lost my application??
 
LovelyNancy said:
Question:idea:... I have not heard from a site, but some have received an invitation for an interview and some have received a rejection... where does that leave me:thinking:?? 🙁 is it possible they lost my application??
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Many others are in the same position; the prevailing wisdom is that if you haven't yet heard from a site, you're very possibly still in the running. Not all sites notify all applicants at the same time, and related to that, some sites have the equivalent of "yes," "no," and "maybe" piles for interview invites. Just based on my own personal experience (a few years ago), I interviewed with folks who, after I'd already visited a handful of sites, had only just recently heard back from them with offers.

To your other question: if your application shows up as "complete" on APPIC, then odds are it wasn't/isn't lost.
 
grenas said:
I am waiting to hear from 13 more sites! How about everyone else?
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I am still waiting on 19. Only one notification this week so far. My anxiety has reached entirely unprecedented levels...

But good luck to everyone; hopefully we all get good news soon!
 
grenas said:
I am waiting to hear from 13 more sites! How about everyone else?
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I made this wish for everyone yesterday and then I received 4 notifications....the three rejects did not sting at all after I received an invitation from my top pick! I am still waiting to hear from 22 more sites.
 
Waiting on 11 still 🙂 I have a growing feeling I will still be waiting for a few next Friday, i.e. some sites will still be sending out their interviews/rejections on Monday the 16th. SERENITY NOW!
 
I am waiting for 8 (out of 14). Only one invite so far, so hoping for some good news soon. Good luck everyone!
 
Has anyone heard recently from MGH or McLean? They seemed to have sent out invites awhile ago so I am wondering if I am out of the running.
 
InnerChild said:
Has anyone heard recently from MGH or McLean? They seemed to have sent out invites awhile ago so I am wondering if I am out of the running.
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I saw that MGH sent out invitations a while ago, and I haven't heard anything either. Fingers crossed that they will notify the rest of the pile today...
 
I'm only waiting on four, with two more that have sent out invites but might be doing rolling invites, and two more that have sent out invites that probably aren't doing rolling invites.
 
appeasing_the_monkey_mind said:
Has anyone had trouble receiving date confirmation from the Bay Pines VA?
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Not specifically with Bay Pines but I notified my site when they hadn't confirmed my date after 5 days. I have heard stories of emails getting lost/overlooked, so I just sent a friendly email and then the site sent me my date that afternoon.
 
InnerChild said:
Not specifically with Bay Pines but I notified my site when they hadn't confirmed my date after 5 days. I have heard stories of emails getting lost/overlooked, so I just sent a friendly email and then the site sent me my date that afternoon.
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I had a similar issue...but with Bay Pines specifically. I also just sent a friendly reminder and got my confirmation the next day.
 
I'm still waiting on 12 sites... but 2 of these are likely rejections. It's both agonizing and exciting that we likely only have 10 more days of compulsively checking our e-mail!
 
InnerChild said:
Not specifically with Bay Pines but I notified my site when they hadn't confirmed my date after 5 days. I have heard stories of emails getting lost/overlooked, so I just sent a friendly email and then the site sent me my date that afternoon.
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I think I need a little advice. I received an invite on 11/25 asking me to confirm one of two dates for interview and provide some other information. The email said that the person to contact would be in during the week of Dec. 2nd to answer any questions. I replied on 11/25 and wasn't worried when I didn't receive a return email because I thought this person was out of the office. I called on Tuesday (12/3) and left a message.... and have called somewhat obsessively since... but have heard nothing. Yesterday I called and left a similar message for the training director... still nothing. I'm trying to schedule other interviews and make travel plans and I'm just not sure what to do next with this site.
 
Rejection Southern AZ VA, Tucson. Generic mass email. Neuro track.
 
Rejection from Southern Illinois University. Very polite email. The training director indicated that they accidentally sent offers to some people they intended to reject. I did not receive an offer, thankfully--I had that happen last year that a site offered me an interview and then took it back because they realized they had offered too many interviews and it felt HORRIBLE.

Good luck today everyone!! Here is hoping for great news for all of us!
 
appeasing_the_monkey_mind said:
I think I need a little advice. I received an invite on 11/25 asking me to confirm one of two dates for interview and provide some other information. The email said that the person to contact would be in during the week of Dec. 2nd to answer any questions. I replied on 11/25 and wasn't worried when I didn't receive a return email because I thought this person was out of the office. I called on Tuesday (12/3) and left a message.... and have called somewhat obsessively since... but have heard nothing. Yesterday I called and left a similar message for the training director... still nothing. I'm trying to schedule other interviews and make travel plans and I'm just not sure what to do next with this site.
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It sounds like you've done everything you can do. I know it sucks waiting and this whole process is anxiety provoking, but at this point it seems like all you can do is wait and give them a chance to respond. I'm sure the site is stressing out trying to organize everyone, but not as much as we are stressing out 😉
 
appeasing_the_monkey_mind said:
I think I need a little advice. I received an invite on 11/25 asking me to confirm one of two dates for interview and provide some other information. The email said that the person to contact would be in during the week of Dec. 2nd to answer any questions. I replied on 11/25 and wasn't worried when I didn't receive a return email because I thought this person was out of the office. I called on Tuesday (12/3) and left a message.... and have called somewhat obsessively since... but have heard nothing. Yesterday I called and left a similar message for the training director... still nothing. I'm trying to schedule other interviews and make travel plans and I'm just not sure what to do next with this site.
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Yeah, that's pretty strange... I guess I would just wait at this point since you have already emailed them and called them. Good luck!
 
neurocenni said:
I'm in the same boat as you guys. Still waiting/hopeful about MGH and McLean.
It's still not really clear to me if sites have to tell us something. Or if for some we will never get a reply. I'm looking forward to the day that I do not obsessively check my email.
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There was one post yesterday or the day before (can't remember) about a friend getting rejected from MGH.. so now I am even more confused
 
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