2013 APPIC Internship Application Thread

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The thing that makes me nervous is that our results are just sitting there. With it being three days before MATCH day I am sure that everything has been checked and rechecked already.
 
Rivi said:
It seems that the only feasible solution to this is a drug/alcohol binge where I maintain a black out level of intoxication for 3.5 days and come to at 9am on Friday. Fortunately, a lot of my clients are substance abusers and I can ask them for tips.
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Or you could do a half/full day of silence meditation at a local monastery. It seems counter intuitive, but I swear it can help calm the mind down. A half day felt like a week for me, but I'm not accustomed to sitting still much at all.
 
26453234 said:
The thing that makes me nervous is that our results are just sitting there. With it being three days before MATCH day I am sure that everything has been checked and rechecked already.
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I just hope the guy/gal that pushes the button on Friday does it in a timely fashion. Don't keep me waiting til noon, do it first thing in the morning.
 
psychofile said:
I've been consulting the magic 8 ball online. I'm not playin'
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The magic 8 ball says I won't match, but what does it know, my horoscope says I'll match. I wonder if this is how the powers that be actually match us, maybe it's not a complicated algorithm at all, maybe it's just a magic 8 ball.
 
Therapist4Chnge said:
Or you could do a half/full day of silence meditation at a local monastery. It seems counter intuitive, but I swear it can help calm the mind down. A half day felt like a week for me, but I'm not accustomed to sitting still much at all.
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sitting in the floating tank for an hour really helped. i was somewhat skeptical at first, but really found it relaxing and calming.
 
I'm all doom and gloom, of course because I dont have a magic 8 ball, access to a floating tank, and I havent been able to find a horoscope that accurately tells me what will most defintely happen on the 22nd! 😉
 
do you get an email on friday even if you dont match????
 
wagwise said:
do you get an email on friday even if you dont match????
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Yes, though I'm not sure what it says. I know that if you match, the e-mail says where you matched, but I'm not sure how it's worded if you don't match.
 
I thought the email doesn't tell you where you matched. Is that a new thing?
 
nicu82 said:
a few years ago that's how it was, but now it will tell you if you matched and then where you matched
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It used to be that you found out IF you matched on Friday, and then you found out WHERE you matched on Monday. Now it all happens on Friday.
 
nicu82 said:
a few years ago that's how it was, but now it will tell you if you matched and then where you matched
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Yep; they finally did away with the cruel weekend-long wait, which was necessary given that phase II begins the same day that the phase I results are released.
 
ResearchGirlie said:
I've been rethinking my rankings since submitting them on the 7th. At this point I just want it to be Friday so I find out where I'll be next year. I'm really hoping my sleep goes back to normal!
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Me too. I think I ranked correctly the first go around - best training and fit for me. However, now, I am wishing I would have ranked based on proximity to my family more. The sites near them weren't bad, but they weren't the best fit. At the time, I had been traveling all over the place and the thought of living in Boston, California, Texas, etc. didn't sound so bad, but now, I am thinking about the prospect of moving my family, and I am like "what did I do?" I could have just had a straightforward move, left most of my stuff at my folks house and be done with it. Well, obviously, that would be in a world where I picked where I went, which I don't. However, I think every time I look at the list and emphasize a criterion, my rankings shift. I think the best one is fit and training, and I think geography is likely the worst....it would have been a much, much easier year though. I did rank one near my folks very high, so we'll see.

It's funny - you notice I am totally thought blocking the don't match scenario. I think that one would induce panic, addiction, and a life of crime rather than go through this again.

Good luck to everyone. May the NMS computer gods be good to you all!
 
So interesting that it was pretty silent on here during interviews and now the message board is alive again.

May the time pass quickly (as possible) for everyone until Friday! Best of luck Friday morning!
 
Anyone else having Match Day dreams yet? I've had two since the ranking deadline - one where I wake up and see the e-mail in my inbox, but I don't want to open it because I'm away from home and I want my husband to be there (and of course the dream ends before I get to open it), and another where I don't match and fall into despair. The latter one took a while to shake out of after I woke up. Hoping I dream about really mundane things these next few nights!
 
Last night I had a dream that I got the e-mail but couldn't get it to open on any computer. It was the most frustrating dream ever!
 
katiecl said:
Anyone else having Match Day dreams yet? I've had two since the ranking deadline - one where I wake up and see the e-mail in my inbox, but I don't want to open it because I'm away from home and I want my husband to be there (and of course the dream ends before I get to open it), and another where I don't match and fall into despair. The latter one took a while to shake out of after I woke up. Hoping I dream about really mundane things these next few nights!
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I had a dream that I matched with one of my top sites the other night. I hope that's a good sign 🙂
 
PsyD2014 said:
I am wasting my time browsing Craigslist housing ads for all the cities I could possibly move to... Getting way ahead of myself, but it makes me feel better. I'll worry about not matching when it gets here, right now I'm just trying to stay positive.
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lol. I'm doing the same thing. I'm actually supposed to be working on a paper for publication and although it helps to not think for a while about where I'm going to be next year...I check housing sites for fun...what a waste of time 😎
 
wagwise said:
do you get an email on friday even if you dont match????
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Yep, the message is pretty generic simply states the not matching thing and fills you in on when to look at the site for phase 2 details. I think the worse part was having to go to a mandatory school meeting at noon that day if a match wasn't made.

After not matching last year despite some pretty decent odds, I am anxiously awaiting for a better result on match day this year. Luckily my job keeps me pretty busy which helps the days go by a lot faster. I wish everyone the best of luck this Friday!
 
PhDMiss2014 said:
The magic 8 ball says I won't match, but what does it know, my horoscope says I'll match. I wonder if this is how the powers that be actually match us, maybe it's not a complicated algorithm at all, maybe it's just a magic 8 ball.
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If it makes you feel any better I consult it regularly and the responses vary greatly... and yet I continue.
 
Rivi said:
Sorry to hear about not matching last year, just curious, how many interviews did you land?
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Last year I applied to 15 sites, a few of which lost funding, and received 7 interview invites. This year I applied to 19 and landed 14 interviews.
 
021884 said:
lol. I'm doing the same thing. I'm actually supposed to be working on a paper for publication and although it helps to not think for a while about where I'm going to be next year...I check housing sites for fun...what a waste of time 😎
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I'm also putting off working on a paper for publication, as well as my dissertation. 🙂.

Haven't consulted the stars or the internets yet, but I'm nervously awaiting Friday morning. And reading the SDN Postdoc thread... I want to be like... you fools don't know how lucky you have it!! I'm just hoping that I'm in the position for someone to say that to me next year. :laugh:
 
Haven't consulted the stars or the internets yet, but I'm nervously awaiting Friday morning. And reading the SDN Postdoc thread... I want to be like... you fools don't know how lucky you have it!! I'm just hoping that I'm in the position for someone to say that to me next year. :laugh:[/QUOTE]

Haha! As someone on internship now, feel free to say that to me! 😉 I remember so well how horribly nerve-wracking this whole process is (and particularly this week). Hang in there! Sending lots of good luck vibes your way!
 
Dream Chaser said:
Last year I applied to 15 sites, a few of which lost funding, and received 7 interview invites. This year I applied to 19 and landed 14 interviews.
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Dream, not to pick but learn: what did you do differently or have differently this year that increased your interviews? Why do you speculate that you had 7 interviews but didnt match last year? Dissertation status? Hours? Places applied to? Rec letters?

*Normally, I'd say this is rude to ask, but I had 6 interviews and am listing 8 on my ROL and I am trying to get a feel for reasons people dont match. So, pardon my rudeness and know that it's anxiety/curiosity fueled.*
 
psychofile said:
I've been consulting the magic 8 ball online. I'm not playin'
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I asked the magic 8 ball, "Will I match for internship on Friday?" and it said "Absolutely." 🙂

In other news, I have decided that magic 8 ball is a difinitive and infallible resource for predicting things.
 
DazedAndConfuse said:
I asked the magic 8 ball, "Will I match for internship on Friday?" and it said "Absolutely." 🙂

In other news, I have decided that magic 8 ball is a difinitive and infallible resource for predicting things.
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Then I'm screwed....might as well start planning for Phase II 😉
 
As someone going through the match process for a second time, I am finding it very helpful just to put my fears of not matching out into the world. I applied to many more sites this time around, and got many more interviews than last year, so I know my chances of matching are in the highest possible range. That being said, it's hard to be as optimistic as I should be when my past experience was negative.

While not matching last year was actually a really great experience, and I'm glad it happened to me (and actually I think if I did not match again it would be a positive experience), I would like to break that pattern and have a new experience!

So far I've found intense physical activity to be the one thing where I can be totally present without thinking about Friday morning.
 
I think it is healthy for there to be some open discussion of the not-matching prospect to normalize it in these times. Of course it is a huge personal blow to not match AND, in these times, not matching is also not personal. That is, in many circumstances candidates did all the right things and there is still not room for everyone to gain a spot this year. I am glad to see those who were disappointed last year speaking to coming through the process and even to gaining some things, despite the pain and frustration they experienced. The profession requires resilience. The odds can fall for your or against you in this process and there are real elements that are out of any one individual's control. Radical acceptance is hard work.
 
Wishing everyone a happy Match Day! Exactly two days from now many of us may get contacted by internship sites! :xf:

Anxiety has started to trickle in... :barf:
 
docma said:
Radical acceptance is hard work.
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This is so true, and thanks for saying it.

While I am a first time applicant, I have found the entire experience, as well as how I have handled it, to be profoundly disappointing... and yet, I am trying to work on radical acceptance, resilience, self-care, and a shift away from depressogenic interpretations of myself and my situation. It is an every day work.

And thank you to all the second (or third) time applicants. Your stories are inspiring and provide some hope in what would otherwise feel like a hopeless situation.
 
ClinPsychEnthus said:
And thank you to all the second (or third) time applicants. Your stories are inspiring and provide some hope in what would otherwise feel like a hopeless situation.
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Yes...thank you to all of the second or even third time applicants. Your input and your resilience has helped me to come to terms with the fact that if I don't match this year it's not all doom and gloom. If I don't match I will use this next year to improve myself and my stats in hopes of being a better candidate next year.
 
PhDMiss2014 said:
Yes...thank you to all of the second or even third time applicants. Your input and your resilience has helped me to come to terms with the fact that if I don't match this year it's not all doom and gloom. If I don't match I will use this next year to improve myself and my stats in hopes of being a better candidate next year.
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Would any of you be able to develop an internship for next year that is not apa/appic? That's my plan if I don't match this year. My program is completely ok with that and I'll take the risk rather than attempt this again next year. But hopefully my one experience will turn out positively 🙂
 
I will get by / I will get by
I will get by / I will survive
We will get by / We will get by
We will get by / We will survive
 
Wishing everyone a happy match day 😀

For those that went through Phase II last year, any advice for how to get organized and start working on applications after we find out the news? Any advice for those of us who may go through Phase II??
 
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Tomorrow we'll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!​
 
Good luck all ! Tomorrow morning can't come soon enough. It's been a long difficult process !
 
T'was the night before match day
And all through the house
The applicants were pacing
And hitting 'refresh' with their mouse!

Feel free to add more verses - this is all my rattled brain could think up at the moment. Good luck, everyone! Whatever happens, Phase I is done tomorrow ...
 
neurogirl37 said:
T'was the night before match day
And all through the house
The applicants were pacing
And hitting 'refresh' with their mouse!

Feel free to add more verses - this is all my rattled brain could think up at the moment. Good luck, everyone! Whatever happens, Phase I is done tomorrow ...
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The laptop was placed
In the study with care
With hopes that good news from Greg Keilin
Soon would be there!
 
The applicants were huddled around the computer with care
When up popped the email
They wondered how to open it
If they even dare…


Hopefully I'm a better psychologist then poet. 🙂 Best of luck all.
 
Hi guys, I'm on internship now and know how much match day [can] sucks. Just remember, whether match tomorrow or not you will complete your degree. Years from this will all be behind you. Take care everyone.
 
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