Interview invite from Western Kentucky Internship Consortium and Children's Hospital-Oakland. Both phone calls.
Tonight I received a personalized e-mail invitation to interview at James Quillen VAMC. I was surprised because they had already popped upon the forum earlier...must be doing rolling invites.
Phone interview with Orlando VA this morning...wow, that's all I have to say! Very challenging questions compared to my previous interviews. I was so nervous and they could tell 🙁
While its very possible that these sites have contacted people, and it just happens to not be anyone on SDN, it seems suspect to me. I am still waiting on like 7 sites (all UCC except San Bernardino) and I find it surprising that not one single person has heard from them. Not even a "friend of a friend heard through the grapevine that so and so got an interview here and here"...
Let's say we are all going through phase 2 with at least 3 other people in our cohort. If you figure how many sites you may here about then, it just seems more than a coincidence that there are so many sites that haven't been heard from yet.
I KNOW! Me too. I am surprised. What are these sites doing?! Dang!
Has anyone else not heard anything either way from Cincinnati VA or Univ. of Oklahoma? They sent both rejections and invitations, but I haven't received news either way. Also, what about UAB?
Has anyone else not heard anything either way from Cincinnati VA or Univ. of Oklahoma? They sent both rejections and invitations, but I haven't received news either way. Also, what about UAB?
I emailed training directors yesterday but still have no replies. I know that TDs are not mandated to contact students but if you initiate the email, are they also not mandated to reply?
I emailed training directors yesterday but still have no replies. I know that TDs are not mandated to contact students but if you initiate the email, are they also not mandated to reply?
Has anyone else not heard anything either way from Cincinnati VA or Univ. of Oklahoma? They sent both rejections and invitations, but I haven't received news either way. Also, what about UAB?
oh my gosh, ppl, it is tuesday already! i cant believe that i still have no news from 5 sites! and im not expecting a letter, i know that they are not required to inform us of our status this time around. 5 sites on my list have interviewed fellow sdners so i know that i can prob cross them off the list (and that they still exist!) but a whole additional 5 sites dont appear to have said anything to anybody!
1. University of Alabama at birmingham
2. coatesvile va (neuro track)
3. northern california VA (neuro track)
4. bay pines VA
5. Jesse brown VA
am i going crazy? did yall already hear from them and i missed it? because it is getting really last minute here!!!
(sorry for all the exclamation marks and general repetitive nature of this post, i just feel better at least writing to yall instead of wringing my hands in consternation )
Phone interview with Orlando VA this morning...wow, that's all I have to say! Very challenging questions compared to my previous interviews. I was so nervous and they could tell 🙁
Are we allowed to do this?I emailed training directors yesterday but still have no replies. I know that TDs are not mandated to contact students but if you initiate the email, are they also not mandated to reply?
I have yet to hear from:
UAB
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson
Ann Arbor VA
Jesse Brown VA
Reading Hospital
Institute for Multicultural Counseling &Educational services
Has ANYONE heard from any of these?
Yesterday I heard from James Quillen, so I think they are rolling if you are still waiting!
Are we allowed to do this?
Anyone have any idea why the Orlando VA didn't fill any of their spots in Phase 1? (Aside from perhaps that no one was capable of answering their challenging questions appropriately 🤣) I'm wondering if that should be a concern for applicants when ranking the site. I know they are not APA accredited, but I would have thought they would fill at least one or two positions.
Wagwise, I feel the same exact way! I too am waiting for ANYTHING about:
1. University of Alabama at Birmingham
2. Coatesvile VA (neuro track)
3. Northern California VA (neuro track)
4. Jesse Brown VA
Additionally, I also haven't seen anything about:
5. San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health
6. University of Idaho
7. Applied Psychology Group of Texoma
8. Institute for Multicultural Counseling and Education Services
9. Child and Family Guidance Center
Yes, that is 9 sites and its Tuesday!
FYI to all inquiring....I received an interview email from Bay Pines 3/1. Based on the details of the email, I believe 25 people received the same email to interview. I interviewed on the 8th.
if its the u idaho counseling center, I know they have done some interviews already. a colleague of mine interviewed with them last week i believe.
I am also waiting for
San Bernardino
Children's Institute
Va NorCal
IMCES
Jesse Brown VA
Ann Arbor VA
UAB VA
Any news would be appreciated, pretty sure that my two interviews will be it since it is so late in the week already.
APPIC asks that we be judicious in deciding whether or not to do this. I have e-mailed a couple I haven't heard from (and from my understanding nobody has heard from) because it is Tuesday! I figured that I had either not heard from them because I wasn't being considered, which in that case my e-mail won't affect anything OR they have not sent things out and my e-mail was polite enough to not make it a deal-breaker.
FYI to all inquiring....I received an interview email from Bay Pines 3/1. Based on the details of the email, I believe 25 people received the same email to interview. I interviewed on the 8th.
I was not aware either that we could not email sites especially if there has been no contact. We were informed that sites were not mandated to send out rejection emails but I am trying to to move on and not continue to feel like I am in limbo and I know a lot of people feel this way. My emails just politely asked the status of my apps.
let us know when u hear something, im curious if ull get a response... (and if i should do it)
I received an invite by phone this morning from Western Kentucky Consortium. I had marked them off my list, because others had already heard from them last week. Don't give up hope. It ain't over 'til it's over. This makes 9 interviews for me. Wish I could have been so lucky during Match I.
This makes 9 interviews for me. Wish I could have been so lucky during Match I.
I wouldn't be surprised if Jessie Brown does things in a similar fashion.
Wow CACPstudent, thats great congratulations! I'm in a different situation where I got more interviews Phase I than II. Did you change anything about your application? Or apply to places that you didn't want to the first time? To me, it seems like Phase II is more competitive than Phase I as there are roughly 1000 of us trying for 280 spots, and not too many of those are APA.
Actually, I did change my application and I'm sorry to say that I left out my ethnicity this time around. I'm Native American. Of course I can't say for sure if this is what changed things, but it has certainly made me wonder.
It would be disheartening if your ethnicity made such a difference. May I ask why you chose to leave this off?
I decided to leave it off after I noticed that a disproportionate number of minority students at my school were the ones that did not match in Match I.
So did you take it off your essays and cover letters? I didn't realize we could actually make any changes to the application itself for Phase II. I'm pretty sure it asked what ethnicity I was on the actual application. I noted on my cover letters that I am bilingual, but I definitely incorporated my ethnicity or nationality in my multicultural essay because I thought I was giving it depth and personalizing it. Perhaps I shouldnt have done this?
I decided to leave it off after I noticed that a disproportionate number of minority students at my school were the ones that did not match in Match I.
I am hope the best for everyone in this Phase II process. I am seeing that many of the sites where I did not even snag an interview are now seeking interns in Phase II. Yet they did not interview me, even thought I matched at an APA site. Something seems very very very wrong about this whole mess. If anyone could reconstruct the process from the ground up, what would you do to change it?? Would you scrap the process and what would or should replace it.