And apparently, based on their APPIC interview stats, they interview everyone...well 72/75 folks lol
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Make that five. Wow!
Nationwide must be a great site! I wonder why I didn't apply.. 🙂 Good luck, everyone!
Better make that six. Good luck everyone!
mass e-mail. 5 dates offered. December 5, 12, 19, and January 9, 16.
I told myself that I would try to cognitively reframe rejections as, "At least it's one less interview I have to go on/place I have to spend time traveling to/money I have to spend." Because rejections are actually good things for those reasons! And while it also feels surreal and confusing to receive a rejection, at least it cuts out the mystery over a particular site. You know to stop spending time thinking about the site or caring about their materials. ALSO - another positive spin is that although they've rejected you now, that same site may actually pop up again in Phase II if you end up in that position so there's always some minor possibility you can apply again.
So, a related thought/question: -- I am having this kind of more picky moment... -- if I'd end up receiving no invites, just rejections, am I still eligible to move to Phase II, b/c, technically, I had no chance to not matching, correct?
Yes, so long as you registered for the match. Here's the question/answer piece that speaks to this:
I'm not sure if there's more up to date info but under the "Survey Results" section, they have "Part 2: Applicant Placement by Applicant & Program Characteristics" for the year 2012. (Here's the direct link: http://appic.org/Match/MatchStatistics/ApplicantSurvey2012Part2.aspx) ... #12 on that page asks about # of interview offers received & match rate. Hope that was what you were looking for!
Hopefully everyone else is more successful!
This happened to a student at my school last year. She got no interview offers so she knew early on that she'd have to rely on Phase II. In a way, knowing ahead of time is helpful because I believe the normal window between Phase I Match Day and Phase II is like 6 days, which leaves little time to prep materials. So, knowing earlier allows more time to reevaluate your essays/training goals/CV (maybe some time to add last minute trainings or presentations) and consult with faculty. You can even get newer, stronger letters of rec if that's what you need. However, you're limited in that you wouldn't know what sites are going to be available so it's hard to tailor things to unknown sites. BUT with this student from last year - she ended up placing at a great site in Phase II that was within an hour of her mom in another state, so she had a good site and a nice, unexpected built-in support system.
I'm too lazy to look at this and see if the answer is on there, but my understanding is that you need 7-8 interviews in order to match. That's my scientific opinion haha.
How did you get this list?! Or is this obvious and I'm just losing it? You can PM if you want.
To clarify, not liking the rejection, but the hoping to get an invitation soon. I hope you get one! And then that opens the floodgates and we all get invites. 🙂
