2014-2015 APPIC (internship) interview thread

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diversitydoc said:
Weirdest invite wording ever this morning....But invite nonetheless. Woohoo! :clap:

-Site name: Boston University Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology
-Date notified: 12/2/14
-Invite or rejection: Invite
-Track (please specify even for general tracks): General
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass
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congrats- I interviewed there last year.
 
-Site name: VA Pittsburgh

-Date notified: 12/2

-Invite or rejection: Rejection

-Track (please specify even for general tracks): Neuropsych (although not stated in email)

-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email

7 rejections, 1 invite. Hard to stay positive about the 7 other sites I have yet to hear from. :depressed:
 
pinky&thebrain said:
-Site name: VA Pittsburgh

-Date notified: 12/2

-Invite or rejection: Rejection

-Track (please specify even for general tracks): Neuropsych (although not stated in email)

-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email

7 rejections, 1 invite. Hard to stay positive about the 7 other sites I have yet to hear from. :depressed:
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I'm in the same boat. Try to stay positive!
 
Offering a bit of unsolicited advice:

If you are waiting to hear back re: an interview date and are anxious about booking flights as prices continue to rise, I suggest booking a flight on Southwest if possible. There are no change fees and there isn't even a fee to cancel your flight. You can choose to have the fare go back to your card (within 24 hours I think, but it may be longer) OR you can have whatever you paid held in your account to use on future Southwest flights. Also just an FYI, Southwest does not allow their fares to be displayed on travel aggregate websites like Priceline or Travelocity-- you'll have to go directly to the source.
 
Site name: Northport VA
Date Notified: 12/2
Invite or Rejection: Invite
Track (please specify even for general tracks): None
How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): personal email
 
Northport VAMC
Received invite 12/2
Personalized email

Dates:
Tuesday, December 16

Wednesday, December 17

Tuesday, January 13

Wednesday, January 14

Tuesday, January 20
 
aly cat said:
Offering a bit of unsolicited advice:

If you are waiting to hear back re: an interview date and are anxious about booking flights as prices continue to rise, I suggest booking a flight on Southwest if possible. There are no change fees and there isn't even a fee to cancel your flight. You can choose to have the fare go back to your card (within 24 hours I think, but it may be longer) OR you can have whatever you paid held in your account to use on future Southwest flights. Also just an FYI, Southwest does not allow their fares to be displayed on travel aggregate websites like Priceline or Travelocity-- you'll have to go directly to the source.
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I definitely agree with this! I booked a few flights when Southwest was having sales "just in case." I ended up canceling one of them but am using the refunded Southwest money to get a flight somewhere else! So you can lock down good fares early without any repercussions if you cancel 🙂.
 
diversitydoc said:
"We are in receipt of your application to our program. Our interview is January 8th, 2015. Interviews will begin at 9:00AM. Please let me know if you will attend."

That was it. No opening or closing greeting. No hint of interview in the subject line. I read the first line sleepily at 7:00AM this morning and was sure I got rejected. Hahaha.
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Okay yeah that is a tad bizarre.
 
-Site name: VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System

-Date notified: 12/2

-Invite or rejection: Invitation - Open House on 1/7 or 1/14

-Track (please specify even for general tracks): General

-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email
 
aly cat said:
Offering a bit of unsolicited advice:

If you are waiting to hear back re: an interview date and are anxious about booking flights as prices continue to rise, I suggest booking a flight on Southwest if possible. There are no change fees and there isn't even a fee to cancel your flight. You can choose to have the fare go back to your card (within 24 hours I think, but it may be longer) OR you can have whatever you paid held in your account to use on future Southwest flights. Also just an FYI, Southwest does not allow their fares to be displayed on travel aggregate websites like Priceline or Travelocity-- you'll have to go directly to the source.
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Agreed. I took out a SW credit card prior to graduate school interviews (when they had a ridiculously good deal, being a fairly new credit card) and was able to book 2-3 round trip flights for free. I'm not sure what the sign-up promotions are now but I would encourage folks to look into it.
 
2011clinicalpsy said:
Has anyone heard from the Durham VAMC? Last year they notified applicants 11/27 and then sent rejections 12/6...
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Neither myself or the other person from my program who applied there has heard anything. They have a new training director this year, so perhaps that's why their timeline looks different.
 
Veiledrose said:
VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center and Nursing Home

-North Hills, CA

-Date notified: 12/1

-Invite or rejection: Rejection

-Track (please specify even for general tracks): General

-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): Mass email
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Sorry 🙁, upward from here! I don't know about you, but when I have received rejections, I'm glad to at least have heard something. It's the not knowing at all that is worse, I think.
 
aly cat said:
Neither myself or the other person from my program who applied there has heard anything. They have a new training director this year, so perhaps that's why their timeline looks different.
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I am also waiting to hear from the Durham VA..
 
-Site name: VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System
-Date notified: 12/2
-Invite or rejection: Rejection
-Track (please specify even for general tracks): General
-How notified (mass email, personal email, phone): mass email
 
University of Maryland BaltimorePsychology Internship consortium
Invite
Notified 12/2
Mass email
Neuropsychology Track

West LA VA
Rejection
Notifed 12/2
Personal email
 
-Site name: Salem VA
-Date notified: 12/2
-Invite or rejection: Invitation
-Track: No track
-How notified: phone call

It looks like they're still working through the call list so if anyone else is waiting to hear there's hope!
 
-Site name: Atlanta VAMC

-Date notified: 12/2

-Invite or rejection: Invite

-Track: General

-How notified: Mass email

-Dates offered: January 12, 13, 14, 15 (asked to rank order preferences)
 
Site Name: The May Institute

Date notified: December 2nd

Invite or rejection: Invite

Track: Behavioral Health Specialty

How notified: Mass email

Dates offered: Jan 6, Jan 15, and Jan 21st (asked to email back with ranking of dates)
 
This is a long shot, but are there any applicants for VAMHCS/UMB Neuropsychology Track who are interviewing on Jan 22 who would like to / be willing to switch to Jan 15?
 
SD101010 said:
West Haven VA
GMH-Addictions and GMH-PTSD and COMH
Date notified: 12/1
Invitation for interview
Personal email - I was scheduled for interviews on January 15, 2015, but email states may be possible to see you on one of our other interview days which are not given.
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They offered January 8th as an alternative.
 
Somehow my thinking got a little more flawed than usual, so I have some questions:

Has anyone gotten an invite for the U Florida neuro track?
Has anyone gotten an invite for positions #14 or #10 at UCSD/VA?
Or for that matter, a rejection from Duke neuro?
 
How long do you think we should wait to contact a site after requesting interview dates? The invite I received on the 28th still hadn't gotten back to me after I ranked in order of preference four dates. I am hesitant to schedule any other interviews on any of those dates, which is becoming somewhat difficult. They said that once they hear from us and are preferred dates they would send a confirmation but I haven't heard a peep. Thoughts?
 
Catholic University of America Counseling Center
Date Notified: 12/2/2014
Invite or Rejection: Invite
How notified: mass e-mail
Interview Dates offered: December 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, January 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th with two time slots per day: 10:00 am-1:45 pm and 1:30 pm-5:00 pm
 
psychrat said:
How long do you think we should wait to contact a site after requesting interview dates? The invite I received on the 28th still hadn't gotten back to me after I ranked in order of preference four dates. I am hesitant to schedule any other interviews on any of those dates, which is becoming somewhat difficult. They said that once they hear from us and are preferred dates they would send a confirmation but I haven't heard a peep. Thoughts?
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Hi, Based on your post earlier, are you referring to Trinitas? They just emailed me about 20 min ago to confirm my date, so they're prob going to get back to you soon too. If you don't hear by the end of today I'd say it's prob ok to email them and ask.
 
EEpsychstudent said:
Hi all! I've been trying to update since yesterday but for some reason having a really hard time with my updated post saving my work. 🙁

I'm continuing to try but facing some technical difficulties.
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Thank you so much for all the work you are doing for all of us! The application process is getting into a crazy stage, and a ton of invites/ non-invites will be coming in within the next couple of weeks, so I wanted to thank you for all the time and effort your are putting into this, on a purely volunteer basis. It helps all of us, and your service is greatly appreciated!!!
 
Bag of Owls said:
Somehow my thinking got a little more flawed than usual, so I have some questions:

Has anyone gotten an invite for the U Florida neuro track?
Has anyone gotten an invite for positions #14 or #10 at UCSD/VA?
Or for that matter, a rejection from Duke neuro?
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I received a phone invite for positions 14 and 11 at UCSD/VA on 11/25.
 
Pace University Counseling Center
Date Notified: 12/2/2014
Invite or Rejection: Invite
How notified: personalized e-mail
(No tracks)
Interview Dates offered: December 18th, 19th and January 5th, 6th (10:45 am-3:30 pm)
 
Bag of Owls said:
Somehow my thinking got a little more flawed than usual, so I have some questions:

Has anyone gotten an invite for the U Florida neuro track?
Has anyone gotten an invite for positions #14 or #10 at UCSD/VA?
Or for that matter, a rejection from Duke neuro?
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I got an invite for UF's neuro program about a week ago. It was a personalized email so if you haven't done so, check your junk folder. Good luck!
 
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