2015 Match Statistic Results

[Therapist4Chnge]

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Let's get to the results….(bolding is mine, italics are not)
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We are pleased to report that 3,239 applicants were successfully matched to internship positions in Phase I of the APPIC Match. Nearly half (49%) of all applicants who obtained a position matched to their first choice internship program, more than two-thirds (70%) received one of their top two choices, and about four-in-five (82%) received one of their top three choices.

A total of 689 applicants were not matched to an internship position in Phase I, while 319 applicants withdrew or did not submit a Rank Order List. A total of 445 positions remained unfilled.

Overall, the imbalance between applicants and internship positions showed significant improvement this year, due to a substantial increase in available positions along with a decrease in registered applicants. Compared to the 2014 Match, the number of registered applicants in 2015 decreased by 88 (-2%) to 4,247 applicants, while the number of internship positions increased by 183 (+5%) to 3,684 positions. Of the 183 additional positions, 144 (79%) were in APA- or CPA-accredited programs.

Despite the improvement in the overall imbalance, the number of applicants in 2015 still exceeded the number of positions by 563, and the number of applicants still exceeded the number of accredited positions by 1,515.

SOURCE: http://www.appic.org/Match/MatchStatistics/MatchStatistics2015PhaseI.aspx [/quote]
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I bolded the things I thought were most relevant. I like that there are more APA-acred. spots, but having 1,000+ more applicants than APA-acred. spots is very concerning. It'd be interesting to see if the decrease of 88 applicants was in part (or more) due to students foregoing APPIC all together and going with CAPIC or similar.

There are more tables, but I gotta run…if someone wants to post/format them…that'd be great. 😀

 

[AppsAintNoThang]

mm

 

[WisNeuro]

Are you referring to captive internships?

 

[AppsAintNoThang]

In this case, yes

 

[WisNeuro]

Ah, those create a lot of ambivalence. Some people love them, some don't because it takes some quality control out of the equation.

 

[AppsAintNoThang]

redact

 

[WisNeuro]

APA accreditation aside, it just makes it hard to differentiate quality of students within that program. Also, it takes one avenue of weeding out those students who probably shouldn't go on in the field. Doesn't matter as much for certain career paths, but I do know some of my colleagues in neuro will not look at postdoc apps from captive sites.

 

[AppsAintNoThang]

There's

 

[WisNeuro]

There are some programs that have an essential assurance though. There is some variance in captive sites and how closely intertwined they are into a program.

 

[cara susanna]

I can't get over that Clinical PsyD vs. PhD discrepancy. Wow.

 

[WisNeuro]

30 point swing, pretty substantial.

 

[ventstri]

I can't get over that Clinical PsyD vs. PhD discrepancy. Wow.

Same as it's always been.

 

[WisNeuro]

Well, PhD match rates look like they have risen in recent years at least, so it looks like the increased slots that have been made in recent years are predominantly going to the PhD/EdD category.

 

[AppsAintNoThang]

redact

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

There's absolutely no guarantee that students will get the captive sites. They interview and are ranked (or not) just like anyone else. They're independent sites that operate like regular agencies and have no requirement to take interns. In fact, they can just wait until phase 2 if they don't like the students from our school or they can pull out of the consortium entirely. We still have plenty of people who get weeded out and do not move on, though it usually happens well before.

My school is the same way, some have applied to the captive site at my school and not gotten it. The way it was explained to me was that we get preference if it is a tie with another applicant outside of the school, otherwise we are looked at individually just like any other site.