2018-2019 APPIC Internship Interview Thread

[onwardsandup]

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This is now #goals. I'm looking forward to potentially exploring a new part of the country and finding a hot engineering boyfriend/husband!

LOL! Same here, about both

 

[bigdreamer3]

Reading this forum, but I'll be the first to admit it's not a well-informed thought, which is why I phrased it that way instead of "schools that don't have good training."

I'd welcome being corrected, though. 🙂

I also realize online reviews are heavily swayed to the negative since it's those with girevances that typically are motivated to post them, so I'm definitely keeping a wide open mind.

Huh. Just curious mostly. These forums do seem to have a "PhD or bust" mentality a lot of time IMO. I do admittedly attend a PsyD program and can only speak to the experience in my program. Thanks for the response!

 

[Deadblue]

I applied to LJ PTSD/Alc Drug TX, VA Sami/LJ PTSD, and VA BHIP/VA InPT. Substance Abuse tracks. My colleague applied to UCSD tracks (eating disorder-related). We both got the invite on the 20th as well, and received confirmation of our interviews the following day.

Congrats! I applied to the neuro based positions at both VA and UCSD and wasn’t expecting to hear back until mid-December.

 

[ToneTone]

Huh. Just curious mostly. These forums do seem to have a "PhD or bust" mentality a lot of time IMO. I do admittedly attend a PsyD program and can only speak to the experience in my program. Thanks for the response!

Same. And my only real regret has just been the debt. I Made sure to do research, present, published etc. but I’m not interested in teaching. My choices largely had to do with not wanting to move all over the country. I often wonder what the perception is still. My understanding is that students from my school who placed at those hard to get internships did just as well.

 

[ToneTone]

This is now #goals. I'm looking forward to potentially exploring a new part of the country and finding a hot engineering boyfriend/husband!

I started dating my hot engineer a month before first year. Still working on trapping him for lyfe. Highly recommend hot engineers.

 

[bigdreamer3]

I started dating my hot engineer a month before first year. Still working on trapping him for lyfe. Highly recommend hot engineers.

Is there a particular place they hang out where I might find one? Or is like Pokemon where they just appear in the wild and I have to be lucky?

 

[ToneTone]

Is there a particular place they hang out where I might find one? Or is like Pokemon where they just appear in the wild and I have to be lucky?

I’m dying here lol. Well if you move to pockets of the US where it is tech heavy you should have no problem. Especially in Silicon Valley. They appear in the wild everywhere! Like zubats.

 

[BSM328]

Huh. Just curious mostly. These forums do seem to have a "PhD or bust" mentality a lot of time IMO. I do admittedly attend a PsyD program and can only speak to the experience in my program. Thanks for the response!

I'm also in a PsyD program and I have noticed that some of the academic medical centers are still very PhD focused. My concern all along has been that PsyD students will not get the same consideration as PhDs due to the belief that they aren't as "research oriented". I am not sure if this is the case and I hope that it isn't because my program (and others) are quite research oriented. I hope there is a shift in the perception as PsyDs gain more prominence in the field. I do love my PhD friends/colleagues but it has been a discussion/fear amongst my PsyD mates. 😍

 

[AlwaysPsyched]

I'm also in a PsyD program and I have noticed that some of the academic medical centers are still very PhD focused. My concern all along has been that PsyD students will not get the same consideration as PhDs due to the belief that they aren't as "research oriented". I am not sure if this is the case and I hope that it isn't because my program (and others) are quite research oriented. I hope there is a shift in the perception as PsyDs gain more prominence in the field. I do love my PhD friends/colleagues but it has been a discussion/fear amongst my PsyD mates. 😍

I second everything you just said! I am in the same boat.

 

[BSM328]

I second everything you just said! I am in the same boat.

It's changing 🙂 The training director for the Behavioral Medicine track at Yale is a PsyD. Everyone has a skill set that they bring to the table

 

[Hawkeye11]

I'm also in a PsyD program and I have noticed that some of the academic medical centers are still very PhD focused. My concern all along has been that PsyD students will not get the same consideration as PhDs due to the belief that they aren't as "research oriented". I am not sure if this is the case and I hope that it isn't because my program (and others) are quite research oriented. I hope there is a shift in the perception as PsyDs gain more prominence in the field. I do love my PhD friends/colleagues but it has been a discussion/fear amongst my PsyD mates. 😍

My perception about the places I referenced was not based on a negative perception of PsyDs as a whole, but things I read about one of the specific schools, if that helps.

Edit: and that reading was very limited after a quick search just for curiosity's sake after receiving the invite

 

[AlwaysPsyched]

I’m dying here lol. Well if you move to pockets of the US where it is tech heavy you should have no problem. Especially in Silicon Valley. They appear in the wild everywhere! Like zubats.

Can confirm, I have a hot software engineer boyfriend, found him in the wilderness near a tech company looking for an internet signal.

 

[BSM328]

My perception about the places I referenced was not based on a negative perception of PsyDs as a whole, but things I read about one of the specific schools, if that helps.

Oh I know! It was the comment that I replied to that got me thinking. It has been a constant conversation since I started the PsyD program and something that I know I worry about on the daily.

 

[PsychicKat]

I started dating my hot engineer a month before first year. Still working on trapping him for lyfe. Highly recommend hot engineers.

Can confirm, I have a hot software engineer boyfriend, found him in the wilderness near a tech company looking for an internet signal.

#dying I love this

 

[BSM328]

Oh I know! It was the comment that I replied to that got me thinking. It has been a constant conversation since I started the PsyD program and something that I know I worry about on the daily.

Also -- didn't mean to make it all serious on here but I had to vocalize it because I know it is a thing. Back to shoving cookies in my mouth and watching RHOC.

 

[xinfamoustophx]

I just got an email from the VA...reminding me that I need to do my online fire drill training.

My hopes were smashed! Looks like I may be going two full days without contact.

 

[PsychMixer]

Also -- didn't mean to make it all serious on here but I had to vocalize it because I know it is a thing. Back to shoving cookies in my mouth and watching RHOC.

Ditto. I have always wondered what internship's perceptions are about different programs: clinical, counseling, and school. Looking at their past interns, seems like a lot of sites who "accept" all three still have a strong preference for clinical [I guess depending on the site]. The PsyD/PhD isn't so obvious on APPIC stuff IMO.

 

[BSM328]

Ditto. I have always wondered what internship's perceptions are about different programs: clinical, counseling, and school. Looking at their past interns, seems like a lot of sites who "accept" all three still have a strong preference for clinical [I guess depending on the site]. The PsyD/PhD isn't so obvious on APPIC stuff IMO.

It's less obvious on APPIC and more obvious in their brochures for sure (re. the PhD vs PsyD).

 

[AlwaysPsyched]

Did anyone hear from the Cleveland VA? Their notification date was today according to APPI, but haven't heard a peep!

 

[ay1314]

Ditto. I have always wondered what internship's perceptions are about different programs: clinical, counseling, and school. Looking at their past interns, seems like a lot of sites who "accept" all three still have a strong preference for clinical [I guess depending on the site]. The PsyD/PhD isn't so obvious on APPIC stuff IMO.

Also - my school has both a counseling program and a clinical program (both PhDs). We take a lot of our methods classes with each other, have the same practicum sites, and participate in very similar research but in the past I know some sites will only accept students from clinical and not counseling, and vice versa. It seems ridiculous to us because we are literally doing the same coursework and practical but sites continue to see some big distinction between us.

 

[Hopeful_Intern_2018]

Did anyone hear from the Cleveland VA? Their notification date was today according to APPI, but haven't heard a peep!

I haven’t heard anything either! It’s weird because the past two years, they didn’t let people know until December I believe!!

 

[307Psychology]

Congrats! I applied to the neuro based positions at both VA and UCSD and wasn’t expecting to hear back until mid-December.

Thanks! Yes, this one was a nice early surprise, thought more invites may still be going out!

 

[thisgirl]

Glad to see the other PsyDs on here
It is definitely still a concern particularly in the academic/medical settings, despite knowing we did what was best for us and sill have the skills - yes research too!

Back to dogs and wine and food

 

[traumamama]

I'm feeling so looow right now. Got rejected by an APPIC site I applied to as a safety school. Terrifying.

 

[thisgirl]

I'm feeling so looow right now. Got rejected by an APPIC site I applied to as a safety school. Terrifying.

you are okay!
I had the thought that many of my "safeties" could very well reject me because they can tell my heart isn't in that. you are on to better fit things!

 

[thisgirl]

Also -- didn't mean to make it all serious on here but I had to vocalize it because I know it is a thing. Back to shoving cookies in my mouth and watching RHOC.

first things first - what is RHOC?

 

[slaney]

Same here. Not a great day for me. I'm impressed by how quick you all are to post on here! I thought I rushed over!
Current mood:
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After I didn't get a call from Children's National which I'm assuming equates to a rejection, I went to TJ Maxx and bought a stemless wine glass that says "Namast'op, I can't even" on it. Best $5.99 I've ever spent (and much classier than chugging out of the bottle).

Some perspective:
I got rejected at the program that I thought would have been my top choice the day before Thanksgiving in 2013. I was absolutely devestated. I moped around my moms house, and even threw in a few “I’m not thankful for anything’s.” I ended up matching with my first ranked spot. I saw a whole new part of the county, met a super hot engineer, made some lifelong friends, and worked my butt off to make professional connections and gain great clinical expertise. Fast forward to the day before Thanksgiving 2017. I’m sitting next to my super hot engineering husband about to head over to my moms house for some fun. I’m now a staff psychologist and internship/post doc supervisor at the site that rejected me 4 years ago today. Figured this might give you all some perspective. Just because you don’t get an interview somewhere doesn’t mean you’re not good enough. Just remember that. This process is a crap shoot, and everybody on both sides knows it. Happy thanksgiving!

Fiona, you the #realmvp. Definitely feeling discouraged today, so thank you for that! 🙂

This is now #goals. I'm looking forward to potentially exploring a new part of the country and finding a hot engineering boyfriend/husband!

Yeah, but really though. Where can I also sign up for a hot engineering husband?!

 

[BSM328]

first things first - what is RHOC?

The Real Housewives of Orange County 🙂

 

[Psychchick09]

After I didn't get a call from Children's National which I'm assuming equates to a rejection, I went to TJ Maxx and bought a stemless wine glass that says "Namast'op, I can't even" on it. Best $5.99 I've ever spent (and much classier than chugging out of the bottle).


Fiona, you the #realmvp. Definitely feeling discouraged today, so thank you for that! 🙂


Yeah, but really though. Where can I also sign up for a hot engineering husband?!

I need that wine glass!

 

[ashiozo]

-Brooklyn VA
-Track: N/A
-Invite!
-Date of Notification: 11/22/17
-How You Were Notified: Mass email
-Interview Date: 12/12

 

[slaney]

The Real Housewives of Orange County 🙂

Okay, but if we're talking Housewives, New York is the best. I saw someone on here with a Dorinda avatar and about lost it. RHONY has my heart

 

[PsychDreams]

Anyone hear from Lurie Children's?

Radio silence here. I'm almost scared to ask... was it listed elsewhere on the site and I just missed it.

Guys, I really really need it to be Thanksgiving now. I want a distraction. Until then.....

 

[thisgirl]

Anybody hear from Indiana University or Oregon Health & Sciences? 😱

 

[LateOnArrival_PhD]

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This is probably the most adorable & accurate thing I've ever seen

 

[PsychDreams]

Some perspective:
I got rejected at the program that I thought would have been my top choice the day before Thanksgiving in 2013. I was absolutely devestated. I moped around my moms house, and even threw in a few “I’m not thankful for anything’s.” I ended up matching with my first ranked spot. I saw a whole new part of the county, met a super hot engineer, made some lifelong friends, and worked my butt off to make professional connections and gain great clinical expertise. Fast forward to the day before Thanksgiving 2017. I’m sitting next to my super hot engineering husband about to head over to my moms house for some fun. I’m now a staff psychologist and internship/post doc supervisor at the site that rejected me 4 years ago today. Figured this might give you all some perspective. Just because you don’t get an interview somewhere doesn’t mean you’re not good enough. Just remember that. This process is a crap shoot, and everybody on both sides knows it. Happy thanksgiving!

I can't love this enough. Thank you so much for sharing and helping me get some much needed perspective! 🙂

 

[LateOnArrival_PhD]

Full Site Name: Aurora Mental Health Center
-Track: child/family
-Invite or rejection: rejection
-Date of Notification: 11/22
-How You Were Notified: mass email
- This after being #denvered yesterday! I am baking pies and doing pilates. Lots of pies.

Also got this rejection today. Not unexpected but still sad... And I'll also be baking pies w my friends tomorrow. but at least I get to have my first non-cold Thanksgiving by the beach so there's that (Someone please tell me it's not pathetic that I'm checking SDN on my phone, at the beach right now?! 😢 )

 

[BSM328]

Okay, but if we're talking Housewives, New York is the best. I saw someone on here with a Dorinda avatar and about lost it. RHONY has my heart

OK -- now I know we are soulmates. I love RHONY. It is the BEST. Clip clip clip, ok?!

 

[ICantStopHittingRefresh]

I'm feeling so looow right now. Got rejected by an APPIC site I applied to as a safety school. Terrifying.

Hang in there, @traumamama! This is such an inhumane process and you will absolutely find your spot, terrifying as the journey may be. You're gonna be a dokturr someday!!!

 

[wiws]

Anyone hear from Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology in Boston? I'm so stressed. I applied to Yale addictions and have not heard back either, I wonder if this means a rejection.

 

[ICantStopHittingRefresh]

Also got this rejection today. Not unexpected but still sad... And I'll also be baking pies w my friends tomorrow. but at least I get to have my first non-cold Thanksgiving by the beach so there's that (Someone please tell me it's not pathetic that I'm checking SDN on my phone, at the beach right now?! 😢 )

I would MUCH rather be checking SDN from the beach than from my couch. ENVIOUS!!

 

[LateOnArrival_PhD]

Some perspective:
I got rejected at the program that I thought would have been my top choice the day before Thanksgiving in 2013. I was absolutely devestated. I moped around my moms house, and even threw in a few “I’m not thankful for anything’s.” I ended up matching with my first ranked spot. I saw a whole new part of the county, met a super hot engineer, made some lifelong friends, and worked my butt off to make professional connections and gain great clinical expertise. Fast forward to the day before Thanksgiving 2017. I’m sitting next to my super hot engineering husband about to head over to my moms house for some fun. I’m now a staff psychologist and internship/post doc supervisor at the site that rejected me 4 years ago today. Figured this might give you all some perspective. Just because you don’t get an interview somewhere doesn’t mean you’re not good enough. Just remember that. This process is a crap shoot, and everybody on both sides knows it. Happy thanksgiving!

Omg this is amazing 😍 Thanks for sharing your story and giving us some hope from the other side 🙂

 

[drxa]

Anyone hear from Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology in Boston? I'm so stressed. I applied to Yale addictions and have not heard back either, I wonder if this means a rejection.

I applied to CMT, I think their notification isn't supposed to go out until December 15 Another ~3 weeks of anxious waiting!

 

[Daisy1991]

Did anyone hear from the Cleveland VA? Their notification date was today according to APPI, but haven't heard a peep!

I was wondering the same thing...I didn't hear anything either.

 

[wiws]

I applied to CMT, I think their notification isn't supposed to go out until December 15 Another ~3 weeks of anxious waiting!

Thank you for easing my anxiety. I looked at last year's notifications and it looks like they sent them out November 21st so I freaked out.

 

[slaney]

Anyone hear from Lurie Children's?

Radio silence here. I'm almost scared to ask... was it listed elsewhere on the site and I just missed it.

Guys, I really really need it to be Thanksgiving now. I want a distraction. Until then.....
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Ugh, right?! This was another one I was really hoping to hear from today. The wine game is strong right now.

OK -- now I know we are soulmates. I love RHONY. It is the BEST. Clip clip clip, ok?!

OMFG YAAAS. Me tonight, when my parents asked how I was doing/if I had heard anything:

 

[PsychicKat]

Accurate.

 

[PsychicKat]

Retry: Accurate

 

[Segan1]

Welp it’s just about 5pm which means internship interview purgatory for the next 4 days...All of the food and wine for me! Let the waiting continue!😵

 

[NeuroWise]

-Full Site Name: Minneapolis VAHCS
-Track (if applicable): Neuro
-Invite
-Date of Notification: 11/21 (forgot to check my email until today)
-How You Were Notified: Personal email
-Interview Date(s): 1/8/2018

 

[LateOnArrival_PhD]

Anybody hear from Indiana University or Oregon Health & Sciences? 😱

Anybody hear from Indiana University or Oregon Health & Sciences? 😱

Nooo, was really hoping to hear from OHSU before Thanksgiving but now that it's approaching 6pm PST don't think that's gonna happen. *sigh* Happy Thanksgiving and happy coping with "interview invite purgatory" everyone 😱