PhD/PsyD APPIC Internship Interview Invitation Thread (2019)

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Action_Potential said:
Official Site Name: Metropolitan State Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 12/13
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums):
Offered Interview Dates: 1/14
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Same here, but I already have an interview scheduled on that date. I emailed them back asking for alternative dates. Fingers crossed! Wondering if anyone else had to reschedule with MSH?
 
I am so excited about and definitely expected a rejection given that it is somewhat late in the process.


Official Site Name: Mid-Michigan Psychology Internship Consortium (MMPIC), UMich Medicine Motts Children’s
Date Invitation Received: 12/13/18
Method of invitation: personalized email
Specialty Track/Site: Pediatric Psychology at Motts Children’s at Michigan Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Interviews date: only one they offer will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019 from 9:00am to 12:00pm in East Lansing at Michigan State.

For the Peds track they also offer an open door afternoon from 2PM to 4 PM on the 1/17/18.

So, taken together, the sort of the odd thing is that the entire visit spans across two half days and two different sites/cities that are appropriately a car-hour apart. I wonder how previous applicants managed to travel from one city to the next if they are not from around the area and travel with car.

Anyhow, since I decided to travel with my car anyways, I am glad to offer anyone who wants a ride from Ann Arbor to E. Lansing on Thursday evening. Just PM me.


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I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
 
Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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Ohhh thats bs. Especially with the flight already booked! Im so sorry.

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Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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That seems quite odd. Did the rejection email seem like it was sent to a mass of applicants and did not mention any error on their part? If so, that email was likely a mistake on their part. I would still verify with them, but I have a hard time believing that this error would occur - from interview to rejection. The other direction makes more sense.
 
Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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Man, I’d be tempted to ignore the rejection and show up. That makes no sense. It was probably in error.
 
Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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Definitely contact the program to clarify! It’s entirely possible that they sent the rejection by accident.


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Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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Wow that's awful.
 
Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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So sorry that happened. I would clarify with the program. If they did indeed retract the offer I would notify your training department.
 
Psych1215 said:
Thank you for all of the quick replies! I appreciate it. I am definitely going to email them after I take some time to calm down. This process is a roller coaster!
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That’s definitely unprofessional if it wasn’t by accident. I hope it was a mistake! If I was in your situation and they actually did change my invitation to a rejection, I would expect them to reimburse me for the flight ‍♀️
 
Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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This happened to a friend in my cohort. He got an interview offer via email and a personal email a few days later saying that they offered the interview by accident. It sounds like this rejection email may have been a mistake, but I would definitely call them and if it was not a mistake, tell them you already booked a flight. They need to let you interview.
 
McMackAttack said:
Literally nobody will know the answer to this but I’m feeling a little unhinged and I’m going to ask it anyway: do we really think sites with 12/20 or 12/21 notification dates will wait that long? I’m waiting on Kennedy’s non-accredited trauma track and cypress-Fairbanks and starting to get stressed about scheduling travel plans. Because I haven’t yet.


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I have 3 sites that have 12/20 12/21 notification dates for the sake of making travel plans I hope not!!!


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fallen625 said:
Someone I was interviewing with mentioned today that she was taking into account how the interview went in her rankings. Are we supposed to be doing that?? I thought that shouldn’t matter and that we should rank what we like best without taking into account how much we think the site liked us


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I think it’s a 2 way street with ranking. I’ll be considering if I liked the interviewers, the site itself and whether or not they showed strong interest/enthusiasm for me!


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For some reason, my interview today made me feel unhinged. Everyone seemed very qualified and I'm realizing my other interviews are going to be full of similarly qualified people. If my current site didn't even want me, I don't see how I have any shot at these other sites.........i'm starting to consider my plans if I don't match 🙁
 
Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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Notify your DCT immediately! That’s bs!!!


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Thanks again, Blue Duck!

Official Site Name: University of St. Thomas Counseling and Psychological Services
Date Invitation Received: 12/13
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Offered Interview Dates: 1/7-1/10
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane:

You can post additional information as you like (rejections, etc.) but this is the basic info I will plan on tracking unless I hear otherwise. I'm going to reserve the next couple posts below.

Good luck everyone![/QUOTE]
 
laughingasong said:
For some reason, my interview today made me feel unhinged. Everyone seemed very qualified and I'm realizing my other interviews are going to be full of similarly qualified people. If my current site didn't even want me, I don't see how I have any shot at these other sites.........i'm starting to consider my plans if I don't match 🙁
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I'm trying to remind myself that a lot of sites will be pulling from the same pools of people. So even though everyone is very qualified they can each only hav one site they match with.
 
neuroguy101 said:
That seems quite odd. Did the rejection email seem like it was sent to a mass of applicants and did not mention any error on their part? If so, that email was likely a mistake on their part. I would still verify with them, but I have a hard time believing that this error would occur - from interview to rejection. The other direction makes more sense.
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The same thing happened one of my program mates last week. Fortunately, the site was only was in state and a hour Folsom her residence BUT still! I think it’d be better to NOT tell you and just not rank you since I doubt they’ll reimburse your air fare! I’m SO sorry this happened to you! It’s a nightmare!!!


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Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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Did you apply to multiple tracks?


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I didn't see anyone else post this, so here goes!

Official Site Name: California Psychology Internship Consortium - San Quentin Prison
Date Invitation Received: 12/13
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): None
Offered Interview Dates: 1/14, 1/18, 1/23, 1/24

What a rollercoaster this has been. Still waiting on 4 sites :scared:
 
ZenHiker said:
I didn't see anyone else post this, so here goes!

Official Site Name: California Psychology Internship Consortium - San Quentin Prison
Date Invitation Received: 12/13
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): None
Offered Interview Dates: 1/14, 1/18, 1/23, 1/24

What a rollercoaster this has been. Still waiting on 4 sites :scared:
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Very cool! I didn't apply to prisons, but think that is awesome San Quentin has a rotation. I love their Ear Hustle podcast
 
Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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Current intern here. This happened to me last year. I contacted the site and turned out the rejection was a mistake. Hang in there. This process is rough enough without the roller coaster of thinking you lost an interview you had counted on having.
 
tn15an said:
I'm trying to remind myself that a lot of sites will be pulling from the same pools of people. So even though everyone is very qualified they can each only hav one site they match with.
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Exactly! And in a weird way, I would prefer if the other interviewees at my sites have MORE interviews because that will increase the chances that they will match somewhere else haha. I wish you all the best, but also I'm trying to maximize my odds 😀
 
attitudelikeasunrise said:
Exactly! And in a weird way, I would prefer if the other interviewees at my sites have MORE interviews because that will increase the chances that they will match somewhere else haha. I wish you all the best, but also I'm trying to maximize my odds 😀
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We ALL feel the same way!


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erf1121 said:
Current intern here. This happened to me last year. I contacted the site and turned out the rejection was a mistake. Hang in there. This process is rough enough without the roller coaster of thinking you lost an interview you had counted on having.
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Thank you so much!!
 
What are people doing to deal with rejections? I can imagine many of us haven't had to face rejection prior to this nightmarish process and it is a lot of negativity coming in a concentrated amount of time. Any suggestions would help.

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PegLegMeg said:
I’m waiting on NPIC too, I think it’s likslt to be tomorrow but maybe we’ll be surprised. Looks like we applied to a lot of similar places 🙂
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What do you think of how they only offer phone interviews? And what other sites have you applied to?


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KDePsych said:
What are people doing to deal with rejections? I can imagine many of us haven't had to face rejection prior to this nightmarish process and it is a lot of negativity coming in a concentrated amount of time. Any suggestions would help.

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Just trying to be objective about it. When I get a rejection I really do compare myself to an Olympic runner who finished in the bottom half of racers by a hundredth of a second. It’s silly but it helps me. Because I’m basically constantly reminding myself that this process involves making (sometimes very arbitrary) distinctions amongst a pool of the most qualified psychology student badasses in the country. Hell, maybe even the world. But when faced with a pool of incredibly talented and qualified applicants, sites have to make very difficult decisions somehow. For example, I got rejected from a site who told me it was because I haven’t done projective tests. Some directors may have given me the chance to come to their site and learn projective testing, but it was important to this one that I already knew it. This doesn’t make me “worse” than anyone else or diminish how hard I’ve worked. It’s just a difference between me and another applicant that means something to a particular training director in a particular place. I don’t mean to diminish our experiences with the process. Because thinking about this objectively doesn’t mean that the way decisions are made isn’t sometimes disappointing, and it definitely stings to be told we are not going to get a chance to do an internship that we’ve daydreamed about and worked really hard to achieve. But it doesn’t say anything about our value or worth as a human or a psychologist. This process is painful. But it will make us all stronger. And we’ll all end up right where we’re supposed to be.


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McMackAttack said:
Just trying to be objective about it. When I get a rejection I really do compare myself to an Olympic runner who finished in the bottom half of racers by a hundredth of a second. It’s silly but it helps me. Because I’m basically constantly reminding myself that this process involves making (sometimes very arbitrary) distinctions amongst a pool of the most qualified psychology student badasses in the country. Hell, maybe even the world. But when faced with a pool of incredibly talented and qualified applicants, sites have to make very difficult decisions somehow. For example, I got rejected from a site who told me it was because I haven’t done projective tests. Some directors may have given me the chance to come to their site and learn projective testing, but it was important to this one that I already knew it. This doesn’t make me “worse” than anyone else or diminish how hard I’ve worked. It’s just a difference between me and another applicant that means something to a particular training director in a particular place. I don’t mean to diminish our experiences with the process. Because thinking about this objectively doesn’t mean that the way decisions are made isn’t sometimes disappointing, and it definitely stings to be told we are not going to get a chance to do an internship that we’ve daydreamed about and worked really hard to achieve. But it doesn’t say anything about our value or worth as a human or a psychologist. This process is painful. But it will make us all stronger. And we’ll all end up right where we’re supposed to be.


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Beautiful way of putting it! For me, I remember that it could literally come down to ...a difference of 30 hours. Maybe one person came from a program which gave them 30 hours of clinical work in their first semester, and those 30 hours pushed them over the top. Or perhaps another person just went to a site for training that a particular TD really respects....or possibly their application was read when the reviewer had just had a great day.....the fact is, if you have gotten to this point you are READY and qualified! And you will become a psychologist!
 
psydstudent2020 said:
What do you think of how they only offer phone interviews? And what other sites have you applied to?


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North Carolina department of public safety only does Skype interviews and say its because they recognize how expensive it is. I think it’s great, personally


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Hi all,

Need some advice. A site offered me one interview date but it is the same date as an already scheduled interview in a different state- is it frowned upon to mention that I cannot come on that date due to another interview and request a phone/Skype interview?

Thanks!
 
psyddancer7 said:
Hi all,

Need some advice. A site offered me one interview date but it is the same date as an already scheduled interview in a different state- is it frowned upon to mention that I cannot come on that date due to another interview and request a phone/Skype interview?

Thanks!
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The same thing happened to me and I just said that I had "another commitment" and would appreciate the opportunity for another date to interview. Even if you were to state explicitly that you have another interview scheduled, I feel like the site should be understanding about it. Just like we know and understand they are interviewing a bunch of other people, they should understand that we may be interviewing at a bunch of places as well.
 
KDePsych said:
What are people doing to deal with rejections? I can imagine many of us haven't had to face rejection prior to this nightmarish process and it is a lot of negativity coming in a concentrated amount of time. Any suggestions would help.

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Interview prep. Getting excited about the potential sites. Finishing up dissertation. Daydreaming about moving and looking at apartments in different cities. 🙂
 
Phd2bmaybe said:
Same here, but I already have an interview scheduled on that date. I emailed them back asking for alternative dates. Fingers crossed! Wondering if anyone else had to reschedule with MSH?
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I had to reschedule too! I hope they offer an alternative date!


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Psych1215 said:
I just received a personal email rejection from a site that previously called me to offer an interview. I am really confused by this :shrug: I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Can something like this happen in error or can sites really take back their interview offers? I already have a flight booked too 🙁
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I had the same thing happen to me! It was really confusing and definitely a blow to my confidence. They called me and said they had called the wrong candidate. I figure if they are that unorganized...especially when they must know how stressful this is for us..we probably dodged a bullet.
 
psychologyiscool said:
I had the same thing happen to me! It was really confusing and definitely a blow to my confidence. They called me and said they had called the wrong candidate. I figure if they are that unorganized...especially when they must know how stressful this is for us..we probably dodged a bullet.
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That’s terrible! I’m glad you have a good outlook on it, and I think it’s likely pretty accurate!


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