PhD/PsyD APPIC Internship Interview Invitation Thread (2019)

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SomeRandomKid3 said:
Official Site Name: American Lake, Puget Sound VA
Date Invitation Received: 11/29
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Personal Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General
Dates offered: 1/8/19
How are you keeping sane: Conducting an ad hoc review and embracing my inner "reviewer 2".
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Ha congrats! Is that one different from the Seattle one?

Side note coincidence: I was also "Reviewer 2" for a manuscript - submitted it just yesterday, in fact.
 
neuroguy101 said:
Ha congrats! Is that one different from the Seattle one?

Side note coincidence: I was also "Reviewer 2" for a manuscript - submitted it just yesterday, in fact.
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Yeah. There is a Puget Sound Seattle VA and a Puget Sound American Lake VA. Both are basically in the Seattle area, but they are distinct programs. I believe Puget Sound Seattle notified people in a mass email about three weeks ago.

I hate living the reviewer 2 life, but someone has got to do it.
 
attitudelikeasunrise said:
Me looking for notifications from my sites that have already sent out invites 😵...

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HAHA so many feels about this [emoji23][emoji108]


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SomeRandomKid3 said:
Yeah. There is a Puget Sound Seattle VA and a Puget Sound American Lake VA. Both are basically in the Seattle area, but they are distinct programs. I believe Puget Sound Seattle notified people in a mass email about three weeks ago.

I hate living the reviewer 2 life, but someone has got to do it.
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Think of it this way - without Reviewer 2s, most everyone would perish. That's the hyperbolic line, right?
 
Taber said:
Here are the statistics from 2016 in regards to how many interview invitations applicants received, and how likely they were to match (remember that in 2016 there were more applicants than positions. In 2018 there were more positions than applicants.). They haven't released that data after 2016 for some reason.

14. Number of interview offers received:

1 to 2 interviews Match rate = 60% n = 236
3 to 4 interviews Match rate = 83% n = 392
5 to 6 interviews Match rate = 90% n = 451
7 to 8 interviews Match rate = 95% n = 455
9 to 10 interviews Match rate = 99% n = 368
11 or more interviews Match rate = 99% n = 495

Applicant Survey - 2016 - Part 2
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And Im sitting here with only 2 interviews...
 
SomeRandomKid3 said:
Lol. I think it's the opposite. I always viewed Reviewer 2 as the one who sinks the paper, in which case everyone would publish and nobody would perish if it wasn't for me.
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Haha, that's a fair statement. I generally find that my comments align with those of other reviewers (I am slightly nicer to the authors). Therefore, I don't feel too bad.
 
One site I'm particularly surprised to have not seen yet (if I'm wrong, someone please correct me) is Boston Children's Hospital. I would have expected this popular site to have notified around the time of all the others up in that geographic area.
 
SomeRandomKid3 said:
Official Site Name: American Lake, Puget Sound VA
Date Invitation Received: 11/29
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Personal Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General
Dates offered: 1/8/19
How are you keeping sane: Conducting an ad hoc review and embracing my inner "reviewer 2".
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Gosh darn it, I thought I got this one. I know you indicated that it was a personal email you received. Can you let me know if the email was addressed to your actual email address? Or did they create an email list like most sites do?

Anybody else hear from them?
 
Official Site Name: Iowa City VAHCS
Date Invitation Received: 11/29
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Personal Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General Track
Offered Interview Dates: Dec 13 (Phone), or Dec 17, 18, 19 (In Person)
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: My puppy helps, but I’m struggling there
 
Official Site Name: Rutgers UBHC Newark
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Adult General and Adult Correctional/Forensic
Offered Interview Dates: 1/16/19
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: Family time and wine.
 
neuroguy101 said:
One site I'm particularly surprised to have not seen yet (if I'm wrong, someone please correct me) is Boston Children's Hospital. I would have expected this popular site to have notified around the time of all the others up in that geographic area.
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They list in the brochure the week of 12/3 as the notification time
 
neuroguy101 said:
One site I'm particularly surprised to have not seen yet (if I'm wrong, someone please correct me) is Boston Children's Hospital. I would have expected this popular site to have notified around the time of all the others up in that geographic area.
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Hi there, current intern here! 🙂 (not at Boston Children's, just to clarify)

Just an FYI on the Boston Children's front, they were a late hold out last year, not notifying until like the second week of December! They also notified in waves (Friday and Monday) as a cohort-mate and I got invites on different days. Hang in there on this one!

And also, hoping everyone else can hang in there, too! I distinctly remember this time last year and thinking I was in the fifth circle of hell with the waiting game. It's super tough to be juggling a thousand things and also have this huge cloud of ambiguity and uncertainty hanging over your head. Just remember that there are tons of sites that have yet to notify, and many of the different tracks go out at different times. This waiting game piece will soon be over and then comes the interviews, which I (and others) found to be quite enjoyable! So make sure you're taking care of you, and take heart knowing that everything will work itself out and you'll each land exactly where you're meant to 🙂
 
Has anyone heard from Rutgers Biomedical/UBHC in Newark, in the Child/Adolescent Track? Some earlier posts have been unclear as to the exact Rutgers site an invite came from.



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slaney said:
Hi there, current intern here! 🙂 (not at Boston Children's, just to clarify)

Just an FYI on the Boston Children's front, they were a late hold out last year, not notifying until like the second week of December! They also notified in waves (Friday and Monday) as a cohort-mate and I got invites on different days. Hang in there on this one!

And also, hoping everyone else can hang in there, too! I distinctly remember this time last year and thinking I was in the fifth circle of hell with the waiting game. It's super tough to be juggling a thousand things and also have this huge cloud of ambiguity and uncertainty hanging over your head. Just remember that there are tons of sites that have yet to notify, and many of the different tracks go out at different times. This waiting game piece will soon be over and then comes the interviews, which I (and others) found to be quite enjoyable! So make sure you're taking care of you, and take heart knowing that everything will work itself out and you'll each land exactly where you're meant to 🙂
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Thank you for this kind post - it's very helpful and consoling. Did you notice last year whether or not other sites in that health system (MGH, MMHC) sent in waves or if their early notifications were the full extent?
 
neuroguy101 said:
Thank you for this kind post - it's very helpful and consoling. Did you notice last year whether or not other sites in that health system (MGH, MMHC) sent in waves or if their early notifications were the full extent?
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Of course! Happy to lend some support because y'all, this process was rouuugh.

And unfortunately, I'm not sure. I only applied to BC and didn't pay as much attention to the other sites in the system.
 
Taber said:
Here are the statistics from 2016 in regards to how many interview invitations applicants received, and how likely they were to match (remember that in 2016 there were more applicants than positions. In 2018 there were more positions than applicants.). They haven't released that data after 2016 for some reason.

14. Number of interview offers received:

1 to 2 interviews Match rate = 60% n = 236
3 to 4 interviews Match rate = 83% n = 392
5 to 6 interviews Match rate = 90% n = 451
7 to 8 interviews Match rate = 95% n = 455
9 to 10 interviews Match rate = 99% n = 368
11 or more interviews Match rate = 99% n = 495

Applicant Survey - 2016 - Part 2
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Thank you for this! After 9 days of silence followed by 2 rejections in 24 hrs, my anxious mind was thinking about applying to two extra sites. I need to calm the heck down...
 
kibbles_n_bits said:
Gosh darn it, I thought I got this one. I know you indicated that it was a personal email you received. Can you let me know if the email was addressed to your actual email address? Or did they create an email list like most sites do?

Anybody else hear from them?
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The email was addressed to my actual email address, no indication of an email list. They also used my specific name in the email.
 
Action_Potential said:
Official Site Name: Samaritan Health
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Medical/Health
Offered Interview Dates: 1/16/19, 1/23/19, 1/25/19
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Omg! The silence is broken! Congrats!!
Now the anxiety begins knowing invites have started lol. Around what time did you receive this if you don’t mind me asking?


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Official Site Name: University Of Florida Health Science Center - Shands Children's
Date Invitation Received: 11/15/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email, mass
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child/Pediatric
Offered Interview Dates: 1/4, 1/11, 1/18

Official Site Name: Indiana University School of Medicine
Date Invitation Received: 11/16/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email, mass
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child/Pediatric
Offered Interview Dates: 1/10, 1/16

Official Site Name: University of Rochester Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 11/16/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email personal
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child / Adolescent, Integrated Care
Offered Interview Dates: 12/14, 12/21, 1/16, 1/25

Official Site Name: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Date Invitation Received: 11/26/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Phone call
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child/Pediatric
Offered Interview Dates: 1/4, 1/7

Official Site Name: Tulane School of Medicine
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Pediatric
Offered Interview Dates: 12/14, 1/4, 1/7, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25

Official Site Name: MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Pediatric Track
Offered Interview Dates: 12/14, 1/4, 1/7, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25
 
I get a lot of comfort from this forum, so y'all are awesome and we got this!

I was wondering if anyone has gotten a rejection from the Durham VA? It seems like they've done both invites/rejections on their notification date in past years, but radio silence for me.
 
AppleCinnamon said:
I get a lot of comfort from this forum, so y'all are awesome and we got this!

I was wondering if anyone has gotten a rejection from the Durham VA? It seems like they've done both invites/rejections on their notification date in past years, but radio silence for me.
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I have not...hoping for a second wave or a rejection at the very least so I can cross them off my list! I may email tomorrow considering their notification date was 2 days ago.
 
AppleCinnamon said:
I get a lot of comfort from this forum, so y'all are awesome and we got this!

I was wondering if anyone has gotten a rejection from the Durham VA? It seems like they've done both invites/rejections on their notification date in past years, but radio silence for me.[/QUOTE
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I haven't heard anything from Durham yet either. A handful of my sites are doing this, very frustrating.
 
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Realities said:
Official Site Name: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Offered Interview Dates: 1/3, 1/4, 1/10, 1/11, 1/17, 1/18, 1/24, 1/25
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: Trying my best to stay on track with life. And starting to prepare for interviews?!
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Congratulations! Did anyone get a rejection yet? I haven’t heard from them.
 
Official Site Name: Samaritan Health
Date Invitation Received: 11/29
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): neuro
Offered Interview Dates: 1/16, 1/23, 1/25
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: I turned on push banner notifications so my phone lights up with a message when I get it on my account I use for little other than internship. That way I don’t get OCD checking e-mail. I just am like Pavlov’s dog when I see the light on the phone. To be more obnoxious, I think I’ll set it to ring when an e-mail comes in.
 
Official Site Name: Central Western Massachusetts VA
Date Invitation Received: 11/29
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Worcester Track
Offered Interview Dates: 1/18, 1/23
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: walked around longwood gardens tonight with my family and a glass of cabernet sauvignon. Didn't help with my sanity but it definitely provided necessary distraction.
 
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