APPIC Internship Interview Invitation Thread (2020)

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Ryan2468 said:
Same, but Trauma Track

I'm staying sane by distracting with data cleaning for my dissertation...which is somehow less painful than checking my email every 15 minutes.
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We just got an emergency alert that an armed robbery with handguns happened in student housing, so now I took all my nervous energy and am applying it to worrying about that! Yay???
 
modestmousktr said:
Wait, really though, I think applicants definitely should get their money back. Is that a thing?
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Last year, someone in my school got matched, and got a call a few days later saying “due to budget issues, we are not taking interns for the next year”

so this student actually flew to the interview, paid for hotel, uber, etc....then matched to the site. She did not get reimbursed by the site. A big “eff you” basically lol

so it could be worse. A lot worse 🙁
 
psychlife19 said:
Last year, someone in my school got matched, and got a call a few days later saying “due to budget issues, we are not taking interns for the next year”

so this student actually flew to the interview, paid for hotel, uber, etc....then matched to the site. She did not get reimbursed by the site. A big “eff you” basically lol

so it could be worse. A lot worse 🙁
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That's some messed up BS. Unacceptable.
 
psychlife19 said:
Last year, someone in my school got matched, and got a call a few days later saying “due to budget issues, we are not taking interns for the next year”

so this student actually flew to the interview, paid for hotel, uber, etc....then matched to the site. She did not get reimbursed by the site. A big “eff you” basically lol

so it could be worse. A lot worse 🙁
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This is truly horrific, the stuff of nightmares. Please tell me they sorted it out and she still went on internship...?
 
I got a rejection from Adult Track at UChicago. For the people who were successfully invited, did you lean more heavily towards research or clinical? I have really strong clinical experience in a PhD program but have been a very unproductive lab. Feeling super nervous about other sites now...
 
Official Site Name: Henry Ford Health System
Date Invitation Received: 11/18/19
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Health Psychology/Consultation-Liaison
Offered Interview Dates: 12/13, 12/20, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: Reading...for fun!
 
psychd0rk said:
I feel you on that 🙁 I woke up to my dog ****ting in my bed and a rejection!!!
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LMAO...but Im sorry to hear that. That actually happend recently. Our dog has NEVER done that, but we moved to this new high rise downtown...she is scared and just trying to get her bearings. We left her in the room while we went out and came back to crap all over the bed and pillows and blankets.

We need a new thread to help with the depressive thoughts related to rejection. 😛
 
neurorehabguy said:
LMAO...but Im sorry to hear that. That actually happend recently. Our dog has NEVER done that, but we moved to this new high rise downtown...she is scared and just trying to get her bearings. We left her in the room while we went out and came back to crap all over the bed and pillows and blankets.

We need a new thread to help with the depressive thoughts related to rejection. 😛
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As if we aren't going through enough!!! haha oh man
 
InternshipUpdates2020 said:
Official Site Name: Children's Hospital of Michigan
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Pediatric Psychology
Offered Interview Dates: December 13th, December 16th, December 19th, January 6th, January 10th
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: enjoyable activities
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Congrats! Has anyone heard about the neuro track?
 
Ryan2468 said:
It will get better, there's a slew of invites waiting for you!
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Well....my email is open...I'm literally here sitting in the recliner refreshing my damn email every 5 minutes. 🙂 They are more than welcome to populate my inbox. lol 😛
 
neurorehabguy said:
Ugg...I also applied here. Have not heard anything. Today is just so depressing.
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If I recall correctly, Henry Ford's neuropsych invite comes separately and directly from the neuro division chief. Not sure if it went out the same day as the other tracks though.
 
Official Site Name:
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
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Date Invitation Received:​
11/18
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Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat):​
Email
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Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums):​
Neuropsychology & General Clinical
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Offered Interview Dates:​
12/4/19, 12/9/19, 1/7/20, 1/14/20, 1/21/20 (all from 12 pm to 430 pm; no option for alternative dates will be honored)
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(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane:​
Rereading all my favorite Jane Austen & Bronte sister's novels!​
 
First site I've heard back from and I feeling all the feels!

Official Site Name: Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Personal Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Health & General Clinical Tracks
Offered Interview Dates: 12/4, 12/9, 1/7, 1/14, 1/21 (all half days, starting at noon)
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: My cats & feel good TV shows (top of my list rn is Great British Bake Off)
 
psychd0rk said:
I got a rejection from Adult Track at UChicago. For the people who were successfully invited, did you lean more heavily towards research or clinical? I have really strong clinical experience in a PhD program but have been a very unproductive lab. Feeling super nervous about other sites now...
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Not sure about others, but my application is fairly research-heavy, also in phd program
 
WisNeuro said:
This used to be pretty rare, anecdotally, it does appear to be happening more often. This increase in canceled interviews appear to coincide with the number of spots outpacing number of applicants. I'd be interested to hear from other faculty if this has been happening somewhat more often in the past few years.
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I know a number of people who have canceled interviews in the last 2-3 years because they were offered more interviews than they could logistically or financially manage to attend. For example, someone I know accepted a Wednesday interview in California and canceled it when they were offered Monday and Thursday interviews in New York that same week. Someone else I know had 19 interview offers and canceled about 5 of them when they realized how expensive that much traveling would be.
 
psychd0rk said:
Good to know. What's your area of specialization?
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My research is in women's health & a lot of my clinical experience is in bipolar disorders, so I tried to pitch to their eating disorders & SMI rotations. But who knows... applications are so complicated! And it doesn't reflect interview prospects for other side - it is still early!
 
psychd0rk said:
I got a rejection from Adult Track at UChicago. For the people who were successfully invited, did you lean more heavily towards research or clinical? I have really strong clinical experience in a PhD program but have been a very unproductive lab. Feeling super nervous about other sites now...
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Research. From what I understand, they are pretty heavily focused on research even though it doesn't come across that way in their brochure. Being in an unproductive lab really sucks, I am sorry.
 
It really stinks. It create an unnecessary obstacle to research-oriented sites. Congrats though!
 
PVic said:
Official Site Name: Allegheny General Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Mass Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child trauma, Intensive adult psych (but I think this is a general invite)
Offered Interview Dates: 12/6 and 12/13
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: Lolzzzz
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Congratulations on the interview request!
Do you have a sense of whether they do interview requests in waves or all at once?
 
pck29 said:
Congratulations on the interview request!
Do you have a sense of whether they do interview requests in waves or all at once?
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The organizer that sent it out made it sound like these were the only two dates, and that they would get back with a confirmation of which date I picked once everyone responded... so I'm guessing it was an all at once thing. And today was their notification deadline. :lame:
 
Firstcircleofhell said:
First site I've heard back from and I feeling all the feels!

Official Site Name: Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Personal Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Health & General Clinical Tracks
Offered Interview Dates: 12/4, 12/9, 1/7, 1/14, 1/21 (all half days, starting at noon)
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: My cats & feel good TV shows (top of my list rn is Great British Bake Off)
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Congrats! Also... it's us. We are the tarts.

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sevenhells said:
Official Site Name: South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Neuro
Offered Interview Dates: 12/6, 1/6, 1/14,
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: Puzzles!
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Folks I know also received invites for the General Track as well.
 
Official Site Name: Cherokee Health Systems
Date Invitation Received: 11/18/19
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Offered Interview Dates: 1/3, 1/6
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: Reading...for fun!
 
InternshipUpdates2020 said:
Official Site Name: Children's Hospital of Michigan
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, snapchat): Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Pediatric Psychology
Offered Interview Dates: December 13th, December 16th, December 19th, January 6th, January 10th
(In honor of last year) If & How you're staying sane: enjoyable activities
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congratulations! do you know if this was a personal or mass email (or know anything about invites potentially being sent out all at once or on a rolling basis)? I applied to the peds track but haven’t heard anything from them yet.
 
Complex Figure said:
*check email*

Pause...

*check Spam folder*

Pause...

*Refresh this thread*

Pause...

*breathe*

Pause...

*refresh email*

.....

(still haven't heard from or seen anything posted here about any of the sites I applied to)
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Yup, I'm hoping to hear from most of my sites this week, but stuck in this rut, especially while waiting for dissertation analyses to run...
 
doglife said:
you forgot to mention desperately clutching your phone and checking to make sure the ringer is on LOUD.
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omfg story of my LIFE right now.

No news today apart from rejection email this am.

Pros: Didn't get any notifications during client sessions today.
Cons: Didn't get any notifications during client sessions (or otherwise) today.
 
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PVic said:
The organizer that sent it out made it sound like these were the only two dates, and that they would get back with a confirmation of which date I picked once everyone responded... so I'm guessing it was an all at once thing. And today was their notification deadline. :lame:
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I haven't received info either way from them today, and I definitely have been checking all the folders in my email account. Anyone else in this boat?
 
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