APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)

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Official Site Name: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital (Bedford VA)
Date Invitation Received: 12/7/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Primary Care Behavioral Health
Interview Dates Offered: 12/15, 12/17. 01/7, 01,12
 
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Official Site Name: Jackson Health System
Date Invitation Received: 12/7/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): rehab psych
Interview Dates Offered: gave dates for group info session on 1/4, 1/11, or 1/25 and will follow up for interview dates
 
Has anyone heard from Ohio Psychology Internship for the Inpatient track? I know some people have heard from the Forensic track but I haven’t seen anything about Inpatient. I haven’t received a rejection or an invite.
 
ha12301 said:
Official Site Name: Jackson Health System
Date Invitation Received: 12/7/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): rehab psych
Interview Dates Offered: gave dates for group info session on 1/4, 1/11, or 1/25 and will follow up for interview dates
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Was that the only track you applied to for this site?
 
Official Site Name: Central Regional Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 12/7/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Adult
Interview Dates Offered: January 11, 14, 19, 22
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Orangetheory and food!
 
psychddd said:
Was that the only track you applied to for this site?
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I also applied to neuro but my email said I was invited for the rehab track. Not sure if they are sending each track separately. I was really hoping to get an interview for both!
 
Official Site Name: Penn Medicine/Lancaster General Health
Date Invitation Received: 12/7/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): No track, but neuropsychology focus
Interview Dates Offered: 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Binge watching the Undoing. Highly recommend
 
Has anyone run into issues with sites receiving their emails? I have now had two separate sites that had to follow up with me saying I did not respond to their original email, when I did respond right away. It's really frustrating as I have little control over their organization marking my email as spam, if that's what is occurring. Does anyone have insight into any ways to fix/address this?
 
teach4all said:
Friends waiting on San Bernardino--should we message them since it's 3 days past when they said they'd be sending responses?
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I was thinking maybe wait for 3 business days after? I'm anxious too but there was a Saturday and Sunday in there and it's still early Mon morning on the West :]
 
Official Site Name: VA-Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/7/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: January 4, 5, 11, 14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Basking in the glory of submitting my first draft of my results/discussion to my chair and sleeping haha
 
student9295 said:
Rejection from VA Western Colorado Health Care System. This one kinda stings.
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Current intern here checking the forum as my partner applies for internship this year and I just wanted to offer a little reassurance here. I had the same experience last year, being completely honest VA Western Colorado was the last of 19 rejections I received in Phase I, needless to say it stung...a lot. This process plays on everyone's imposter syndrome and highest level of anxiety and I would argue is by no means an accurate assessment of one's abilities as a clinician. I matched in phase II after interviewing at notable VAs that on paper were considerably more competitive and established than VA Western Colorado. I say this not to put down or criticize the training of different sites but rather to highlight the importance of fit. This process works in crazy ways and I encourage you to do your best to let this one go and go in to whatever is next for you and remember this rejection does not define you as a clinician!
 
clinpsychintern said:
Has anyone run into issues with sites receiving their emails? I have now had two separate sites that had to follow up with me saying I did not respond to their original email, when I did respond right away. It's really frustrating as I have little control over their organization marking my email as spam, if that's what is occurring. Does anyone have insight into any ways to fix/address this?
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I remember seeing a post on this thread specific to VAs having strong spam filters that gave people trouble. I haven't had issues with my sites, but I also didn't apply to any VAs. Sorry you're having trouble 🙁
 
Has anyone heard back from Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA for the Neuropsych Track? They listed deadline on APPIC was 12/1
 
missplum said:
I remember seeing a post on this thread specific to VAs having strong spam filters that gave people trouble. I haven't had issues with my sites, but I also didn't apply to any VAs. Sorry you're having trouble 🙁
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Thank you! Yes, at first I thought it was the same VA issue, but the second site that did not receive my email is not a VA site, so now I'm more confused haha.
 
clinpsychintern said:
Thank you! Yes, at first I thought it was the same VA issue, but the second site that did not receive my email is not a VA site, so now I'm more confused haha.
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Sometimes the problems can come from the particular domain of your email address. For example, some emails from Hotmail/Yahoo might go to spam more often than those from Gmail. Wishing you all the best!
 
clinpsychintern said:
Has anyone run into issues with sites receiving their emails? I have now had two separate sites that had to follow up with me saying I did not respond to their original email, when I did respond right away. It's really frustrating as I have little control over their organization marking my email as spam, if that's what is occurring. Does anyone have insight into any ways to fix/address this?
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This happened to me with two separate sites as well. I apologized for the mishap and when I responded I asked them to confirm that they received my email given my previous email did not go through.

I also included in my email that if I did not hear back from them the same day that I would follow up via phone call.

I am not aware of a way for us to fix this on our end.
 
madzB4 said:
Current intern here checking the forum as my partner applies for internship this year and I just wanted to offer a little reassurance here. I had the same experience last year, being completely honest VA Western Colorado was the last of 19 rejections I received in Phase I, needless to say it stung...a lot. This process plays on everyone's imposter syndrome and highest level of anxiety and I would argue is by no means an accurate assessment of one's abilities as a clinician. I matched in phase II after interviewing at notable VAs that on paper were considerably more competitive and established than VA Western Colorado. I say this not to put down or criticize the training of different sites but rather to highlight the importance of fit. This process works in crazy ways and I encourage you to do your best to let this one go and go in to whatever is next for you and remember this rejection does not define you as a clinician!
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Thank you so much for your support. It was hard because I really thought that I was a great match for this internship program. Unfortunately, the selection committee did not feel the same way.
 
clinpsychintern said:
Has anyone run into issues with sites receiving their emails? I have now had two separate sites that had to follow up with me saying I did not respond to their original email, when I did respond right away. It's really frustrating as I have little control over their organization marking my email as spam, if that's what is occurring. Does anyone have insight into any ways to fix/address this?
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This happened to me (with two separate VA sites). I think I may be blocked by a spam filter (I also tried via my personal gmail, school email, etc). My TD suggested that I call sites to let them know what is happening and so far they have all been very understanding and have followed up with me via phone.
 
Official Site Name: West LA VA
Date Invitation Received: 12/7/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General track
Interview Dates Offered: 1/5, 1/7, 1/12, 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: tennis & a lot of reality tv

Official Site Name: USC Counseling and Mental Health Services
Date Invitation Received: 12/4
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): generalist (university counseling)
Interview Dates Offered: TBD they will send a follow-up email from SignUpGenius
 
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Official Site Name: Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/7
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General
Interview Dates Offered: 12/10 - 1/22 (set up with the DCT)
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Finishing a paper
 
neuro_trainee said:
This happened to me (with two separate VA sites). I think I may be blocked by a spam filter (I also tried via my personal gmail, school email, etc). My TD suggested that I call sites to let them know what is happening and so far they have all been very understanding and have followed up with me via phone.
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Great - I will plan to continue calling. Thank you!
 
user4321 said:
This happened to me with two separate sites as well. I apologized for the mishap and when I responded I asked them to confirm that they received my email given my previous email did not go through.

I also included in my email that if I did not hear back from them the same day that I would follow up via phone call.

I am not aware of a way for us to fix this on our end.
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Thank you - that's basically what I've been doing as well. An unfortunate hurdle I wasn't expecting in this process!
 
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