APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)

[student892]

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Official Site Name: Michigan State University CAPS
Date Invitation Received: 12/8
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 11 - 22

Official Site Name: University of Oregon Counseling Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/8
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Phone call
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: January 15 and 17

 

[Shasta531]

Official Site Name: Jackson Health Systems/University of Miami
Date Invitation Received: 12/8
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): email with personalized name
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Pediatric Behavioral Medicine
Interview Dates Offered: Group sessions every Monday in January. Track supervisors will reach out to schedule.
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Hallmark Christmas movies (hmnow.com has a 7 day free trial) and hot chocolate


Official Site Name: Phoenix Children’s
Date Invitation Received: 12/8
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): email with personalized name
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Peds
Interview Dates Offered: 12/14, 12/17, 1/4, 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Christmas shopping

 

[Kelly75]

Has anyone received rejections from Towson? I have friends who received this mass email too and was just wondering if they sent out a mass rejection as well? I applied here and haven’t received anything either way so was curious if they’re just delayed sending out their rejections after invites instead of at the same time? Thanks!

I'm assuming rejection but I haven't heard anything either way.

 

[maddypandy_grad]

I got an invitation too!! Have they given you a date yet? I’m waiting on the second email.

Congrats to you too! Not yet. They said it will likely be by phone then will send us a follow up email. The director said the second email should be coming sometime this week

 

[maddypandy_grad]

May I ask if you received two separate invitations?

One was invitation and I’m supposed to get second one to schedule the interview date but haven’t heard about it yet 🙂

 

[SarahpeuticAlliance]

Official rejection from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital 😎

 

[cortisolace]

Rejection from Penn State Hershey Medical Center 🤘

 

[coffeepup]

Rejection from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

 

[anxiousdepressedpsychstud]

Anyone applied to and heard back from Christiana care neuropsych?

 

[pleaseletmematch]

One was invitation and I’m supposed to get second one to schedule the interview date but haven’t heard about it yet 🙂

Thank you and congrats! I only applied to CIM but haven’t heard back so I’m wondering if both invitations for CIW and CIM were sent in one email

 

[pedspsych4life]

Email Rejection from Johns Hopkins All Children's (must be coming in waves since they sent out rejections last week as well- if you haven't gotten one, you are that much closer to an interview so congrats!!!)

 

[clinpsychperson2016]

Official Site Name: Atlanta VA
Date Invitation Received: 12/9
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email (went to my junk mail folder - for the first time after a number of invitations that went to inbox from VAs)
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General
Interview Dates Offered: 1/11, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Research tasks and a supportive adviser

Update: They likely have a second tier in place. The email says: "If you cannot arrange an interview on one of our available days (or choose not to interview here), please let me know as soon as possible so that I can offer your slot to someone else."

 

[PedPsych]

Official Site Name: Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 12/9
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): phone call
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: 1/7, 1/12, 1/13, 1/25
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Hot chocolate with lots of marshmellows

 

[intern21]

Email Rejection from Johns Hopkins All Children's (must be coming in waves since they sent out rejections last week as well- if you haven't gotten one, you are that much closer to an interview so congrats!!!)

Same and it hurts!

 

[PhD_CP]

Posting again about Pace University's UCC - Their notification deadline was Monday 12/7 and I haven't heard anything. Anybody else get an email from them?

They sent out invites on 12/2 I think it was and they have already scheduled interviews.

 

[PedPsych]

Another one just came in!

Official Site Name: Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/9
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): personal email (got sent to my spam)
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): peds
Interview Dates Offered: 1/5, 1/11, 1/12, 1/18, 1/19
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate

 

[koalabandit]

Official Site Name: Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/09/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass eqmail, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child Track
Interview Dates Offered: 1/5, 1/11, 1/12, 1/18, 1/19 (10AM EST - 2:30 PM EST)

 

[peaceandparsimony]

Rejection: Texas Woman's University mass email w/ my name

 

[ccpsych16]

Official Site Name: Atlanta VA
Date Invitation Received: 12/9
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email (went to my junk mail folder - for the first time after a number of invitations that went to inbox from VAs)
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General
Interview Dates Offered: 1/11, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Research tasks and a supportive adviser

Update: They likely have a second tier in place. The email says: "If you cannot arrange an interview on one of our available days (or choose not to interview here), please let me know as soon as possible so that I can offer your slot to someone else."

When did this email arrive? If you don’t mind!

 

[ACpsych2020]

Has anyone heard from Harris County Juvenile Probation or Nevada Psychology Internship Consortium?

no to Harris County

 

[clinpsychperson2016]

When did this email arrive? If you don’t mind!

9:31AM CST for me

 

[psychamb]

Official Site Name: Kaiser Oakland
Date Invitation Received: 12/9
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): IOP
Interview Dates Offered: January 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 18, 22, 23 (1-2 slots available per day)

 

[intern21]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

 

[oddish2020]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

I feel you on this. I honestly don't know what is a good shot vs what's a reach. It's hard to figure out where I stand with other applicants or what raises my chances of getting a match I'll actually like.

 

[AuntSue]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

Aunt Sue 100% agrees. I am fit to be tied this week!

(PS- "negative" reaction emojis to posts should be interpreted as directed toward the TDs/process, not the posters!)

 

[tunaNlimones99]

Official Site Name: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/09/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email with name filled in
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Adult Track
Interview Dates Offered: 1/5, 1/11, 1/12, 1/18, 1/19

 

[Indiana_Jane]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

This process is so hard! I keep thinking back to the comments about the interviews and how sites have some sense of rankings before interviews, and I don’t know if that’s helping or making me MORE anxious. All said, this process really challenges one’s tolerance of uncertainty.

 

[missplum]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

I agree. This week has felt harder than past ones, party because the waiting has gone on for so long and partly because it feels like it's coming down to the wire. I am tired, anxious, and have not had enough sleep. But!!! It's important to remember that negative spiral thoughts are usually not reflective of the entire reality. We will all get through this one way or another. Thank you for sharing how you're feeling, it makes me feel less alone. You have my support. Know that you're not suffering alone. I think most of us are half crazed at this point and having a hard time feeling confident

 

[psyd_lady]

I agree. This week has felt harder than past ones, party because the waiting has gone on for so long and partly because it feels like it's coming down to the wire. I am tired, anxious, and have not had enough sleep. But!!! It's important to remember that negative spiral thoughts are usually not reflective of the entire reality. We will all get through this one way or another. Thank you for sharing how you're feeling, it makes me feel less alone. You have my support. Know that you're not suffering alone. I think most of us are half crazed at this point and having a hard time feeling confident

I relate to all of this! This process has really tested my patience and my stress management skills 😂 😭 I just keep reminding myself that I have done all that I can do, and that's all I can ask of myself. Things will work out in the end, one way or another.

 

[SOSpsyd]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

I feel this to my soul. What's left of it after this nightmare, anyway. 🙃

 

[psyconaut]

Official rejection from Boston Children’s 😩

 

[roadtointernship419]

Unrelated but I love your pic lol

hahaha Thank you! I am glad someone got it! 🙂

 

[Doctor Koala]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

Why are you upset when you’ve still received invites from competitive sites?

 

[psy.ched.20]

Official rejection from Boston Children’s 😩

Me too. Sorry 🙁

 

[roadtophd2021]

I was surprised as well. Just goes to show that it's not over until it's over. This one is going to take three separate partial-days from me, but it currently seems possible.

Those you got this interview was this EST? Hoping it’s rolling interviews

 

[LoadingDoctorateDegree...]

Rejection from University of Pennsylvania Child Track

 

[WesterlyOwl]

Official Site Name: VCU UCS
Date Invitation Received: 12/9 @1:49pm
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: 1/5-1/12 (AM & PM slots)
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: MY FAMILY!! and this forum - greatly appreciate everyone's thoughtful responses

There are so many highs and lows during this process - it can be so emotionally draining. Sending everyone positive vibes! We got this!! 🌻🌻🌻

 

[DesperateS2012]

I know I am a highly-qualified applicant. But the amount of rejections are telling me otherwise...... And I keep thinking, what did I do wrong and what did I not do enough. But I already did my best. So, I will move on with my day because I have patients, families and colleagues who think that I am amazing 😉 I will still be disappointed, but I will be fine.

 

[InternHopeful-Neuro]

Those you got this interview was this EST? Hoping it’s rolling interviews

I received the email from UM-DHP at 9:24PM EST on 12/08.

 

[KKint]

Official rejection from Boston Children’s 😩

Same...

 

[KKint]

Official rejection from Mailman! Hardest one so far coz I thought I was a good match.

 

[intern21]

Why are you upset when you’ve still received invites from competitive sites?

The level of empathy here is unmatched! Having 2 interviews with very competitive sites does not put me in great odds of matching.

 

[neuropursuer]

I’m constantly teetering between compulsively checking my email and avoiding it for fear that it’ll be another rejection or to spare myself the frustration/impatience/annoyance of having no new emails.

 

[Spydra]

A rant: I honestly hate this process. I have been wrong a lot, received invites from very competitive sites while being rejected from less competitive ones. I am starting to freak out and already thinking I will need to go to phase 2. I just wish they would not make us spiral like this. I’m very disappointed and upset today.

I think I get the hatred. I think I have reached a place of not caring. Not excited, not stressed, not worried, not hopeful, I mean just flat out don't care. I've just redirected the overwhelming majority of my resources and attention to other tasks that are more engaging and just can't pretend to find this process interesting anymore. The process is too nonsensical and I don't know if that's worse this year or normative, but who cares either way?! Someone asked me for an update the other day and I think I seriously freaked them out by saying something like 'why would I be paying attention to that right now?' Its like its assumed that I'm supposed to be consumed by nothing else and I don't like that at all.

 

[SubCorNeuroGal]

I received the email from UM-DHP at 9:24PM EST on 12/08.

I received mine 12/8 @ 6:24 PST.

 

[ccpsych16]

Also received an invitation from the Atlanta VA 🙂

 

[SOSpsyd]

I’m constantly teetering between compulsively checking my email and avoiding it for fear that it’ll be another rejection or to spare myself the frustration/impatience/annoyance of having no new emails.

I second this and add: it should be ILLEGAL to send any emails unrelated to internship WHATSOEVER during this entire process. I turned off email notifications on my phone because I could feel my blood pressure skyrocket every time I got an email, and most of them were random emails from my program/department. 😫

 

[helpfulpsychfiance]

I’m constantly teetering between compulsively checking my email and avoiding it for fear that it’ll be another rejection or to spare myself the frustration/impatience/annoyance of having no new emails.

I noticed that the earliest emails were coming in were at 3:30pm so I try to only look after that time. Even knowing that, I am still compulsively checking every half hour. Maybe it will help others more than it has helped me lol.

 

[discolemonade]

Official Site Name: Stony Brook CAPS
Date Invitation Received: 12/9/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: doodle poll: every day b/w 1/5/2021 and 1/15/2021

Official Site Name: Maimonides Medical Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/9/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: can request top 2 dates between 12/22/2020 and 1/17/2021

 

[futuredrdots]

Got my Jackson health rejection womp womp glad to get closure!