APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)

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inpursuitphdpsych said:
Rejection - advocate Illinois masonic medical center. mass email 12/9

and:

Official Site Name: Valley State Prison - Northern California Dept of Corrections
Date Invitation Received: 12/09/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): appears to be a personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: 1/8 at 10am is all that I was offered, oddly specific
How/if staying sane: you could say I am sinking slowly into despair
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When did you get rejection from Masonic?
 
spacegiraffe said:
A little bit of a different question, but I would like to withdraw from interviewing at one of my sites - I've talked to someone who worked at a site and am very certain that it's not a good match for me. My only concern is if doing so would negatively affect how this site views others from my program in the future. Anyone know if withdrawing from an interview would make a site less likely to interview others from the same program in future years?
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I was advised against withdrawing from any interviews unless there was some outstanding circumstance. Otherwise, we should take it as an opportunity to use it as practice for the sites you really want
 
Action_Potential said:
Just a reminder: If a program decides you are not a good fit for their internship program, it doesn’t generalize to being not a good psychologist, not a good future postdoc applicant, or not a not a good intern for more “competitive” sites.

Sometimes we read great applications and say “we have nothing to teach this student; They already have great training in our areas of emphasis. This wouldn’t be a growth site for them.”
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Ditto.
 
ccpsych16 said:
I would interview anyway unless the intel you got was really egregious. Sometimes change happens that we’re not privy to as outsiders (unless this is a very recent or ongoing concern). And sometimes people have experiences that are more personalized than they may realize. Without knowing exactly what happened it’s hard to give advice. It would have to be something severe in order for me to withdraw from interviewing; I can see myself still going through the process to gather information for myself. Interviewing doesn’t mean you have to rank it.
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Thank you so much for your advice! If I was really certain about wanting to withdraw, do you think that would damage other students' chances of getting interviews there in the future? I was thinking of sending a polite email stating that I need to withdraw from the interview for personal reasons, but do just want to be conscientious about how that may impact their view of my program.
 
spacegiraffe said:
Thank you so much for your advice! If I was really certain about wanting to withdraw, do you think that would damage other students' chances of getting interviews there in the future? I was thinking of sending a polite email stating that I need to withdraw from the interview for personal reasons, but do just want to be conscientious about how that may impact their view of my program.
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My DCT, who used to be an internship TD, told us that it does and will only let us withdraw from interviews for extenuating circumstances (I.e. a truly unresolvable time conflict with another interview where you are giving preference to the other site). Not sure if this is the case across the board but that's her 2 cents!
 
spacegiraffe said:
A little bit of a different question, but I would like to withdraw from interviewing at one of my sites - I've talked to someone who worked at a site and am very certain that it's not a good match for me. My only concern is if doing so would negatively affect how this site views others from my program in the future. Anyone know if withdrawing from an interview would make a site less likely to interview others from the same program in future years?
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I wouldn't hold this against future applicants from the same program. I prefer people not waste our time. However if you do withdraw do so early as we spend so many hours creating interview schedules. Perhaps if we haven't sent out rejections, we may invite another applicant. Whatever you do, don't withdraw without good reason the day before. We had an applicant do this for internship and then apply to us for postdoc. Postdoc application went right in the trash.
 
spacegiraffe said:
Thank you so much for your advice! If I was really certain about wanting to withdraw, do you think that would damage other students' chances of getting interviews there in the future? I was thinking of sending a polite email stating that I need to withdraw from the interview for personal reasons, but do just want to be conscientious about how that may impact their view of my program.
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It feels a little rude to me. Imagine a site rescinding an invitation because they determined that an applicant wasn’t a good fit based on something they heard and without ever interviewing the applicant.
 
bcliff said:
It feels a little rude to me. Imagine a site rescinding an invitation because they determined that an applicant wasn’t a good fit based on something they heard and without ever interviewing the applicant.
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I understand what you're saying - to clarify, there is nothing bad about the site, it's for truly personal reasons. I'll PM you.
 
Has anyone else received a letter in the mail from DSH-Coalinga asking for your social security number? I haven't received this from any other DSH site....
 
spacegiraffe said:
Thank you so much for your advice! If I was really certain about wanting to withdraw, do you think that would damage other students' chances of getting interviews there in the future? I was thinking of sending a polite email stating that I need to withdraw from the interview for personal reasons, but do just want to be conscientious about how that may impact their view of my program.
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In all honesty it very well could. It happens more than people think at the college & graduate level. I went to a “prestigious” university for college & I remember chatting with admissions committee members about how they don’t take students from certain (private, expensive, “fancy”) high schools anymore because they accept many students who ended up turning them down. It’s very silly, but the people making admissions decisions are humans too. None of us can say for certain how likely it is that it’ll have a negative impact.
 
psyc2021 said:
Official Site Name: Denver Health
Date Invitation Received: 12/09/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): child/adolescent psychology and child & family integrated substance use disorders
Interview Dates Offered: 12/17, 1/4, 1/7, and 1/13
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I got an invite here too! Same tracks - best of luck to you!
 
ccpsych16 said:
In all honesty it very well could. It happens more than people think at the college & graduate level. I went to a “prestigious” university for college & I remember chatting with admissions committee members about how they don’t take students from certain (private, expensive, “fancy”) high schools anymore because they accept many students who ended up turning them down. It’s very silly, but the people making admissions decisions are humans too. None of us can say for certain how likely it is that it’ll have a negative impact.
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Thank you for your insight!
 
spacegiraffe said:
Thank you so much for your advice! If I was really certain about wanting to withdraw, do you think that would damage other students' chances of getting interviews there in the future? I was thinking of sending a polite email stating that I need to withdraw from the interview for personal reasons, but do just want to be conscientious about how that may impact their view of my program.
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If you do withdraw, I wouldn’t say that it’s for personal Reasons. To me that sounds like you got another interview on the same day and need to get out of one, and are using “personal reasons” as an excuse. I believe you that it truly may be personal reasons, but if you want to withdraw, I would just kindly say that you are withdrawing your application, no reason needed.

I would recommend first discussing this with your advisor, and like others have said, I would still interview there and use it as practice! Never hurts 🙂
 
Official Site Name: Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut
Date Invitation Received: 12/09/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: 1/11, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15 (8am-12pm or 1pm-5pm slots most dates)
How/if staying sane: got a few invites today that reinvigorated me a bit!
 
psyc2021 said:
Official Site Name: Denver Health
Date Invitation Received: 12/09/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): child/adolescent psychology and child & family integrated substance use disorders
Interview Dates Offered: 12/17, 1/4, 1/7, and 1/13
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futuredrdots said:
Same for neuropsych
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Same--for neuro!! So thankful and excited about this one!!! :soexcited: :soexcited::soexcited:
 
spacegiraffe said:
Thank you so much for your advice! If I was really certain about wanting to withdraw, do you think that would damage other students' chances of getting interviews there in the future? I was thinking of sending a polite email stating that I need to withdraw from the interview for personal reasons, but do just want to be conscientious about how that may impact their view of my program.
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One thing to consider: assuming it’s a virtual interview, dipping out now may look worse than other years when there were travel costs and bigger scheduling issues. You could always treat the interview as extra practice, test out different approaches to questions, wear a busy, patterned shirt (gasp), etc
 
Posting on behalf of someone in my cohort; has anyone heard from the following?

Miami VA
El Paso Consortium
Orlando VA
Caribbean VA
Sharp Healthcare
 
Action_Potential said:
Just a reminder: If a program decides you are not a good fit for their internship program, it doesn’t generalize to being not a good psychologist, not a good future postdoc applicant, or not a not a good intern for more “competitive” sites.

Sometimes we read great applications and say “we have nothing to teach this student; They already have great training in our areas of emphasis. This wouldn’t be a growth site for them.”
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Are you a part of the admissions committee somewhere? Do you have any thoughts about reaching out to a TD to inquire as to why you might not have been invited (especially if on paper you seemed like a quality candidate)? Not out of annoyance, but as a way to strengthen your application on the off chance you don't match next year?
 
Ziggy1234 said:
Are you a part of the admissions committee somewhere? Do you have any thoughts about reaching out to a TD to inquire as to why you might not have been invited (especially if on paper you seemed like a quality candidate)? Not out of annoyance, but as a way to strengthen your application on the off chance you don't match next year?
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We get maybe a handful of such requests every year. Never hurts to ask in a tactful way. You may receive a variety of answers. I suspect many responses will be a generic "lack of fit" response. This could be due to a variety of reasons, such as the person being very busy, or it being a nice way of saying that the site doesn't take students from certain programs. Sometimes you will get a fairly detailed response about why you didn't receive an interview that can help you prepare for Phase II or next year if you do not happen to match the current cycle.
 
spacegiraffe said:
Posting on behalf of someone in my cohort; has anyone heard from the following?

Miami VA
El Paso Consortium
Orlando VA
Caribbean VA
Sharp Healthcare
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Nothing from Sharp Healthcare yet. From digging in previous years they tend to be one of the latest sites. I believe one of the previous years threads stated they have a really intense rating system that takes time?? I think they even have a notification date of 12/21 this year.
 
AuntSue, reporting for duty. Absolutely got my Big Auntie Ass handed to me this week with some unexpected rejections. Wiping my tears and ready for another day with a smile on my face!

A BIG old AuntSue hug to you all: For those who have gotten hoped-for offers, your AuntSue is sooo happy for you! For those who have not, I'm thinking about you and I'm still SO EXCITED to see where you end up!
 
Has anyone heard from Patton? Their notification date is the 15th but the past couple years, they notified 11/30 and 12/6. I'll be patient with the other 5 I'm still waiting to hear from :]
 
AuntSue said:
AuntSue, reporting for duty. Absolutely got my Big Auntie Ass handed to me this week with some unexpected rejections. Wiping my tears and ready for another day with a smile on my face!

A BIG old AuntSue hug to you all: For those who have gotten hoped-for offers, your AuntSue is sooo happy for you! For those who have not, I'm thinking about you and I'm still SO EXCITED to see where you end up!
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Rooting for ya Auntie Sue!!!
 
AuntSue said:
AuntSue, reporting for duty. Absolutely got my Big Auntie Ass handed to me this week with some unexpected rejections. Wiping my tears and ready for another day with a smile on my face!

A BIG old AuntSue hug to you all: For those who have gotten hoped-for offers, your AuntSue is sooo happy for you! For those who have not, I'm thinking about you and I'm still SO EXCITED to see where you end up!
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Idk who you are but ur posts make me give me life and for that i am grateful 🤣
 
Rejection from Advocate Illinois Masonic, and also

Official Site Name: Primary Care Psychology Associates
Date Invitation Received: 12/09/2020 (sent around 11pm Chicago time 😱)
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass eqmail, Snapchat): Personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Adult Behavioral Medicine
Interview Dates Offered: 1/13
 
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