neuro_trainee
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I got like so many emails from YouTube yesterday about changes to their policies and after the 4th one I just about threw my phone across the room!
APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)
Started by psykhe
I’ll be watching the thread to see how it goes for you! Good luck & I think positive thoughts are necessary. I’d assume no rejection email is a great sign!
AverageAnt
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Seriously! The deception is real. I’ve started to unsubscribe from random email listservs in retaliation.I got like so many emails from YouTube yesterday about changes to their policies and after the 4th one I just about threw my phone across the room!
SubCorNeuroGal
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lolololol meeee toooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same! I never realized how many junk emails I got until I submitted these apps lol.
SarahpeuticAlliance
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Official Site Name: California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)
Date Invitation Received: 11/12
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Program Administration Track
Interview Dates Offered: 12/18
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Does refreshing the email inbox every 10 seconds count?
Date Invitation Received: 11/12
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Program Administration Track
Interview Dates Offered: 12/18
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Does refreshing the email inbox every 10 seconds count?
Same!!! I've unsubscribed from at least 10 email chains in the last few days hahah
Haha, so true! I got unreasonably annoyed at CVS today for a nice, regular promo email while waiting on a site to reply about scheduling.
Official Site Name: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 11/19/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Peds neuropsych
Interview Dates Offered: asked to provide M and Fs in January
Date Invitation Received: 11/19/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Peds neuropsych
Interview Dates Offered: asked to provide M and Fs in January
doctorpineapple123
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Official Site Name: Aspire Health Alliance
Date Invitation Received: 11/12
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child/Adolescent Track
Interview Dates Offered: 1/8
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Watching the Scientology documentary on Netflix
Date Invitation Received: 11/12
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Child/Adolescent Track
Interview Dates Offered: 1/8
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Watching the Scientology documentary on Netflix
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A friend in my cohort received an interview invitation from WellSpan Philhaven CBT on 11/17 and also from WellSpan Philhaven Hospital on 11/18. Both were email, but unsure if it was mass or personal.
2020Anxiety
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Official Site Name: Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Date Invitation Received: 11/19
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Neuropsych
Interview Dates Offered: 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: tonight, pizza
Date Invitation Received: 11/19
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Neuropsych
Interview Dates Offered: 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: tonight, pizza
internshipinsane
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Official Site Name: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 11/19/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Clinical Child/Pediatrics
Interview Dates Offered: asked to provide M and Fs in January
Date Invitation Received: 11/19/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Clinical Child/Pediatrics
Interview Dates Offered: asked to provide M and Fs in January
internshipinsane
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Official Site Name: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 11/19/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Phone call followed by email with dates
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Pediatrics
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/21, 12/22, 1/4
Date Invitation Received: 11/19/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Phone call followed by email with dates
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Pediatrics
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/21, 12/22, 1/4
Neurogeek91
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Has anyone gotten a rejection from here? I am waiting on this one!
futuredrdots
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Same and no I haven’t
Same here as well. Given that it was a personal email, maybe patience is warranted.
electricopal
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Congrats! Thats awesome. What time was the email sent?
Official Site Name: California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Neurodevelopmental and Psychoeducational Testing
Interview Dates Offered: 1/4
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Am I, really?
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Neurodevelopmental and Psychoeducational Testing
Interview Dates Offered: 1/4
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Am I, really?
Congrats! Excellent program!!! anyone been rejected from here? I’m waiting on this one
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Anyone heard from Metropolitan State Hospital? Their notification date on the website is 11/19 but haven't heard anything..
almostphdiva
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Yep lol virtual mass gathering I wonder if this is a prescreen
If it were in person, I'd probably skip it unless it was top 3 for me, virtually, definitely attend.
tunaNlimones99
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Official Site Name: Wellspan Philhaven CBT
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email, followed by a phone call to schedule an interview
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: 12/1-12/4 and 12/8-12/9
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: K-dramas
Date Invitation Received: 11/18
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email, followed by a phone call to schedule an interview
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: 12/1-12/4 and 12/8-12/9
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: K-dramas
I received an invite but it was a personal email so I'd think they probably are still coming!
fingerscrossed2021
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Hey everyone has anyone heard from programs who specifically take PhD students. I’m doing a PsyD in Neuro and applied to two programs that seem to only take PhDs from what I saw in their brochure but I took a risk and still applied. Any feedback is appreciated!
Not sure about programs that exclusively take PhD over PsyD, but do know some that prefer it. You can always check the APPIC listings, but I have only see exclusions for school psych and EdDs listed there.
roadtointernship419
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Thank you! This group is so supportive 🙂
USA_Troll
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I have seen strong research sites address this in their brochures. However, they are few and far between. I am applying predominately to VAs and AMHs. I attended a panel for how to get into a VA with training directors from some of the most prestigious VAs across the country. This question came up and they generally stated that they try to draft evenly across PhD and PsyD when they rank applicants. However, the match process sometimes skews their results by giving them more of one or the other. So I wouldnt place too much stock in how many you are seeing that go to a given site.
USA_Troll
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Is anyone noticing that the application numbers to most sites are higher than previous years?? I have had a handful of sites tell us that they are seeing an influx of applications. I wonder if this is connected to the Argosy debacle where those students are now getting back on track and applying, or is the pendulum beginning to swing back to fewer sites available?? I know this is completely anecdotal information given I only applied to 15 sites, but I was wondering if anyone else is pondering the same??
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Could be both. Tough to tell until we get the application numbers later in the season. As to the latter, some sites may be reducing number of slots due to massive budget shortfalls. I'm aware of a couple instances of this locally, but not sure how widespread this is nationally.
maddypandy_grad
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I was wondering too! It was yesterday but haven’t heard anything yet........
electricopal
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For those that applied to neuropsych sites..... how many sites did you apply to? I am worried that I did not apply to enough given the potential challenges of this cycle. I applied to 16 (all neuro).
futuredrdots
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I applied to 15 all neuro. We were strongly advised not to apply to more than 15. That being said I only applied to a couple I considered reaches
fingerscrossed2021
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I applied to 15 all neuro
I applied to 18 (16 with specific peds neuro tracks, 2 with no tracks but sig peds neuro training).
Official Site Name: VA Boston
Date Invitation Received: 11/20 (9:27AM CST)
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Neuropsychology
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/9, 12/15, 12/18, 1/5, & 1/7
Date Invitation Received: 11/20 (9:27AM CST)
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Neuropsychology
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/9, 12/15, 12/18, 1/5, & 1/7
I only applied to 12, which in retrospect may have been a bad idea given that I limited myself to almost only AMCs, but that's what I wanted soooo... Fingers crossed!
Official Site Name: South Texas VA
Date Invitation Received: 11/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): PCBH
Interview Dates Offered: 1 in Dec, 2 in Jan; must call to reserve a date
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Baking!
Date Invitation Received: 11/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): PCBH
Interview Dates Offered: 1 in Dec, 2 in Jan; must call to reserve a date
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Baking!
USA_Troll
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Waves!!
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Official Site Name: VA Boston
Date Invitation Received: 11/20 (10:27AM EST)
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): PTSD Clinical Team & Trauma and addictions recovery
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/9, 12/15, 12/18, 1/5, & 1/7
Date Invitation Received: 11/20 (10:27AM EST)
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): PTSD Clinical Team & Trauma and addictions recovery
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/9, 12/15, 12/18, 1/5, & 1/7
psychicago
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Might be due to COVID bringing mostly virtual interviews. Most applicants will not have to travel for interviews this year. Some of that money saved could be used for additional applications.
tunaNlimones99
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Official Site Name: VA Boston
Date Invitation Received: 11/20 (10:28AM EST)
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Behavioral Medicine
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/9, 12/15, 12/18, 1/5, & 1/7
Date Invitation Received: 11/20 (10:28AM EST)
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Behavioral Medicine
Interview Dates Offered: 12/7, 12/9, 12/15, 12/18, 1/5, & 1/7
15. We were strongly encouraged to apply to no more than 15. The research shows that there is no statistically significant increase in match rate between individuals who apply to 11-15 (I think, 91%) sites versus 16-20 (I think, 92%). I've heard that's also why it costs more to apply to the 16th (and all subsequent) site(s). The important part is balancing reach sites with other less competitive sites. It's still early and I keep being told 1) rejections often come first and 2) match rates are nearly 100% if you get 7-8 interviews, so that's my goal. Hang in there!
SubCorNeuroGal
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There are only two sites I have heard general inflation/deflation info from. One was a rejection from Dartmouth-they had 169 applicants--super inflated from years before. My prac site that has a neuro track had fewer applications-they didn't discuss exact numbers or anything more. Just mentioned they had less applicants than previous years. It seems incredibly variable.
mass email rejection from Kennedy Krieger Beh Psych/Neuropsych this morning (at least I kind of expected this one since this site was one of my reach sites!)
Neurogeek91
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Boston VA rejection for neuropsych track via mass email .....bummer!!
Did yours say that they will keep your application on file as well?
Official Site Name: Kennedy Krieger Institute
Date Invitation Received: 12/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Behavior Management Clinic & Child and Family Therapy Clinic
Interview Dates Offered: 1/8; 1/13; 1/15; 1/20; 1/27
Date Invitation Received: 12/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Behavior Management Clinic & Child and Family Therapy Clinic
Interview Dates Offered: 1/8; 1/13; 1/15; 1/20; 1/27
Neurogeek91
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Yes! Cruelly keeping a hint of hope alive haha
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