APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)

[discolemonade]

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Official Site Name: Bronx VA
Date Invitation Received: 12/3/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General Track
Interview dates offered: 12/17, 1/5, 1/11, 1/20

 

[mypointlesspov]

I appreciate your response but I am confused now. Are you saying that the student doesn’t have a right to withdraw from the internship application process if, let’s say, it doesn’t go the way the student predicted? What is considered a “good reason” and why does the student need a permission to go a different direction (i.e., enhance/add skills and prepare better for the next year)?

I'm not saying that students don't have the right to withdraw from the match, I'm saying that per the guidelines for my region at least, any student that wants to apply for internship and externship at the same time needs to get approval from the DCT. I don't make the rules, so I don't know exactly why students need permission from the DCT, but it's a requirement

From the NYNJADOT guidelines (https://nynjadot.apa.org/resources/pdf/NYNJADOT-PSYDNYS_GUIDELINES_2021-22_MATCH.pdf)

Students: Students applying for PRE-DOCTORAL INTERNSHIP (through the APPIC Match or otherwise) MUST ATTEST, on their externship application, that they are applying for internship concurrent with the application for externship. These students must receive their DCT’s approval to apply for externship concurrent with internship. Externship sites should state their position about such applications on their website and the portal site.

DCTs: Eligibility letters should state if the student is applying for both externship and internship during the current cycle

 

[stressed&blessed]

Any news from Richard L. Roudebush VAMC?

 

[dcpsychdoc]

I view externship as an opportunity to spend an additional year in a “practicum” outside of my program and a way to gain additional skills to be a more competitive trainee for the internship. Not getting interviews may be a sign that there are some gaps that need to be filled with additional skills. This is how I am explaining myself why I have only rejections and 0 invitations. But maybe I am wrong 🤔

Thank you. That makes more sense if you are trying to get ahead of the game in the case you do not get an interview. I am sorry are in this position. Please do not count out Phase II. This process truly is about a good match. Every year there are great programs and GREAT applicants who do not Match in Phase I, for whatever reason. And, if you do need to wait another year, I think you are wise to consider the gaps in your training and work on those. I wish you the best of luck as you figure this out for yourself.

 

[student9295]

Just received a rejection from the Dayton VA.

 

[kayfay89]

Rejection from Dayton VA. Bummer, but onward and upward! Or something like that. Trying to keep my chin up.

 

[kayfay89]

Just received a rejection from the Dayton VA.

Same here. Not terribly surprising but still a bummer.

 

[ha12301]

Congrats! Has anyone heard back from Coatesville VA re: neuropsychology track?

Nope I’m waiting on that too

 

[hsiren]

Any news from Richard L. Roudebush VAMC?

Nope, still waiting on this (take that with a grain of salt 😛)! I spoke with someone that's a prac student there and they said that they're a lil behind normal because of COVID, but thankfully their notification date is 12/15 so I haven't lost hope yet. Best of luck to you!

 

[red riot]

It seems like only one person posted about Bellevue/NYU child track, which offered only one interview date - 12/9... which makes me hopeful that it's a rolling interview offer system. I wonder if anyone else received interview offers or rejection yet? #amitoonaivetobehopeful

I interviewed for the forensic track yesterday, and there were applicants for the child track present as well. As far as I could tell, based on their invites/scheduling and my discussions with others in my cohort who have forensic track interviews upcoming, they have many dates scheduled for interviews over the next three-ish weeks for all tracks. (Not that I have any idea what this means about your situation!!)

 

[DesperateS2012]

Any updates from Boston Children's, Children's National, and North Carolina SOM (child track)?

I am also waiting on Boston Children's !

 

[ccpsych16]

Ooooo interesting point! OK my "personal" emails might not be...

To be honest, I’m not too upset about it either way! At this point, it’s more important that we got the invite 🙂 They have a lot on their plates getting ready for us. I’d rather have them focused on planning interview day!

 

[Psyducky]

Someone mentioned a while back that programs often have staff meetings on Thursdays, so Fridays are common days for invites/rejections. Is this generally true/common in others' experiences? Is it specific to certain types of sites?

(I am waiting on two sites with deadlines tomorrow - just trying to calm my anxiety with information, even though I know anything can happen anytime!)

 

[KKint]

Reached out to Mailman— they have sent out the invites and will be sending rejection/waitlist emails next week.

(another rejection)

 

[WisNeuro]

Someone mentioned a while back that programs often have staff meetings on Thursdays, so Fridays are common days for invites/rejections. Is this generally true/common in others' experiences? Is it specific to certain types of sites?

(I am waiting on two sites with deadlines tomorrow - just trying to calm my anxiety with information, even though I know anything can happen anytime!)

I've had staff meetings every day of the week at different jobs, I don't believe there is much in terms of a convention here. At the current job we meet on Tuesdays.

 

[neuro_is_the_werd]

Has anyone heard from Neuropsych track at Houston VA (MEDVAMC)? Or for Geropsych track at VA West Los Angeles?

Waiting on West LA VA too....

 

[arb5309]

Any speculation on the BOPs/usajobs date?

 

[student9295]

Rejection from James H. Quillen VAMC.

 

[neuro_is_the_werd]

Has anyone heard from Neuropsych track at Houston VA (MEDVAMC)? Or for Geropsych track at VA West Los Angeles?

Still waiting on VA West Los Angeles Gero...

 

[matryoshka_brain]

Any speculation on the BOPs/usajobs date?

Based on past years invite threads, probably next week.

 

[arb5309]

Based on past years invite threads, probably next week.

Thank you!! That was my next step was to look back at previous years. 6 of my sites are BOPs/medical centers... so I’m just anxiously waiting.

 

[psychicago]

Official Site Name: VA Eastern Colorado Psychology Internship
Date Invitation Received: 12/3/20 1pm central
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General and PCMHI
Interview dates offered:Jan 4th, Jan 11th, and Jan 25th

 

[intern21]

Reached out to Mailman— they have sent out the invites and will be sending rejection/waitlist emails next week.

(another rejection)

Another rejection on the way for me too 🙁 I wish they would just do it all at once. I HATE this process.

 

[puppsych]

Official Site Name: UCLA CAPS
Date Invitation Received: 12/3/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: 1/4-1/8
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: Wine

 

[HPB2015]

A couple of days ago someone posted about receiving a phone call from Northwestern Feinberg. I figure phone calls take longer than a mass email (duh) so it might take a couple of days to do them all, but now it's been a couple of days. Wondering if many other people have received invites from this site (and when)? Thanks!

 

[PsycIntern2021]

A couple of days ago someone posted about receiving a phone call from Northwestern Feinberg. I figure phone calls take longer than a mass email (duh) so it might take a couple of days to do them all, but now it's been a couple of days. Wondering if many other people have received invites from this site (and when)? Thanks!

I also received an invitation from them on Tuesday (phone call). They scheduled interview dates with me over the phone at time of call.

 

[Neurogeek91]

Anyone else still waiting on any notification from the Philly VA? I sent them an email yesterday but I haven't heard anything yet.

I was offered an interview yesterday for neuropsych track

 

[psyc2021]

Has anyone who applied to UC Davis CAARE Center also not heard back yet either way?

 

[counselingcenterlover]

Official Site Name: University of Memphis Student Health and Counseling Services
Date Invitation Received: 12/3/20 1pm CST
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Personal email
Interview dates offered: December & January

 

[Cat-tharsis]

Official Site Name: University of Memphis Student Health and Counseling Center
Date Invitation Received: 12/3
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): personal email
Interview Dates Offered: 12/18-1/10
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: binge watching TV with my cats while drinking wine

 

[Shasta531]

Any updates from Boston Children's, Children's National, and North Carolina SOM (child track)?

Boston's notification date is 12/7 according to APPIC directory. Hopefully will hear something soon! I'm waiting on that one, too.

 

[discolemonade]

It seems like only one person posted about Bellevue/NYU child track, which offered only one interview date - 12/9... which makes me hopeful that it's a rolling interview offer system. I wonder if anyone else received interview offers or rejection yet? #amitoonaivetobehopeful

To echo what the other responder said...I'm pretty sure that Bellevue is one of the sites that sends out all the invites at once and then sends all the rejections later. Just basing this off of friends who applied there in past years. I also haven't heard and am assuming rejection!

 

[SOSpsyd]

I made a document where I broke questions out into categories because anxiety 😛 It includes questions from my TD, VA materials I found online, T2T Blog, questions reported on here, and Dr. Chen's Grad Corner Blog. Here ya go! Feel free to share.

You are a gem. <3

 

[clinpsychintern]

A couple of days ago someone posted about receiving a phone call from Northwestern Feinberg. I figure phone calls take longer than a mass email (duh) so it might take a couple of days to do them all, but now it's been a couple of days. Wondering if many other people have received invites from this site (and when)? Thanks!

I'm also waiting to hear from them! Also hoping that calls take longer and that this does not mean I'm waiting on a rejection lol

 

[JJPsy]

Rejection from James H. Quillen VAMC.

I’m sorry about your rejection. Do you mind telling me how it arrived? I’ve been waiting to hear from them assuming it will be a rejection bc they sent out interview invites so long ago but I haven’t received anything today. Ugh.

 

[neuroticpsychstudent]

Has anyone who applied to UC Davis CAARE Center also not heard back yet either way?

Me. I applied to two tracks

 

[tdot_psych]

Has anyone who applied to UC Davis CAARE Center also not heard back yet either way?

I haven't and I applied to the juvenile justice track but I imagine they may be rolling out invites/rejections on different days per track.

 

[SOSpsyd]

Just wanted to share some encouragement for those of us who are in the "no interviews" camp (4 rejections so far), especially for those who applied to a lot of UCC's. They typically send invites out fairly late in the season anyway, and they're experiencing a lot more craziness than usual thanks to the pandemic. I would imagine the same is true for many other sites as far as the pandemic craziness goes. I've definitely been catching myself catastrophizing, too, but we still have plenty of time! Hang in there!

 

[comette]

Happy interview season fam! Sending everyone positive energy.

Anyone hear from Friends Hospital in Philly? They have yesterday listed as their notification date but since they extended their deadline I assume they’ll take a bit longer. Wanted to see if anyone has info. Thanks in advance!

 

[student9295]

I’m sorry about your rejection. Do you mind telling me how it arrived? I’ve been waiting to hear from them assuming it will be a rejection bc they sent out interview invites so long ago but I haven’t received anything today. Ugh.

They sent a personalized email with the decision attached. I think they were sending out invites about a month ago. Thus, it wasn't a complete surprise.

 

[JJPsy]

They sent a personalized email with the decision attached. I think they were sending out invites about a month ago. Thus, it wasn't a complete surprise.

Thank you for letting me know. That's a bummer. I'm sure mine is on its way if they were personalized.

 

[student9295]

The rejections have been quite hard but there is one issue that I suspect has adversely impacted my internship prospects.

 

[Psyducky]

Official Site Name: VA Eastern Colorado Psychology Internship
Date Invitation Received: 12/3/20 1pm central
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): General and PCMHI
Interview dates offered:Jan 4th, Jan 11th, and Jan 25th

I have a friend waiting on this one - if you feel comfortable answering, was it a personal or mass email?

 

[psychmbr08]

A couple of days ago someone posted about receiving a phone call from Northwestern Feinberg. I figure phone calls take longer than a mass email (duh) so it might take a couple of days to do them all, but now it's been a couple of days. Wondering if many other people have received invites from this site (and when)? Thanks!

I haven’t heard anything from them. Expecting a rejection email on 12/15.
I sure do wish sites would send out reactions at the same time as invites.

 

[DesperateS2012]

I interviewed for the forensic track yesterday, and there were applicants for the child track present as well. As far as I could tell, based on their invites/scheduling and my discussions with others in my cohort who have forensic track interviews upcoming, they have many dates scheduled for interviews over the next three-ish weeks for all tracks. (Not that I have any idea what this means about your situation!!)

Thank you for responding and sharing what you noticed/ heard at the interview. It actually helps to know that I am basically rejected at this point for not having an interview offer. Upsetting for sure, but I'd rather be upset than being hopeful and get even more disappointed later. Congratulations for being done with your interview, and wish you luck with match !!

 

[InternHopeful-Neuro]

Official Site Name: Tewksbury Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 12/03
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Health (Dept. Public Health [DPH]), though email did not specify
Interview Dates Offered: Three separate components (dates?) TBD in January

 

[HPB2015]

I have a friend waiting on this one - if you feel comfortable answering, was it a personal or mass email?

I am not the original poster but I also received an invite to Eastern Colorado VA (general track), about an hour and a half after the original poster posted. The email had my name, so it seems personalized and like they are going out individually.

 

[Noor0183]

The rejections have been quite hard but there is one issue that I suspect has adversely impacted my internship prospects.

Sorry to hear that. I have not received any invites and I don’t even know why

 

[neurogirl93]

Rejection: Crescenz VAMC Psychology Internship Program (Neuro track) in Philadelphia received today; mass email

 

[matryoshka_brain]

Official Site Name: UC Davis JJFP!!
Date Invitation Received: 12/3/20
Method of Invitation: Email
Specialty Track: JJFP Track