APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)

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copingcat48 said:
Oh yes! I’ve got 4 interviews thus far and still waiting on a few more sites. Just totally stung to have 3 rejections hanging out in my junk mail.

IU Ball Memorial was a mass rejection sent to me at 1:02pm EST.
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Thanks for letting me know!

4 interviews is awesome!! Good luck!! And I totally feel you on the sting of 3 rejections in a row
 
Official Site Name: IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 12/10
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: 12/18, 1/8, 1/14, 1/15, 1/21, and 1/22 morning and afternoon times available
 
pedspsych4life said:
Has anyone received an invite to UNC SOM Chapel Hill that only applied to the child-pediatric track? I know some people applied to multiple tracks and got invites but I was just wondering if anyone for that track only received one. Thanks!
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waiting...
 
Official Site Name: El Paso Psychology Internship Consortium
Date Invitation Received: 12/10
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Personal call
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: It looks like it's on a rolling basis.
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: practicing gratitude

In btw, I had disqualified this site because I saw someone else received an invitation earlier and I was surprised.
 
I think we may see an interesting Phase 2 this year. Since MANY students are applying to more than 20 sites (some to 40!!!), the top sites are being overwhelmed by a number of applications and qualified candidates. I bet that these same Tier 1 students will get a lot of interviews, but they will match to only 1 site, which means that possibly there will be plentiful positions unfilled. I predict that we will have many prestigious sities participating in Phase 2. Please refute my hypothesis.
 
mamux said:
I think we may see an interesting Phase 2 this year. Since MANY students are applying to more than 20 sites (some to 40!!!), the top sites are being overwhelmed by a number of applications and qualified candidates. I bet that these same Tier 1 students will get a lot of interviews, but they will match to only 1 site, which means that possibly there will be plentiful positions unfilled. I predict that we will have many prestigious sities participating in Phase 2. Please refute my hypothesis.
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That's highly probable.... Phase 2 will be a bit wild this year and post-vacancy match will probably be wild too!
 
mamux said:
I think we may see an interesting Phase 2 this year. Since MANY students are applying to more than 20 sites (some to 40!!!), the top sites are being overwhelmed by a number of applications and qualified candidates. I bet that these same Tier 1 students will get a lot of interviews, but they will match to only 1 site, which means that possibly there will be plentiful positions unfilled. I predict that we will have many prestigious sities participating in Phase 2. Please refute my hypothesis.
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i think you are right. 40 sites though 😳😵😳
 
Has anyone heard from Lenox Hill, Columbia NYP Irving Medical Center, Lincoln Hospital, or Rutgers Behavioral Health in Newark, or Mt. Sinai Elmhurst? I know someone on Monday said they got a phone call from Lincoln but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more recent than that. Thank you and good luck to all.
 
I have an interview scheduled for Monday but haven't received the schedule or zoom. My anxiety says I got missed but I logically realize it likely hasn't been sent out yet. Any recommendations on when to reach out?
 
SubCorNeuroGal said:
I have an interview scheduled for Monday but haven't received the schedule or zoom. My anxiety says I got missed but I logically realize it likely hasn't been sent out yet. Any recommendations on when to reach out?
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I was given the schedule and zoom links for an interview the day before at noon, which had me anxious I had been missed as well! Especially if it's the site's first interview day, I would guess they're just running behind in finalizing the schedule and materials. I think it would be reasonable to reach out a full business day before. Good luck!
 
Cam_Chai19 said:
I was given the schedule and zoom links for an interview the day before at noon, which had me anxious I had been missed as well! Especially if it's the site's first interview day, I would guess they're just running behind in finalizing the schedule and materials. I think it would be reasonable to reach out a full business day before. Good luck!
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Thank you! That's helpful to know 🙂
 
mamux said:
I think we may see an interesting Phase 2 this year. Since MANY students are applying to more than 20 sites (some to 40!!!), the top sites are being overwhelmed by a number of applications and qualified candidates. I bet that these same Tier 1 students will get a lot of interviews, but they will match to only 1 site, which means that possibly there will be plentiful positions unfilled. I predict that we will have many prestigious sities participating in Phase 2. Please refute my hypothesis.
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After a couple of years ago, following a big jump in the number of internship slots, a lot of sites changed their interview and ranking procedures to avoid the Phase II scramble. I don't think we'll see that again anytime soon. There will be quality sites in Phase II, but nothing like a couple of years ago.
 
eedermor1 said:
Has anyone heard from Lenox Hill, Columbia NYP Irving Medical Center, Lincoln Hospital, or Rutgers Behavioral Health in Newark, or Mt. Sinai Elmhurst? I know someone on Monday said they got a phone call from Lincoln but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more recent than that. Thank you and good luck to all.
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I received an interview invite for Rutgers Behavioral Health in Newark on 11/24. I applied to the adult corrections track, so I'm not sure if that matters, but the email didn't include the specific track and seemed to be a mass email despite being addressed to me. They only offered one interview date of 12/16 which is odd since their APPIC page says their notification date is 12/20... 🤷‍♀️
 
eedermor1 said:
Has anyone heard from Lenox Hill, Columbia NYP Irving Medical Center, Lincoln Hospital, or Rutgers Behavioral Health in Newark, or Mt. Sinai Elmhurst? I know someone on Monday said they got a phone call from Lincoln but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more recent than that. Thank you and good luck to all.
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wondering the same!
 
Official Site Name: Columbia Valley Community Health
Date Invitation Received: 12/10/20, 3:55pm
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: 1/8, 1/14, 1/18, 1/28
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: naps, The Office, so many iced chai lattes, Animal Crossing


There is hope, children. A heartbreaking series of rejections followed by 3 interviews this week. Keep the faith.
 
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mamux said:
I think we may see an interesting Phase 2 this year. Since MANY students are applying to more than 20 sites (some to 40!!!), the top sites are being overwhelmed by a number of applications and qualified candidates. I bet that these same Tier 1 students will get a lot of interviews, but they will match to only 1 site, which means that possibly there will be plentiful positions unfilled. I predict that we will have many prestigious sities participating in Phase 2. Please refute my hypothesis.
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Match Statistics - 2019 - Phase I

Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, Postdoc Interns, Psychology Internships, Psych Internship Matching - APPIC
appic.org

I'm sure 40 applications is an outlier, to me, it is unlikely that one is a great fit for 40 sites. The link indicates the range of applications from phase I of last year. You will see the range is 1 to 68 for number of applications, yes 68! There are outliers every year.
 
I think this sums up what at least some of us are feeling

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eedermor1 said:
Has anyone heard from Lenox Hill, Columbia NYP Irving Medical Center, Lincoln Hospital, or Rutgers Behavioral Health in Newark, or Mt. Sinai Elmhurst? I know someone on Monday said they got a phone call from Lincoln but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more recent than that. Thank you and good luck to all.
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I'm waiting on Lenox Hill, Columbia, and Elmhurst. I know people who have heard from/already interviewed at Columbia but do not know anyone who has heard from the other two.
 
discolemonade said:
I'm waiting on Lenox Hill, Columbia, and Elmhurst. I know people who have heard from/already interviewed at Columbia but do not know anyone who has heard from the other two.
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Have you heard about people for the Columbia Child Track and Adult Track? I only saw Adult Track, but have not heard anything about Child...thanks for any insight you may have!
 
Does anyone have thoughts on sites that are not APA accredited but have a site visit planned?
 
haloeffectx said:
Does anyone have thoughts on sites that are not APA accredited but have a site visit planned?
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Rolling the dice. If it's a VA, much better chance that the accreditation will happen. They usually are not allowed to even initiate the process until everything has been up and running smoothly.
 
eedermor1 said:
Has anyone heard from Lenox Hill, Columbia NYP Irving Medical Center, Lincoln Hospital, or Rutgers Behavioral Health in Newark, or Mt. Sinai Elmhurst? I know someone on Monday said they got a phone call from Lincoln but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more recent than that. Thank you and good luck to all.
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I am also waiting to hear from Columbia NYP Irving Medical Center, however, I have friends who did receive interviews already, so idk if to just expect a rejection sometime soon. I haven't hear from Mt. Sinai Elmhurst yet either, I think their notification deadline date is 12/18. I received an invite from Rutgers behavioral health in Newark on 12/4. Hope that helps, good luck to you!!
 
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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I vote all rejections start saying this!
 
Any advice on what you’d “rank” higher APA on contingency vs APA on probation?
 
arb5309 said:
Any advice on what you’d “rank” higher APA on contingency vs APA on probation?
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I think APA on contingency is much better than APA on probation. Contingency could just mean they are a newer program and don't have the data yet for 2 full cohort years. I think probation means they were accredited and then did something that fell below standards
 
YungPsy said:
wow they should really cap internship applications...40 is NUTS
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Well, they attempted a soft cap by raising the cost per application above 15. I wouldn't worry too much. I'd say the vast majority of people are still in the 12-18 range of applications, like always. Also, the people applying to 40 sites, are most likely not strong applicants.
 
psyched2022 said:
I think APA on contingency is much better than APA on probation. Contingency could just mean they are a newer program and don't have the data yet for 2 full cohort years. I think probation means they were accredited and then did something that fell below standards
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I don't really know anything about probation, but it sounds like on contingency is just as safe as full accreditation in terms of any risk to applicants/students. I would just make sure any site visits are scheduled for after your start date. If they fail to get full accreditation or withdraw while you are there, you will still be considered to have completed a fully accredited internship (this is according the APA website).
 
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