The MATCH NEWS: Match Policies & Communication email from December 1 provides helpful guidelines around these policies. One particularly helpful paragraph stated:
I still haven't heard back yet!
Okay, thanks so much for your response! Just wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything
Like @VintageRed I also haven't gotten anything and was trying to figure out the best way to prepare for those track interviews... Also, see you two there! You know, without knowing who you are...Good luck to us!
Thanks for responding! Helpful to hear that others are still waiting too 🙂
And, good luck to you too!
I have not heard anything yet.
Same here, I haven't received a schedule yet either, just the 12/8 email. Good luck with your interview!
Have either of you been giving a date/time to meet with current Mendota interns? Or anything other than the 1 hour interview time?
It was sent out on 1/1 🙂
Ugh I feel like I did really poorly in an interview today and am struggling not to ruminate on it!! I hope they’re going well for everyone. Just a weird, tough process.
I am not a fan of the virtual interviews but trying to make the best of it! I really wish we could go to the sites - even though it would cost a lot of money. It just makes this whole process challenging. Hopefully they are going well for you!
I'm feeling so grateful I did not have to (pay for and) fly all across the country for these interviews. While it would be nice to see sites in person (especially in cities I've never been to), I hope very much that this becomes the norm for future applicants. The financial and time burden on applicants is normally so high and also majorly disadvantages those who can't afford it. In the future, if interviews stayed virtual for everyone, candidates could always choose to visit a city and check it out if they really want to and have the funds to do so.
I agree with all of this. And some sites, like counseling centers, had already jumped on the equity train and had virtual interviews long before the pandemic. I received interviews at most of the sites I applied to. I would not have been able to apply to a good chunk of them if I had to fly out, giving me less options for match. I’ve already decided not to rank a couple of sites based on interviews, but I’m still in an advantageous position.
From my understanding, sites that use their interns as "work horses" don't value training as much as other sites. Therefore supervision is typically more lax, interns write a lot, and you may not necessarily see novel referrals due to the limited live supervision opportunities. With that said, if you don't want a lot of live supervision, prefer autonomy, and enjoy writing reports (if that's possible) these sites may be ideal to you. Generally, you will also work more hours per week, on average, compared to other sites.
I think this may also mean you will end up doing work outside of work hours just to stay caught up.
Would you mind sharing what your or some of your top-20 programs are for neuro training? Outside of the very well known ones like Boston VA, Brown, Harvard, UF, UCSD, Rush, Emory, UChicago, and Oklahoma.
You’ve likely already named half of his Top 20 list...
We won't know what sites are participating in Phase II until February 19th because we have to know who matched where and what sites have remaining slots. There's a bunch of info about the process on the APPIC website. 🙂
Thanks!
When I was previously unsure, I sent the message (directly thanking the psychologists that I interviewed with) to that "point person," who then offered to forward it on to the appropriate members.
I had the same situation with them last week but they emailed me the schedule with the links on Wednesday so I’d say if you don’t hear by the end of today then email them
Same as the comment above, I interviewed there last week and received the schedule/links at about noon the day before.
