APPIC thread?

[ccpsych16]

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I'm a bit confused about ranking. I applied to only one track at a site that I was offered an interview for. However, when I attended the Q&A about the track, the director encouraged us to rank another track with it, and to let them know which tracks we are going to rank at the time of interview. I am confused about how this works. Could I still rank a track that I did not officially apply for? Also, how much am I allowed to disclose about rank with the site?

Depends on the program. If the TD said you can rank multiple then let them know if you will so they can consider you and possibly rank you for those too. This happened to me at an interview as well. The tracks were simply different locations and we were told we could apply for the other 2 locations if we wanted, after hearing more about them on interview day. Essentially, it didn’t matter what we wrote in our cover letter or checked in the AAPI.

Often different tracks are different programs entirely, making it less likely that you can be ranked for others you didn’t apply to.

 

[nicolascagephd]

Depends on the program. If the TD said you can rank multiple then let them know if you will so they can consider you and possibly rank you for those too. This happened to me at an interview as well. The tracks were simply different locations and we were told we could apply for the other 2 locations if we wanted, after hearing more about them on interview day. Essentially, it didn’t matter what we wrote in our cover letter or checked in the AAPI.

Often different tracks are different programs entirely, making it less likely that you can be ranked for others you didn’t apply to.

Thank you for this response. This is similar to how the situation was presented in the Q&A. Basically, there are similar tracks in different locations and they were encouraging us to consider ranking the other location in addition to the one we were at the meeting for. So, I'm assuming that (as long as we are both aware of me applying to the additional track) I can rank more than the track I am currently interviewing for.