They gave me explicit rank information, not approximate info.
Now I am trying to contact #2, but can't reach anyone.
I hope you are right that I may get an extension of time with the early offer.
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They gave me explicit rank information, not approximate info.
Now I am trying to contact #2, but can't reach anyone.
I hope you are right that I may get an extension of time with the early offer.
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I already forsee mass chaos for Wednesday. I now see why the match process for internship exists. I wish the day before that sites would release what number rank you are among their applicants so that you could be planning things out. Good luck to everyone!!
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In your place last year and it is hard decision when you have multiple offers as GS-11. Think about whether you will want relocation/rentition or any other incentives when dicussing the offer with HR. An HR response can take weeks! Also keep in mind that GS-11 positions are difficult to get. Good luck.
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My understanding is that HR informs up-front about hiring bonus and all that jazz, if offered. That is, its offered upfront or not at all, no? The position im waiting on has an LRP and a recruitment incentive, according its USAjobs profile/description anyway.
I have a couple other GS-11 interviews scheduled in the next 3 weeks, so I am indeed freakin about how to handle competing opps, should they arise. BUT, would you think it foolish to turn one down in hopes of getting another, since they are so competitive?
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Hi all,
I haven't been on this site since internship matching days, so forgive me if this question is redundant. I am wondering if anyone can give me advice about the following: I applied to postdoc (clinical psych) positions that operated outside of the APPIC system, so there is no match day involved. I just got a call, which I have to return tomorrow, from a site I just interviewed at one week ago offering me the position via a voicemail message. But I still have one more site to interview at later this week (across the country), and I'm holding out for my dream position which hasnt even called me yet with an interview offer (but their app. deadline just passed). I have to call the site which has offered me a spot back tomorrow and am wondering what to say. Would it be impolite to ask them to wait one week? If I had one more week, I could have my second interview in a few days (and ask them to make up their minds fast! 🙂) and email the dream site asking them if they will even be asking me for an interview. I think I will have a lot more information in one week. Would this look really bad, or is it common practice to ask for more time? Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks!😕
I haven't been on this site since internship matching days, so forgive me if this question is redundant. I am wondering if anyone can give me advice about the following: I applied to postdoc (clinical psych) positions that operated outside of the APPIC system, so there is no match day involved. I just got a call, which I have to return tomorrow, from a site I just interviewed at one week ago offering me the position via a voicemail message. But I still have one more site to interview at later this week (across the country), and I'm holding out for my dream position which hasnt even called me yet with an interview offer (but their app. deadline just passed). I have to call the site which has offered me a spot back tomorrow and am wondering what to say. Would it be impolite to ask them to wait one week? If I had one more week, I could have my second interview in a few days (and ask them to make up their minds fast! 🙂) and email the dream site asking them if they will even be asking me for an interview. I think I will have a lot more information in one week. Would this look really bad, or is it common practice to ask for more time? Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks!😕
#2 said I was ranked 2 for the only spot. 😕 Encouraged me to wait 'till Wed to see how things shake down.
More time granted for decision on early offer
They were kind enough to agree to wait 'till Wed afternoon if necessary.So the chaos and waiting continues... trying to keep my powder dry, as my TD recommended.
#2 said I was ranked 2 for the only spot. 😕 Encouraged me to wait 'till Wed to see how things shake down.
More time granted for decision on early offer
So the chaos and waiting continues... trying to keep my powder dry, as my TD recommended.
I'm glad you got more time and that you're ranked so highly at your #2 choice!
I am no expert, but from what people in this forum have been saying, I think it is reasonable enough to ask for a little more time. They should understand that it is a huge decision for you to make, especially without all the info in front of you. Congratulations on impressing them so thoroughly, though 🙂!
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Thank you for this! I asked for a week and the director was more than happy to give me the time 🙂 Good luck to everyone today!
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Just stopping in to say good luck to everyone today. Hopefully the frenzy isn't too exceedingly hectic for any of you.
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Good luck everyone!!!
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I have a friend who ended our conversation last night with the comment that she needed to go to bed. She didn't want to stress herself out being awake all night fretting over today. She was relatively calm, thinking optimistically "even if" the worse happened. She's now "freaking out." Apparently she didn't get much sleep after all. 😛Again, sending happy thoughts to everyone!
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I agree, and I never thought I would say this, but I miss the match.
Ended up getting my first choice! Relieved beyond belief. I can actually live in the same city as my fiance again!
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I'm surprised it has been this quiet thus far... regardless, congrats to everyone with offers/plans!!!
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WOOHOO!!! #1 accepted 🙂
congrats to you!!!
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POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
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Congratulations, from one health psych person to another! I'm glad to hear so many people got their first place choice!
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I haven't matched anywhere thus far. 10 applications, 2 interviews (neither panned out). I'm primarily looking in university counseling center settings, but also open to any organizational/consulting (interviewed with the VA NCOD but did not match), private practice (yet to apply to any), or VA (yet to apply to any, aside from the NCOD) positions.
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I'm sorry. That really sucks. I noticed that there have still been a number of sites popping up on the listserv and elsewhere, so hopefully something that fits will come your way.
Whew! That was really rough yesterday.
I never thought I'd say this, but I really missed the Match. The UND was a mess (IMO). Based on my experience (and that of a lot of my classmates and intern-mates), many sites didn't give out specific information to waiting applications, saying things like, "hang in there" rather than "right now, you're # so-and-so on our list and our top ranked applicant has until #:00 to get back to us." Not knowing where I stood made the process more painful than necessary, IMO.
I also felt like the advice that I was given from psychologists didn't adequately prepare me for how much more competitive this process has become in recent years, even compared to just a couple of years ago.
I never thought I'd say this, but I really missed the Match. The UND was a mess (IMO). Based on my experience (and that of a lot of my classmates and intern-mates), many sites didn't give out specific information to waiting applications, saying things like, "hang in there" rather than "right now, you're # so-and-so on our list and our top ranked applicant has until #:00 to get back to us." Not knowing where I stood made the process more painful than necessary, IMO.
I also felt like the advice that I was given from psychologists didn't adequately prepare me for how much more competitive this process has become in recent years, even compared to just a couple of years ago.
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Yeah, definitely would have been a super intense fellowship (and for 2 years). But also would have been a great opportunity. Ah well.
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Lol. What was their application?
Edit: Just looked it up. What a bunch of crap. I mean, for reals, I have Ph.D. and you wanna see my undergrad transcripts still? And all that other stuff looks like the APPI. I would just put a big X on there and send a copy of my APPI and my internship hours log.
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It is in here- scroll to the end.
http://www.psychologytraining.va.gov/docs/WhiteRiver-psych-postdoc.doc
Erg-
Yes, it is such an outlier compared to all other applications that I simply refused to to it. The subtext of that application is: "I will micromanage your every breath for the entire year you work for me."
I say, no thanks!!
Yes, it is such an outlier compared to all other applications that I simply refused to to it. The subtext of that application is: "I will micromanage your every breath for the entire year you work for me."
I say, no thanks!!
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There were actually a few different sites I didn't apply to owing in no small part to their requiring undergraduate transcripts. Glad to hear I'm not the only one.
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Hey all,
Let's revive an old thread, shall we? 🙂
So my husband is moving to Texas for a 1 year residency beginning this summer, and I'm going to go with him for the year. I finish internship this August, and what I'd like to do is accrue my postdoc hours in Texas. However, we are coming back to CA immediately following his residency/me getting postdoc hours, and I want to be licensed in California. I've done all my training in CA and never even lived out of the state. I don't know the first thing about how this all works in Texas and the BOP site is not super helpful. I wish I could have applied for formal postdocs, but my husband's match day was a week after the postdoc UND so I decided to wait and see where he'd be... and now I need to find something for myself.
Does anyone know anything about how one can go about accruing supervised postdoc hours in Texas? I know in CA you can be a Registered Psychologist, work in an exempt setting, be a psych assistant, or do a formal postdoc, but in Texas, how does one get employed before licensure? I'd love to know literally ANY information anyone has. At this point I'm looking at jobs that I could almost qualify for (counselor, therapist, etc) but they almost all want you to have an LCSW or a LPC... help?
Thanks in advance!! 😀
Let's revive an old thread, shall we? 🙂
So my husband is moving to Texas for a 1 year residency beginning this summer, and I'm going to go with him for the year. I finish internship this August, and what I'd like to do is accrue my postdoc hours in Texas. However, we are coming back to CA immediately following his residency/me getting postdoc hours, and I want to be licensed in California. I've done all my training in CA and never even lived out of the state. I don't know the first thing about how this all works in Texas and the BOP site is not super helpful. I wish I could have applied for formal postdocs, but my husband's match day was a week after the postdoc UND so I decided to wait and see where he'd be... and now I need to find something for myself.
Does anyone know anything about how one can go about accruing supervised postdoc hours in Texas? I know in CA you can be a Registered Psychologist, work in an exempt setting, be a psych assistant, or do a formal postdoc, but in Texas, how does one get employed before licensure? I'd love to know literally ANY information anyone has. At this point I'm looking at jobs that I could almost qualify for (counselor, therapist, etc) but they almost all want you to have an LCSW or a LPC... help?
Thanks in advance!! 😀
Not related to post-doc, but related to the undergrad transcript requirement and felt like sharing.
We are required to submit any/all undergraduate grades when applying for a graduate fellowship through NIH. I actually got SLAMMED on mine by one reviewer (gave me as an applicant a very mediocre score when I got great scores by the other two). The reason? I had nine Pass/Fail courses my freshman year of undergraduate (all passes mind you) that "might have inflated my undergraduate GPA" despite the fact that all my upper level coursework was A's, I graduated with ~170 credits, and I have a 4.0 in graduate school. The delightful part is this was actually coursework I completed in high school that transferred in - the fact that I was apparently taking ~50 credits my first semester of college apparently did not justify some of them being P/F
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I have yet to figure out why some of the VA jobs I'm seeing posted lately seem to require undergraduate transcripts.
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I'm seeing more than VA sites requiring them. I'm sorely tempted to mark those that ask for undergrad transcripts off my list. I attended 3 universities for undergrad, and then I will need to submit transcripts for my master's to boot (different institution from my doc program). At this point, why do you care about my undergrad crap?! I think I've "proven" myself by now... Too many frakkin' transcripts!!! 😛
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I did the same, and that's one of the reasons, as mentioned above, that I scratched internship and postdoc sites off my list if they required undergrad transcripts.
Not sure if I'd do the same for jobs, but we'll cross that bridge when the time comes. I'd really, really hope that if undergrad transcripts are required at that point, the employer would be ok with just receiving paperwork from the last institution attended, assuming it includes coursework from the previous institutions as well. If all three of my undergrad transcripts are needed, I'll likely start looking elsewhere unless it's a place where I'm dying to work.
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Is anyone else feeling the need to jump on the recent influx of new VA positions, even through you already have a post-doc lined up? I'm concerned that by the time I am done next year with my post-doc, there won't be many spots left in the VISN (region) I want to be in. (Plus, I wouldn't mind the pay increase from post-doc to full-time permanent employee, even if it means coming in at a GS-11.) However, I also feel that my post-doc experience would be helpful and provide good training. I don't think I am seriously considering ditching my post-doc, but I am wondering if others are in the same boat. SO annoying how this announcement had to happen following the Uniform Offer Date, and the jobs came up so quickly - I thought it would at least take a while!
At a minimum, read the Texas requirements AND the California requirements for accruing post-doc hours, so you know what type of supervision is required and length of time/number of hours are the minimum. Getting a copy of the California Supervision Agreement signed before you begin would be a good idea even if they do not require it for out of state hours (DO check on this as it can diqualify hours not to have the supervision agreement signed in advance of start) You may also want to consider using time there, if a post-doc doesn't materialize, to complete all the requirements to take, applying to take, and then taking the EPPP. Having that all done will speed licensure in CA, even if you haven't gathered all the hours while in Texas. You also could find employment and gather experience that wouldn't "count" toward pre-doc hours but still be an advantage in subsequent job searches. (eg: inpatient experience often does not have psychologist administrative supervision, but the experience and what you learn from folks with other licenses can be invaluable.)
Yes! I don't think I would; however, if a position opened up at one of two VAs near my hometown, I would be really torn.
It is very nervewracking! On one hand, we risk alienating staff at our postdoc site and on the other hand we risk losing out on job opportunities. If I knew in March what I know now, I wouldn't have taken a postdoc.
The fact that two of my supervisors have suggested trying for jobs despite my postdoc agreement only adds to my anxiety.
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Why? It's so easy to get transcripts these days. My undergrad institutions provided them easily. I've even gotten electronic "official" ones.
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Mostly because, as I went to three different colleges, it would've been another expense (time and money-wise) that I simply didn't want to bother with. Although you're correct with the whole e-transcripts thing; it wasn't available the last time I had to gather transcripts (back when applying to grad school), so I was still judging based on that past experience.
If I had been exceedingly attached to any of the sites in question, I might've given it more consideration; but as my "to apply" list was already too long at the time, that was just one of the criteria I used to start cutting sites.
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