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Hey everyone,
I had an interview for a doctoral program last week that just so happened to land on internship match day. While the data from previous years was briefly discussed during orientation, I overheard some current students during the tour discussing how only two of them got matched this time around. This was a little alarming, and I wish I had made it a point to inquire further about it while I was there. Unfortunately, this happened at the very end of the day, after all of the student interviews, Q + A's, and faculty interviews.
Would it be appropriate to follow-up in an e-mail to my interviewers or the program director that I met with and ask them to speak a bit more to their internship placement data? (The generic "if you have any more questions, feel free to reach out" was expressed) More specifically, can I ask them to disclose how many in the current cohort did indeed receive matches last week? This is a combined clinical-school program, and I'm curious as to how much that might play a role.
I'm just wondering if this is an appropriate question to follow up with, or if there is a certain way I should phrase it (because to be quite honest, I find the whole APPIC/APA/Internship thing to be a bit confusing, I just know I'm supposed to be looking for reported rates around/above 80-85%. I'd really rather not reveal my ignorance to the adcom or sound impolite if I don't know what I'm talking about). I'm thinking I should try to embed it within a polite and sincere post-interview thank you note. Additionally, who should this question go to? The faculty members I interviewed with? The program director that led the orientation and gave us the info about the data initially? All/none of the above?
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!
I had an interview for a doctoral program last week that just so happened to land on internship match day. While the data from previous years was briefly discussed during orientation, I overheard some current students during the tour discussing how only two of them got matched this time around. This was a little alarming, and I wish I had made it a point to inquire further about it while I was there. Unfortunately, this happened at the very end of the day, after all of the student interviews, Q + A's, and faculty interviews.
Would it be appropriate to follow-up in an e-mail to my interviewers or the program director that I met with and ask them to speak a bit more to their internship placement data? (The generic "if you have any more questions, feel free to reach out" was expressed) More specifically, can I ask them to disclose how many in the current cohort did indeed receive matches last week? This is a combined clinical-school program, and I'm curious as to how much that might play a role.
I'm just wondering if this is an appropriate question to follow up with, or if there is a certain way I should phrase it (because to be quite honest, I find the whole APPIC/APA/Internship thing to be a bit confusing, I just know I'm supposed to be looking for reported rates around/above 80-85%. I'd really rather not reveal my ignorance to the adcom or sound impolite if I don't know what I'm talking about). I'm thinking I should try to embed it within a polite and sincere post-interview thank you note. Additionally, who should this question go to? The faculty members I interviewed with? The program director that led the orientation and gave us the info about the data initially? All/none of the above?
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!
