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I'm not expecting you to spoon feed it to me; in fact I briefly read on it earlier, before responding to you. But as you so aptly pointed out, I dont have first hand knowledge- so I was asking for your first hand knowledge, beyond paying money and a site visit, and the self study. The little...

From my TD circa 2013. They might have been wrong. Outside of outcome data and the process of applying, though, I'm still not so sure what an APA accredited internship "has" that an "APPIC only" internship necessarily lacks, and that's what I'm trying to ask. Not to further annoy you, erg...

Last I checked, the "little more" part wasnt that different between APPIC and APA. If my memory is correct, qualifying for APPIC almost assured you qualified for APA- despite said low standards (which I do not disagree with, mind you). The only big difference then- $$$$. Perhaps I'm wrong or...

I am not at all, in the slightest suggesting that peer review is unnecessary or that site visits are a joke. I am, however, suggesting that there exists an idea, which is merely an idea, in our realm that APA = gold standard, not ****ing around, serious, and APPIC = trash. There are good...

Good, well I'm glad to know that. I've not done site visits, nor would I be interested in doing that. I'm glad from your perspective it's not a money grab. I'll admit I have a hard time completely buying that, given my overall perception of the APA.

I'm not convinced its anything but a money grab. The site that I went to, in particular, only hadnt done APA accred because it cost too much (they're now doing it). A site that I interviewed at the year prior to matching, btw, was APA accredited, and I would have speculated would have been...

Here's the real irony, imo: we all know that a graduate program gaining APA approval doesnt mean anything, yet we hold up the idea that an APA approved internship means everything.

Ah, thank you for your enlightenment. lol.

Many psychologists were psychology majors, but not many psychology majors become psychologists. Maybe these things arent the same? I was a psychology major in 2002. I become a psychologist in 2014. Maybe you're smarter than me (unlikely, and tbh it doesnt really matter, and I trust you know...

I think this and MC Parent's answers are imo, most spot on. You dont want to burn bridges at all. For all we know, one of their current fac members who didnt say anything negative but may learn of this situation might end up in 5 years at a postdoc you want to be at, and how you handle this...

Also, OP- there was a guy who had applied to my program one year, and didnt make it. In the interim, he volunteered in a specific professors lab in our program. He reapplied and got accepted, but declined because he got into a better program (for him). In that one year, he went from not being...

Um, this happened to a guy I was interviewing with- he hit on 2 current students. I only know because when I showed up in the fall they were confused- they mixed up our names and thought bmedclinic was the person hitting on them. When they realized it was the wrong person- that guy didnt get in...

my experience with my state board (not NY) has been...good luck with that. OP, what makes you think you are no longer eligible to sit for the exam?

GoPokes, I 'm a little concerned for you that you're gonna get screwed. I like math. Let's do some math. You're assessment oriented. Provided you're going to get on insurance panels, here's how the financials go: You do testing. 96101 code used for X # of hours. Usually this is less than...

studies have found it to be as efficacious as purple hat therapy. Now I'll go ahead and put on my purple hat, thus rendering me a magically effective therapist.