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AAPI ONLINE
APPIC Application for Psychology Internships
This page provides news and information about the AAPI Online service. You may quick-jump to the following topics on this page:
NEWS
TRAINING RESOURCES
Training materials are in the process of being developed. As new training materials are released, you will find links to them in this section. A series of webinars will son be offered to internship Training Directors and academic Directors of Clinical Training (DCTs). These interactive seminars will allow TDs and DCTs to see live demonstrations and ask questions of the AAPI Online team.
- APPLICANTS: Click here to view the 16-minute training video for the AAPI Online applicant portal. NEW!
- DIRECTORS OF CLINICAL TRAINING (DCTs): A training video and a schedule of webinars will be released soon.
- INTERNSHIP TRAINING DIRECTORS: A training video and a schedule of webinars will be released soon.
- REFERENCE WRITERS: A training video will be released soon.
ACCESS THE AAPI ONLINE
Access the AAPI Online as follows:
APPLICANT PORTAL: If you are an applicant, click here to access the AAPI Online Applicant Portal to create and develop your application. We strongly recommend that you read the general instructions upon entering the portal (see the "Instructions" link on the left). As you enter different sections of the AAPI Online, you should click the "Instructions for this section" link in the upper right portion of each page. As you work on your application, be sure to click the "SAVE" button at the bottom of each page in order to save your work.
DCT PORTAL: This portal is for academic Directors of Clinical Training (DCTs) who will be providing the verification of internship eligibility and readiness for their students. If you are a DCT, you will not have access to this portal until one of your students requests such verification, at which time you will receive an e-mail with the appropriate login information. If you have already received your login information via e-mail, click here to access the DCT Portal.
REFERENCE PORTAL: This portal is for individuals (e.g., faculty, supervisors) who are providing letters of reference for students. Once a student has designated you to the AAPI Online Service as someone who will be providing a letter of reference, you will receive an e-mail that contains links and instructions for accessing the AAPI Online Reference Portal. If you are providing a letter of reference and have already received your login information via e-mail, click here to access the AAPI Online Reference Portal.
SELECTION PORTAL: This portal is for internship programs to access and review submitted applications. The portal can be accessed here. Please note that, currently, you will only be able to see materials from last year’s applicant pool. The 2010-2011 portal will be available in August 2010.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
The AAPI Online is the culmination of a multi-year effort by APPIC to make the internship application process more cost-effective and efficient for applicants, doctoral programs, and internship sites. The AAPI Online has been a collaborative process with APPIC’s partner, Liaison International, a company that specializes in Centralized Application Services. The content of the AAPI was created with input from APPIC-Member internship programs, APPIC-Doctoral program Associates, and doctoral psychology graduate students.
APPIC is always open to hearing your feedback and comments about the AAPI Online. Please direct your feedback, comments, and concerns to Dr. Jason Williams at Williams.jason@tchden.org.
The AAPI Online will be used for the upcoming 2010-2011 selection cycle (for internships taking place in 2011-2012). The AAPI Online should be used by students to apply to all APPIC-member internship programs as well as those non-member programs that register to participate in the APPIC Match. All applications must be submitted online, and no site may request a printed copy of a student's application materials. The use of the AAPI Online to apply to programs that are not participating in the APPIC Match is prohibited.
Here is an overview of the process:
- Applicants access the AAPI Online via the "Applicant Portal," which means that they will use their internet browser to create an account, enter information into the various fields of the AAPI, and ultimately submit their completed application to internship sites. Applicants may create multiple versions of cover letters, CVs and essays (e.g., in order to tailor these items to different sites and/or settings) if they wish to do so.
- Once an applicant completes the portions of the AAPI that need to be verified by her/his Director of Clinical Training (e.g., total hours, dissertation progress, etc.), the student will generate an electronic request to her/his DCT. The DCT will then either approve the information (via an electronic signature) or ask the student to make changes, and provides additional information as appropriate.
- The applicant will also request letters of recommendation by generating electronic requests (via e-mail) to individuals of her/his choosing. These individuals will upload their letters directly into the AAPI Online. While the applicant will not be permitted to view the content of the letter, she/he may attach it to as many or as few applications as desired. In other words, the applicant can decide which letters of reference are submitted to each internship site.
- The applicant also submits one official copy of all graduate transcript(s) directly to the application service via regular mail. These transcripts are verified as official, scanned into the system, and attached to each application that is submitted by the applicant. If you apply to one of the relatively few sites that request undergraduate transcripts, that transcript should NOT be sent to AAPI Online and must instead be uploaded as part of any "supplemental materials" for that program (see next paragraph).
- If a program requires applicants to submit materials that are not a part of the regular AAPI Online application (e.g., testing reports, undergraduate transcripts, additional essays), the applicant will need to obtain the required information, convert it into an electronic document (e.g. via scanning), upload it to the AAPI Online service, and attach it as "supplementary materials" to the application that is submitted to that program.
- Once an applicant has completed all aspects of the application, she/he chooses the "designated" sites to which the application is submitted electronically. The applicant has the flexibility to decide which cover letter, essays, letters of recommendation, CVs and if requested, supplemental materials are submitted with each application.
- Once submitted, the application is instantly available to the internship site for review. Training Directors and selection committees may review applications online, sort and select applications based on various criteria, and download application information in various formats. Please send your transcripts to: AAPI Online Transcript Department at P.O. Box 9117, Watertown, MA 02471.
APPLICANT FEES
In establishing the fees for the AAPI Online, the APPIC Board was clear in its mission to ensure that the cost of the application process would not increase for applicants. A 2009 APPIC survey of applicants found that the average student paid $256 to submit their paper-based application materials -- including printing and mailing costs (often using overnight delivery services), costs of obtaining multiple official copies of transcripts, etc.
The fees to applicants for use of the AAPI Online will be $35 to submit the first application and $10 for each additional application (up to a total of 15 applications; see next paragraph for costs beyond 15 applications). Since the average applicant submits between 14 and 15 applications (per the 2009 survey), submitting a similar number via the AAPI Online will cost $175, plus the cost of obtaining one official transcript for the AAPI Online service. In addition to the financial savings, we believe that applicants and programs will benefit greatly from the conveniences and features of the service. Plus, we estimate that it will save more than two million pieces of paper that typically get printed and mailed each year.
Data from the APPIC Match consistently show that submitting more than 15 applications does not improve applicants' chances of being matched, and APPIC recommends that most applicants should submit no more than 15 applications. The fee structure has been designed to provide lower costs to students who stay within this guideline. For students who exceed this recommendation, the 16th through 20th application will cost $25 per application, the 21st through 25th application will cost $35 each, and each application over 25 will cost $50 each.
There is no cost to create and develop an application using the AAPI Online service. Fees are charged to applicants only when their applications are actually submitted to internship sites.
It should also be noted that the fees for the AAPI Online are dramatically lower than the fees for similar services provided by other professional organizations.
Here are some examples of other fee structures, including APPIC:
- APPIC: $35 for first application, $10 per additional. Cost per application increases after first 15. Total for 15 = $175.
- CASPA (Physician Assistants): $170 for first application, variable amount per additional. Total for 15 = $510.
- PASS (American Dental Education Association): $175 for first application, $45 per additional. Total for 15 = $810.
- CSDCAS (Communication Sciences): $100 for first application, $45 per additional. Total for 15 = $730.
- PTCAS (Physical Therapists): $120 for first application, $30 per additional. Total for 15 = $540.
NEED HELP?
For questions about the implementation or use of the AAPI Online, please contact Dr. Jason Williams at Williams.jason@tchden.org .
For technical questions or difficulties (e.g., difficulty logging on, uploading, submitting applications, etc.), please contact the AAPI Online technical support team at (617) 612-2899 (hours: M-F 9am to 5pm Eastern time) or Support@APPICAS.org.
15 August 2010
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