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APPIC Code Number: 1286

Application Process

Please note that the majority of communication from our site will occur via email.

Submit your application via the Applicant Portal on APPIC’s webpage. We will not accept application materials sent through the US Postal system or any other letter carrier service (i.e. FedEx, UPS). All materials must be submitted online by the application deadline listed below. The electronic application includes:

Complete APPIC Application for Psychology Internship (AAPI)
Vita/Resume with Cover Letter
Three letters of recommendation
All official graduate transcripts (master's and doctoral programs)
For full consideration, all application materials must be submitted electronically by November 1, 2024.

Please direct any questions to Tzu-An Hu, Ph.D., Associate Director of Training, 217-333-3704.

Selection

Application materials are reviewed in detail by members of the Intern Search Committee. After this review, virtual interviews are conducted with approximately the top 25-40 applicants. Notification of selection follows the guidelines of the Association of Psychology and Postdoctoral Internship Centers.

Ranking of candidates is based on our review of the online (See APPIC for online submission of application) materials submitted by applicants as well as virtual interviews. The Counseling Center has no formal on-site interview procedure. Applicants are welcome to visit in order to gather information about the internship, but the Intern Search Committee does not require such a visit for the selection process. If you wish to visit, contact Dr. Tzu-An Hu, who will arrange for you to meet informally with available interns and clinical staff.

This internship site agrees to abide by APPIC guidelines for the matching process. This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.

Important Dates

  1. Friday, November 1, 2024—Deadline for submitting a completed application.
  2. Wednesday, November 27, 2024—The committee submits the material rating sheets.
  3. Thursday, December 5, 2024—The search committee meets to determine those candidates with whom we would like to conduct virtual interviews. We will contact you by December 14 to inform you that you are no longer under consideration or that we’d like to arrange a virtual interview. Applicants with whom we arrange phone interviews will receive a confirmation of the date and time, a summary of the interview process, and the general areas we will explore during the interview.
  4. January 3-10, 2025—Virtual interviews.
  5. Friday, January 17, 2025—The Search Committee meets to determine final rankings for the computer match (tentative).
  6. Friday, January 24, 2025—Counseling Center Open House (tentative).