cpsylist: Thinking ahead: This year's internship application numbers

Shoshana D. Kerewsky kerewsky at uoregon.edu
Sun Jan 6 09:36:00 PST 2019


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From: Greg Keilin <gkeilin at mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 9:22 AM
Subject: MATCH NEWS: Match Registration Numbers
To: Shoshana Kerewsky <kerewsky at uoregon.edu>


APPIC MATCH NEWS
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As of December 31, 2018, the total numbers of applicants and internship
sites registered to participate in the 2019 APPIC Match were:

*ALL PARTICIPANTS (U.S. AND CANADA)*

• 3,753 registered applicants    (+67 as compared to 2018)


• 3,902 positions offered        (-23 as compared to 2018)


- Accredited:   3,436  (+63)

- Unaccredited:   466  (-86)

• 788 registered internship sites (-6 as compared to 2018)

- APPIC Members:     747   (+2)
- Non-APPIC Members:  41   (-8)


*CANADA ONLY*

• 184 registered applicants      (+16 as compared to 2018)

• 186 positions offered          (+23 as compared to 2018)

- Accredited:     155   (+7)

- Unaccredited:    31  (+16)

• 48 registered internship sites  (+7 as compared to 2018)


IMPORTANT NOTE:  These numbers change daily and are only a "snapshot" as of
December 31 of each year.  As discussed in the comments below, the final
numbers of participating sites, positions, and applicants will be
significantly different from those presented above.

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*WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS MEAN?*

•  While the number of internship positions (3,902) continues to exceed the
number of registered applicants (3,753), that gap narrowed somewhat this
year.  Please note, however, that this does NOT mean that all applicants
will get placed in Phase I.

•  Based on previous experience, we know that over 175 students withdraw
from the Match each year after registering (applicants withdraw from the
Match for a variety of reasons, such as not having received any interview
offers, deciding to delay their internship until another year, seeking or
obtaining a position outside the APPIC Match, etc.).  Thus, as in previous
years, these withdrawals will increase the gap described in the previous
bullet point.

•  The number of *accredited* positions continued to grow (to 3,436) but at
a slower rate than seen in the last five years.  Nevertheless, accredited
positions now represent 88% of all registered positions, an all-time high.
The number of non-accredited positions continued to decrease (to 466) and
is now about half the amount as compared to four years ago (940).

•  Despite the improvement, the number of *accredited* positions remains
lower than the number of registered applicants (3,436 vs. 3,753) and
continues to be a concern.


•  In Canada, a significant increase in applicants (to 184) occurred this
year along with a similar increase in available positions (to 186), leaving
those numbers nearly balanced.  However, about two-thirds of the additional
positions are not accredited, and 83% of positions in Canada are accredited
(vs. 91% last year).

•  Additional statistics from previous matches can be found at www.appic.org --
click on the "Match" pull-down menu, then on "Match Statistics."

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*HISTORY OF REGISTRATION NUMBERS AS OF DECEMBER 31*

The table below presents the registration numbers from the past 21 years
(since the APPIC Match was initiated), as of December 31 of each year,
along with the change from the previous year:

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  APPIC MATCH REGISTRATION NUMBERS AS OF DECEMBER 31

            Applicants       Positions        Sites
            Reg     Chg     Reg     Chg    Reg     Chg
            ===========     ===========    ============
12/31/98    3,119           2,659           609
12/31/99    3,147   +28     2,773  +114     623    +14
12/31/00    3,180   +33     2,771    -2     625     +2
12/31/01    3,039  -141     2,766    -5     617     -8
12/31/02    3,146  +107     2,774    +8     619     +2
12/31/03    3,230   +84     2,753   -21     628     +9
12/31/04    3,360  +130     2,778   +25     621     -7
12/31/05    3,432   +72     2,811   +33     630     +9
12/31/06    3,620  +188     2,904   +93     641    +11
12/31/07    3,671   +51     3,057  +153     666    +25
12/31/08    3,759   +88     3,136   +79     687    +21
12/31/09    3,737   -22     3,157   +21     690     +3
12/31/10    4,104  +367     3,214   +57     705    +15
12/31/11    4,358  +254     3,210    -4     712     +7
12/31/12    4,384   +26     3,335  +125     725    +13
12/31/13    4,252  -132     3,522  +187     749    +24
12/31/14    4,163   -89     3,665  +143     772    +23
12/31/15    3,940  -223     3,792  +127     786    +14
12/31/16    3,881   -59     3,858   +66     786      0
12/31/17    3,686  -195     3,925   +67     794     +8
12/31/18    3,753   +67     3,902   -23     788     -6
=======================================================


ACCREDITATION STATUS OF POSITIONS:  Here are the numbers of registered
positions by accreditation status as of December 31 of each year:

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  NUMBER OF REGISTERED ACCREDITED AND NON-ACCREDITED
              POSITIONS AS OF DECEMBER 31

                   Accredited   Non-Accred      Total
                   Positions    Positions     Positions
                   ==========   ==========    =========
    Dec 31, 2011     2,366         844          3,210
    Dec 31, 2012     2,442         893          3,335
    Dec 31, 2013     2,587         935          3,522
    Dec 31, 2014     2,725         940          3,665
    Dec 31, 2015     2,956         836          3,792
    Dec 31, 2016     3,159         699          3,858
    Dec 31, 2017     3,373         552          3,925
    Dec 31, 2018     3,436         466          3,902
 =======================================================


CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS:  The table below presents the registration numbers
from the past nine years for Canadian applicants and programs, as of
December 31 of each year, along with the change from the previous year.

=======================================================
  APPIC MATCH REGISTRATION NUMBERS AS OF DECEMBER 31
         FOR CANADIAN APPLICANTS AND PROGRAMS

                Applicants     Positions       Sites
                Reg    Chg     Reg    Chg    Reg    Chg
                ==========     ==========    ==========
Dec 31, 2010    176            131            37
Dec 31, 2011    213    +37     146    +15     39     +2
Dec 31, 2012    197    -16     151     +5     40     +1
Dec 31, 2013    187    -10     165    +14     43     +3
Dec 31, 2014    191     +4     172     +7     45     +2
Dec 31, 2015    189     -2     162    -10     42     -3
Dec 31, 2016    191     +2     161     -1     41     -1
Dec 31, 2017    168    -23     163     +2     41      0
Dec 31, 2018    184    +16     186    +23     48     +7
=======================================================

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*HISTORY OF FINAL MATCH PARTICIPATION NUMBERS*

For comparison purposes, here are the final numbers of registered
applicants and participating positions from each of the twenty previous
APPIC Matches.  Note that the numbers are as of Match Day in February for
each year, rather than for the preceding December 31.  Applicant numbers
include those who withdrew or did not submit a Rank Order List.

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   NUMBER OF REGISTERED APPLICANTS AND PARTICIPATING
    INTERNSHIP POSITIONS IN PREVIOUS APPIC MATCHES

                   Applicants    Positions   Difference
     1999 Match       3,135        2,631        -504
     2000 Match       3,174        2,713        -461
     2001 Match       3,204        2,763        -441
     2002 Match       3,073        2,752        -321
     2003 Match       3,174        2,718        -456
     2004 Match       3,258        2,732        -526
     2005 Match       3,389        2,757        -632
     2006 Match       3,479        2,779        -700
     2007 Match       3,698        2,884        -814
     2008 Match       3,759        3,058        -701
     2009 Match       3,825        3,051        -774
     2010 Match       3,890        3,101        -789
     2011 Match*      4,199        3,166      -1,033
     2012 Match*      4,435        3,190      -1,245
     2013 Match*      4,481        3,376      -1,105
     2014 Match*      4,335        3,501        -834
     2015 Match*      4,247        3,684        -563
     2016 Match*      3,999        3,800        -199
     2017 Match*      3,921        3,849         -72
     2018 Match*      3,779        3,906        +127

 * = Data from 2011-2018 is from Phase I of the Match
=======================================================


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