BAPIC Practicum Match Day

The 2025 BAPIC Match will be on Friday April 25, 2025, and results will be available at 8:00 am PDT by logging in.

About the Match:

BAPIC Match Policy: All agencies, schools, and students must abide by this document in order to participate in BAPIC. Click here to read

BAPIC Electronic match process: BAPIC uses an electronic match (e-match) process whereby students and agencies rank each other in order of preference, and then a computer program matches student rankings with agency rankings.

The primary goal of the match is to have a match process that is fair for students and agencies, organized and efficient, and uses a proven algorithm to increase the chance of more students matching and more agency positions being filled. An incidental, but relevant, benefit is to prepare students for the match systems used for APPIC internships, since BAPIC will be using the same mathematical matching algorithm.

Open Match: A rolling application, offer, and accept process which begins a week after the BAPIC Match, for students who do not match and agencies who have positions remaining following the Match.

BAPIC Directory: The BAPIC directory and agency profiles are the primary source for information about agencies and application instructions.

Application Process and Timeline:

  • Registration: Instructions will be provided to students by their schools.

  • Application deadline: The BAPIC standard application deadline will be in mid-to-late February.

    • Students may apply to up to 10 agencies unless stipulated otherwise by doctoral program. Students can only apply to agencies approved by their doctoral program.

  • Interviews: Agencies contact students to arrange interviews.

  • Ranking Deadline: Friday, April 18 2025 11:59pm

    • After the interview process is over, students rank order agency tracks according to their site preferences.

    • Agencies rank order students according to their preferences from the pool of applicants. Agencies rank only those students who they would be willing to accept as practicum students.

    • Agencies and students are required to keep their rank preferences confidential to ensure fairness.

  • BAPIC Match Day: Friday, April 25 2025, one week after the ranking deadline

  • Open Match: April 2025, one week after Match Day, at 11am on May 2, 2025

    • Agencies will be notified on Match Day if they have filled all practicum openings or if one or more positions are still available. Agencies with openings will automatically be listed in Open Match; agencies will also have an option to opt out of the Open Match process at this step as well.

    • For students who do not match on Match Day, open positions will be posted one week after the match, and students will send out applications by mail or email to agencies with open positions. The Open Match process is ongoing until all positions are filled. Openings may be filled at any time.

    • Instructions will be provided so that agencies can notify BAPIC when openings have been filled or when new positions have been added.