Admissions and Application

• Admission Requirements
• Application Fees & Deadlines
• Admission to the NYU Dietetic Internship 
• Required Components for Application to the NYU Dietetic Internship
• DICAS Application Information & Tips
• Application to the 40-Credit Master's Program in Clinical Nutrition
• Participation in Computer Matching
• Applying for the DPD Verification (for current students only)
• James J. Peters/Bronx VA Internship

Admission Requirements

1. Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university by the time the internship begins.
2. Applicants must present an official ADA Verification Statement of Completion of a Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), or a statement of Declaration of Intent to Complete the DPD, with original signatures.
3. Preference will be given to applicants with an overall academic average of B or better; the minimum academic average for nutrition DPD courses is a B or better.
4. Applicants also must apply and gain acceptance into the 40-credit Clinical Nutrition (HOND-CNU) Master of Science (M.S.) program.

Application Fees and Deadlines

Costs based on graduate tuition and fees are established by the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development and may be found on the Graduate Admissions website.  

Additional costs include application fees of:

1. $75 to the NYU Steinhardt Graduate Admissions (payable with your application to the M.S. program)
2. $50 to D&D Digital Systems for national computer matching. 
3. $40 to DICAS for one internship program; $20 for each additional program
4. $40 to the NYU Dietetic Internship - please send your check to:

Lisa Sasson
Dietetic Internship Director
New York University
35 West 4th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10012

Estimated Tuition, Fees and Other Expenses: NYU graduate tuition, fees and other expenses may be found on the Graduate Admissions website.

Financial Aid: Students enrolled in this program are eligible for financial aid. For information, visit the Financial Aid website.

DEADLINES: Dietetic Internship Applications are accepted at the start of every semester for the following semester. For the next three semesters, applications must be postmarked or express-mailed on or before:

• September 23, 2011 for the Spring 2012 semester

Admission to the NYU Dietetic Internship

Selection Process: Admission the NYU Dietetic Internship is competitive. The NYU Dietetic Internship Selection Committee ranks applications on the basis of all 7 of the components of the Internship application. In addition, applicants may be asked to interview in person or by telephone with the Dietetic Internship Director and/or members of the Selection Committee. Approximately 13-15 applicants will be accepted for the fall class, depending on site availability.

Notification of Admission: Applicants will be notified of their acceptance status online by D&D Digital Systems. Applicants who have been "matched" to the NYU Dietetic Internship must send an email within 48 hours to the Program Director, lisa.sasson@nyu.edu, to confirm acceptance or rejection of appointment. D&D will send notifications in November for appointments that begin in the spring semester, and in April for appointments that begin in the fall semester.

Students will be evaluated based upon the following factors:

• DPD GPA
• Overall undergraduate GPA
• Interview
• Relevant work history
• Maturity
• Flexibility
• Motivation

Required Components for Application to the Dietetic Internship

Applicants to NYU's DI program must complete the online centralized internship application, Dietetic Internship Centralized Application System (DICAS).  The internship application must contain:

• All applicants to NYU's DI program must use the online centralized internship application, DICAS.
• DICAS Application Fee: the fee to use DICAS is $40 for the first application submitted and $20 for each additional internship application. 
• NYU Dietetic Internship Application Fee:  As mentioned above, an application fee of $40 is required.
• Personal Statement: The DICAS application to internships requires you to complete a personal statement in 1,000 words or less.  Questions to be addressed in the personal statement include:
  
  
  • Why do you want to enter the dietetics profession?
  • What are some experiences that have helped to prepare you for your career?
  • What are your short-term and long-term goals?
  • What are your strengths and weaknesses or areas needing improvement?

• Recommendations: Applicants must submit 3 recommendations from faculty, academic advisors, employers, or other people who have supervised your studies or work. One recommendation should come from an employer who supervised your volunteer or paid work, and one from an instructor of a course you took in nutrition/dietetics. All recommendations will be submitted electronically. Applicants must include the name and contact information (specifically an e-mail address) for each of their 3 references. This will trigger an e-mail message requesting completion of a reference form. The form will be completed on-line. Students submitting more than one application will need to use the same individuals as references for each application.
• Verification Statement: an official statement of Verification of Completion of the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) with original signatures, or Declaration of Intent to complete academic requirements, also with original signatures, is required.  Once you submit the online DICAS application, the DPD Director will be notified and a verification or declaration of intent will be automatically processed.  Applicants will receive two hard copies, while the DPD Director will verify online that the applicant has received them.
• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended:  When applying online, applicants will be asked to download and fill out a Transcript Request Form which applicants should then send to the Registrar of each institution.  The Registrar will send the official transcript directly to DICAS.
• Digital Matching:  Applicants must also register online at D+D Digital for computer matching and select dietetic internship priority choices by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on September 24.  There is a $50.00 computer matching fee.

For any questions concerning the DICAS application, please email dicasinfo@dicas.org.

DICAS Application Information & Tips

Below are some tips regarding the DICAS application process.  Further information about the process, including an instructional video on the application process may be found here.

1. You can navigate to the DICAS system directly at https://portal.dicas.org. You will need to create a new account if you have not already set one up.
   
   
2. When logged in, please note that there are instructions for every section at the top right hand corner of each page.
   
   
3. In the College(s) Attended section, at the very top drop-down box, note that both NYU's undergraduate and graduate DPD programs should have the "DPD College" designation.  Any college with a DPD program is a DPD College. Any college without a DPD program (even if you did a course there for transfer to ours) is "Other College".
   
   
4. In the DPD Director Contact Information section of the DICAS Application, the Director of Program is Dr. Judith Gilbride (judith.gilbride@nyu.edu).
   
   
5. In the College(s) Attended section, after you have added your schools, click the orange button to the left of your school listing to obtain a transcript form. Send a separate transcript request form to each school you have added.
   
   
6. You can only request 3 letters of recommendation through the DICAS website. NYU's Dietetic Internship requires 3 letters - no more and no less. Other internship sites may have different requirements. Arrange with those sites accordingly.
   
   
7. Below you will find a list of undergraduate and graduate DPD courses at NYU that describes whether they are of the Science or Professional classification.  Please note that for DPD programs completed in other schools, contact those schools to determine the classifications.
   
   

Application to the Master's Program

Admission to the 40-credit Master's Program in Clinical Nutrition is required in conjunction with the NYU Dietetic Internship. 

Applicants must have at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. For access to the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Graduate Bulletin, please click here. For specific questions on admissions, please visit the NYU Steinhardt Graduate Admissions website or call the office at 212-998-5030.

The Bulletin contains detailed information for students with U.S. or international undergraduate credentials on tuition and living costs, non-matriculated status, and financial aid.  Applicants who have non-US undergraduate credentials must present a course-by-course evaluation of their international credentials along with their completed application. A number of agencies can provide this service:
http://www.eatright.org/CADE/content.aspx?id=9725

The deadlines for application to the M.S. program are November 1 for the spring semester and February 1 for the fall semester.

Participation in Computer Matching

This is the third part of the application process which requires ranking internship preferences online. Apply online by visiting website http://dnddigital.com, or contact D&D Digital Systems at (515) 292-0490 to request a computer matching information packet.

• If you are filling out a card that is to be postmarked by September 23, 2011 for an appointment that starts in Spring 2012.

Applying for the DPD Verification

If you are a current student in the program in your second-to-last or final semester of DPD courses, you must submit an application for the DPD (Didactic Program in Dietetics) Verification statement. After completing the form, please submit it to Tara Tempone on the 10th floor of 35 West 4th Street (you may also email it to her at tara.tempone@nyu.edu). Please note that all DPD courses must be completed before you can receive your Verification. If you have completed most of the courses and are registered for the remainder of them, you will receive a Declaration Letter of Intent instead. Please allow 3 weeks for processing.

The DPD verification policy can be found here.

James J. Peters/Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center Dietetic Internship

Please be advised that this internship is not related to the NYU Dietetic Internship.  However, both internships require that you also apply to the 34-Credit Master's Program in Clinical Nutrition.  Information about the James J. Peters/Bronx VA internship may be found here.