Information for Brooklyn College Dietetic Internship Applicants

Thank you for your inquiry about the Brooklyn College Dietetic Internship Program (DI).  The DI provides nutrition graduate students with the supervised clinical training required to become registered dietitians.

Students who are accepted to the program will have completed an undergraduate didactic program in dietetics (DPD-Plan V) and have received a verification statement of completion from the program director. 

In addition, students must have taken 12 graduate credits in nutrition and be matriculated into the M.S. program in Nutrition at Brooklyn College.  The 12 graduate credits must include two required courses HNSC 7241X - Nutritional Aspects of Disease (formerly H&NTR 716X) and HNSC 7240X - Assessment Techniques and Nutritional Care (formerly H&NTR 716.1 X). Students beginning graduate coursework as of Fall 2011 must also complete HNSC 7213 Human Pathophysiology as a prerequisite to HNSC 7240 and 7241. Students must receive a grade of B or better in all their graduate courses. Applicants with graduate courses from other institutions may substitute the equivalent courses.

Students will be required to register for a graduate seminar course each semester which will be given concurrently with the supervised clinical practice component.

All applicants will be required to participate in computer matching.  Applicants can obtain computer matching instructions and a mark/sense card to prioritize their DI preferences from their Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) program director or directly from D&D Digital Systems, Inc., 304 Main Street, Suite 301, Ames, IA 50010-6148, Phone: (515) 292-0490,  Fax:  515-663-9427, http://www.dnddigital.com or email: dnd@netins.net. This request should be made to allow turn around time for submitting by a February 14th postmark deadline.  There is no charge for this material.  However, there is a $50.00 charge for computer matching that is due with the applicant's prioritized ranking.

The Brooklyn College Dietetic Internship will participate in the American Dietetic Association's DI Centralized Application System (DICAS) beginning spring 2012. Contact DICAS customer support at 617/612-2855 or dicasinfo@dicas.org

Applicants must carefully follow the DICAS instructions and submit the requested materials:

In addition, you must also submit the following additional materials:

• Non-refundable application fee of $40.  Please make check payable to the “Brooklyn College Member Organization” and mail to Brooklyn College DI Program, Department of Health and Nutrition Science, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889. Please note that there is also a $40 fee to apply to DICAS, this is a separate fee.
• Verification of completion of at least 6 graduate credits and documentation of current enrollment in courses that will yield a total of 12 credits (including required courses described above) by the end of the semester.  A grade point average of 3.0 or above is necessary for admission.*
• Evidence of matriculation into the Brooklyn College M. S. program. Applicants who already have a Masters in Nutrition from another institution may apply as a graduate non-degree student. When applying for admission to our MS check off “graduate non-degree” and write on your application that you are applying to the DI.*
• A recent photo which can be scanned and uploaded to the DICAS website.*

*All the additional materials can be uploaded in the supplemental section of DICAS website. Select “Program Designations” on the home page, after you select Brooklyn College click on the  icon under the “supplemental (optional)” section. You will then be allowed to upload these materials.

The deadline for submission of the completed application packet is February 14th . Please make sure your application is complete, if it is not complete the application will be returned to you and you may forfeit your position in the program.