Dietetic Internship

Application Procedures

The UMass Dietetic Internship Program is using the on-line centralized internship application, DICAS. E-mail DICASinfo@DICAS.org . DICAS will be available after December 1, 2011 for the Spring 2012 Match. The on-line application must be completed for our program by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on February 14, 2012.

Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended should be sent to:DICAS- Transcript Dept., PO Box 9118, Watertown, MA 02472

Applications Due: February 14, 2012

1. UMass Application fee: $50.00 check or money order, payable to U.Mass. Division of Continuing and Professional Education, and mailed to the internship director:
2. Judy Dowd
   Director Dietetic Internship
   University of Massachusetts Amherst 
   100 Holdsworth Way
   Chenoweth Lab, Room 236
   Amherst, MA 01003-9282
   
   phone: (413) 545-1066
   fax: (413) 545-1074
   email: judyd@nutrition.umass.edu
3. DICAS fee: The fee to use DICAS is $40 for the first application submitted and $20 for each additional application.
4. D&D Digital Computer Matching Fee:Applicants must register on-line for computer matching and select dietetic internship priority choices by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on February 14. There is a $50 computer matching fee.
5. Mail to: D&D Digital Systems
   304 Main Street, Suite 301
   Ames, IA 50010-6148
   
6. Letter of application: Follow the guidelines from DICAS and tell us why you want to become a Registered Dietitian; why you want to attend the Dietetic Internship at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (rather than other supervised practice programs); about a situation in which you needed to work independently, and comment on the skills you used for successful completion of that independent work.
7. Official verification of completion of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics-approved or -accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), or a declaration of intent to complete degree and ADA academic requirements, requested from your DPD Program Director. There is a separate DPD portal at DICASinfo@DICAS.org for their use.
8. Three letters of reference from appropriate professionals (2 faculty, 1 employer/supervisor, either paid or volunteer). Students must include the name and contact information (specifically an e-mail address) for each reference. This will trigger an e-mail message requesting the completed reference form, to be completed on-line.

Keep a copy of your application for your own records, as application materials submitted to this program will not be returned to applicants.