Dietetic Internship Admission Requirements

Requirements

  1. Completion of The American Dietetic Association's Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) requirements by date of admission.
  2. Baccalaureate Degree
  3. Minimum overall GPA 2.75 with minimum GPA of 3.0 for DPD courses.
  4. Work experience in nutrition, dietetics, or food service is desirable, but not required.
  5. Recency of eduction requirements for degrees and/or DPD requirements more than four years old. A minimum of three updated undergraduate courses equivalent to the following Russell Sage College nutrition science department courses: NTR 504/404-Medical Nutrition Therapy; NTR 313-Food Service Systems Management; and NTR 517/417-Nutrition and Human Disease.
  6. PLEASE NOTE: Nutrition degrees meeting ADA's Plan IV didactic requirements are no longer valid and require recency of education and an updated Verification Statement from your undergraduate program.
  7. International Applications: International students must have a foreign degree evaluation report with the statement "regionally accredited" documented along with the degree equivalency. If not, students are required to contact the Foreign Degree Equivalency Evaluation Validation Agency to obtain a revised equivalency evaluation report. In addition to the above requirements, international applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 550 or computerized score of 213. Please contact the office of Graduate Admission for more information, www.sage.edu/admissions/graduate/.

Selection Criteria

It is the policy of The Sage Colleges to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and non-discrimination. Admission, financial aid, and access to programs will not be influenced or affected in an illegally discriminatory manner by an individual’s race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Any applicant not selected by the Sage DI may make an appointment with the DI Director (bellcm@sage.edu) to be held between May 15 and June 15, to discuss their application and reasons for not being selected by the Sage DI.  The appointment may be held in person or conducted over the telephone.

Application Form 10
Experience (work & volunteer) 35
Extracurricular Activities 16
Grades 35
Letter of Application 20
Letters of Recommendation 24
Total score possible: 140

Information Session

Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend an Information Session. More detailed information about the program, work expectations and general information about Sage Graduate School will be discussed, an opportunity to ask questions about the internship and meet the director will be provided. Contact the Sage Graduate School Office, (518)-292-8615 with questions concerning information sessions.

Interviews

Interviews are not required, although an interview may be requested by the DI Director either in person or via telephone. Interviews, if necessary, will be scheduled and conducted by the Internship Director in mid-March. Additionally, applicants, who are unable to attend an Information Session to learn more about the SGS DI, are encouraged to arrange a telephone Information Session.

DI Information Sessions