Application

Completed application should be mailed to the internship director, postmarked by February 15, 2008. The Appointments will be made in April for entrance in August. All of the materials listed below will be included for consideration of admission:

• Letter of application: two pages or less including, but not limited to, short term and long term professional goals, reasons for choosing dietetics as a career, expectations related to the internship, and the areas of strength which would make the applicant a particularly successful candidate.
• Completed 2005 Supervised Practice Program Application. 
• Three Recommendation Forms (one must be from a former professor or academic advisor).
• Official transcripts from each college or university attended.
• Verification form or Intent to Complete form from the undergraduate DPD.
• A non-refundable application fee of $45.
• All applicants to the dietetic internship must participate in the computer matching set up by the ADA and D&D Digital Systems http://www.dnddigital.com/ada/index.html.
  
                                                             D&D Digital Systems304 Main St., Suite 301
  Ames, Iowa 50010-6148
  Phone:(515)292-0490   Fax:(515)663-9427
  E-mail: dnd@netins.net
   
• A degree or non-degree application to the graduate school at Southeast Missouri State University must be completed and included in the application packet. A non-degree application for admission  www2.semo.edu/gradschool/app_forms_curr.html should be included with materials submitted to the Internship Director by those applying to the internship only. Submit a check for $25 payable to "Southeast Missouri State University". Students interested in completing an M.A. in Human Environmental Studies or an M.S. in Nutrition and Exercise Science and students interested in receiving financial aid must complete a regular admission application  www2.semo.edu/gradschool/app_forms_curr.html and submit a $25 check payable to "Southeast Missouri State University". This fee will be returned to students who do not match at this university. Acceptance in the internship does not guarantee acceptance in the program in Nutrition and Exercise Science. Minimum requirements for regular acceptance into the Nutrition and Exercise Science program are a minimum 3.0 GPA and 1500 on the GRE.
• International students are required to submit an "International Student Application" to the graduate school. The application and instructions can be located at http://www2.semo.edu/gradschool/app_forms_pros.html. This must be accompanied by a separate check for $100 made payable to Southeast Missouri State University. Include both the graduate school application and the check with your application to the Dietetic Internship.