It's Wednesday before the match! What is everyone doing pre-match, besides crossing fingers?
I was referred to Epicurious' peak season map of fresh produce nationwide by the month, and it's so awesome!
For California, the fresh produce of this month include: artichokes, asparagus, avocados, broccoli, grapefruit, kumquats, lemons, mushrooms, oranges and tangerines.
So when shopping for groceries in your local farmers' market or supermarket, keep a look out for in-season produce and have fun experimenting with ingredients and recipes! :)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Two More Days for D&D Digital Rearranging!
The official end of "online reordering," or rearranging our D&D Digital matching internship choices is on Monday, March 26th by 11:59 pm CST (or 8:59 pm PST). See the Spring 2012 timeline here.
I am still unsure of my final internship choices, and I hope to finalize my decision soon. How you rank your internships is a huge deciding factor on whether and where you get accepted, and I hope that you will get accepted to your best choice! :)
I was talking to a co-worker about the low rate of applicants getting matched to a program, and we were discussing the benefit of non-interview internship programs releasing applicant info, either their highly ranked applicants or "discarded" applicants, to their applicants. Wouldn't it be great to know that you didn't stand a chance in certain programs you applied for, so you can rank the internships you are most likely to get into higher? I think that would greatly increase the match rate, because there are many resulting programs with open spots that are unfilled. Unfortunately, only two of my internships require interviews, so I am unsure of how well I rank in the other four internships I applied for.
I am currently comparing my applied internships forwards and backwards to finalize my priority of possible matches.
What are your decision criteria for ranking your internships?
- Program focus
- Length of program
- Location
- Types of rotations
- Available rotation sites
- # Hrs spent in each set of rotations
- Compatibility with director through contact (e-mail, open house, phone call, interview)
- Cost (cost of program, available stipend, cost of living, transportation)
I feel like applying to these internships is so much harder than applying to college! Just knowing that you need to choose the right programs which will help expose you to all the different areas of dietetics and help you grow as a dietitian is pretty challenging. I feel that the most important thing is you are enthusiastic about what the program has to offer; you can deal with the other decisions, like how am I going to pay for this?, later. This is serious professional training, a giant step that separates us from nutritionists to dietitians. I really hope that we will get matched to good programs this round. :)
Good luck with your internship rankings!
I am still unsure of my final internship choices, and I hope to finalize my decision soon. How you rank your internships is a huge deciding factor on whether and where you get accepted, and I hope that you will get accepted to your best choice! :)
I was talking to a co-worker about the low rate of applicants getting matched to a program, and we were discussing the benefit of non-interview internship programs releasing applicant info, either their highly ranked applicants or "discarded" applicants, to their applicants. Wouldn't it be great to know that you didn't stand a chance in certain programs you applied for, so you can rank the internships you are most likely to get into higher? I think that would greatly increase the match rate, because there are many resulting programs with open spots that are unfilled. Unfortunately, only two of my internships require interviews, so I am unsure of how well I rank in the other four internships I applied for.
I am currently comparing my applied internships forwards and backwards to finalize my priority of possible matches.
What are your decision criteria for ranking your internships?
- Program focus
- Length of program
- Location
- Types of rotations
- Available rotation sites
- # Hrs spent in each set of rotations
- Compatibility with director through contact (e-mail, open house, phone call, interview)
- Cost (cost of program, available stipend, cost of living, transportation)
I feel like applying to these internships is so much harder than applying to college! Just knowing that you need to choose the right programs which will help expose you to all the different areas of dietetics and help you grow as a dietitian is pretty challenging. I feel that the most important thing is you are enthusiastic about what the program has to offer; you can deal with the other decisions, like how am I going to pay for this?, later. This is serious professional training, a giant step that separates us from nutritionists to dietitians. I really hope that we will get matched to good programs this round. :)
Good luck with your internship rankings!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Happy RD Day! and interviews, oh my!
How has everyone celebrated National Nutrition Month so far? AND's NNM theme for 2012 is "Shape Up Your Plate" in reference to the newest MyPlate. Today also happens to be RD Day, so if you see a RD around, congratulate him/her for their dedication to dietetics! And for the rest of us who are RD hopefuls, we can still celebrate today as a reminder of our fueling desire to work in the dietetics field. :)
For those of you who applied for the Spring 2012 match (on a Sunday and April Fool's no less!), this time is critical for interviews and rearranging our D&D Digital internship matching choices (D&D deadline: Monday, 3/26 11:59 pm CT). My co-worker who is finishing up her last quarter at UCD recently received her interview, and I have two interviews in the near future! I am feeling very excited, nervous and determined, and yet feel clueless on how I am planning on rearranging my D&D choices.
I wanted to share Jenny Westerkamp's 30 min Interview Prep video: http://www.justin.tv/allaccessinternships/b/306478423
Also, AAI posted articles on interview tips: http://allaccessinternships.com/articles.php?category=Interview%20Tips
Congratulations if you already completed your interviews, and good luck if you have future interviews! And for those of you who don't need interviews for their internship choices, lucky you! Let's get matched and be one step closer to being a RD! :)
For those of you who applied for the Spring 2012 match (on a Sunday and April Fool's no less!), this time is critical for interviews and rearranging our D&D Digital internship matching choices (D&D deadline: Monday, 3/26 11:59 pm CT). My co-worker who is finishing up her last quarter at UCD recently received her interview, and I have two interviews in the near future! I am feeling very excited, nervous and determined, and yet feel clueless on how I am planning on rearranging my D&D choices.
I wanted to share Jenny Westerkamp's 30 min Interview Prep video: http://www.justin.tv/allaccessinternships/b/306478423
Also, AAI posted articles on interview tips: http://allaccessinternships.com/articles.php?category=Interview%20Tips
Congratulations if you already completed your interviews, and good luck if you have future interviews! And for those of you who don't need interviews for their internship choices, lucky you! Let's get matched and be one step closer to being a RD! :)
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