Reddit reviews Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology

As others are saying, don't worry about age. I turn 27 in September and just graduated in April with my BS in Food Science and Human Nutrition from UF. I start my Dietetic Internship in August. Am also a male.

As you are 26 and from your story, you are most likely an independent. File your FAFSA and send it to the schools you are planning on attending. You will be surprised how much they are willing to give you. Your school may also give you funding for being a student with financial need, which is money on top of your loan that you don't have to pay back (which is always nice!).

When it comes to getting a jump start on your education, your best course of action is to look up what text books FIU (or any other school) uses for it's Intro to nutrition class, Nutrition and Disease, Medical Nutrition therapy, etc. This is the text I found this textbook to be incredible. The reason why I suggest a textbook is because any other book or website is very risky when it comes to reliable information. It should also be noted that you don't need to buy anything; going to class and spending a good amount of time at home studying the material is the best thing you can do for your education and career.

... Coming from someone who has been where you are at, for the love of all that is right, concentrate on your grades. What will get you into a great internship is the difference between a 3.5 and a 3.6. Also try hard to get as good as a GRE score as possible (if you think you may be looking into a combined Masters/Dietetic Internship). Don't forget about volunteering and gaining real world experience. You will need to start volunteering with people that can give you real experience in dietetics. Many times I have been asked, well does this (insert minimum wage job) count toward my volunteering hours? Sometimes I flat out say no, other times I ask them if they were standing in front of a program director who was making the decision to let you in to their internship or not, would you be able to spin your hostessing job as nutritionally relevant? Does it qualify as Food service, Community nutrition, research, clinical or leadership? If it isn't nutritionally relevant, your going to have a hard time spinning it on your resume. On the same note, by the time you are about to apply for an internship, which is usually your last semester at Uni, its good to have at least 600 hours of volunteering experience accumulated; at that level and above, you are quite competitive.

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