Applying to your dietetic internship program can be stressful and overwhelming, but listening to great music can make it easier. Here are our top jams!
It’s that time of year… dietetic internship application time! Cue the major freak out. While it is an exciting and new time as a nutrition student, it can also be easy to get lost in the process. The application process for this highly competitive step in becoming an RD requires positivity and focus. Along with using the Get Matched Course to gain confidence and clarity during the application process, I turn to music.
Music helps me feel good and stay on track, so I’ve created The Ultimate Playlist to help me get through my DICAS application.
The best way to make an RD2Be laugh? The answer is always food driven hilarity. We asked “What is the worst thing you ever made in food lab?” and the response was superbly sidesplitting. How is it that we can make the perfect healthier style pumpkin bread but a food lab assignment is the hardest thing in the world? We’ll never know…
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There you have it. We can discuss in detail about the structure of amino acids, understand the functions of each vitamin and mineral, but there’s just something about food lab that trips us up… Tag us in your beautiful messes #FoodLabFails!
Halloween is just around the corner, and with all of the happenings going on this weekend, we couldn’t help but post some of the best DIY food costumes circulating the internet. If you need a last-minute costume idea, we’ve got you covered!
Some days, free time is best spent alone with Netflix and homemade snacks, but other days, it’s best spent with RD2BE friends outside of the classroom.
On weekdays, you can find most dietetics students in-class lectures, laboratory experiments, and studying. But, on rare occasions, they have free time, too. While free time doesn’t come often and doesn’t stay long, it is much enjoyed. On those rare occasions, getting together with your RD2BE friends is a must.
While getting together with all of your RD2BE friends, you probably want to leave a few of your nutrition courses behind. But if you’re still looking for some hints of nutrition, here are some great things to do.
1) Go fruit or vegetable picking
This is a great fall or spring activity to do with friends. It helps you get outside and get your body moving, as well as appreciate the foods you know and love. This is an excellent natural world application of nutrition and dietetics, and your friends will be all over it. Plus, it’ll be a great Instagram opportunity, and who doesn’t love that?! Make sure to hashtag your experience with #RD2BE.
2) Have fun in the kitchen
In case you haven’t noticed yet, dietetics students can be a bit competitive. While the academic and career pressures can be intense, they can also fuel a good fire. Another fun activity to do with nutrition friends is host a cooking or baking competition! Imagine this as your food science lab to the extreme. Choose a theme or category — Chinese food, desserts, three-ingredient recipes, or unconventional ways to use chocolate. No matter how outrageous your rules become, your friends will love hanging out and trying something new. Plus, the winner will be stoked about unlimited bragging rights.
3) Volunteer together
While dietetics students are encouraged to volunteer in food industry settings, it can often be a little intimidating and challenging. But when you pair with RD2BE friends, the experience becomes more than just volunteering. It becomes fun, too! So get a group of friends together and pick a day to volunteer at your local food bank or soup kitchen. Not sure where to begin? Find a volunteering opportunity near you here. You can split up and conquer — with so many options to volunteer, there is undoubtedly a job for everyone. And you’ll be sure to feel great after your experience.
4) Start a Vlog
With the influx of social media, RD2BE friends love to show their expertise online. This can be an excellent opportunity to share your knowledge and passion, as well as have some laughs with pals. Another great activity to do with your RD2BE friends is to make a video blog! It’s a blast to get ready and dressed up and then film something incredible and unique. You’ll have lots of laughs and make a few mistakes during your Hollywood moment, but it will be something you and your friends will be able to look back at for years to come. Who knows – you may even become an internet sensation!
5) Netflix and potluck
There’s nothing like a good movie marathon, and a movie marathon with RD2BE’s is even better. Gather a list of your friends’ favorites and load your Netflix account. Then, make sure everyone brings a dish of their choice, and prepare to be “wowed.” Even better – don’t let anyone tell each other what they’re getting. Maybe your friends’ choices will surprise you. Snuggle up together and enjoy the very rare moment that you are free of work to do!
There are a ton of activities that RD2BE friends can do together to further their passion and love for dietetics. While some activities are more intensive than others, they are all excellent options for gathering a group of peers and letting loose. Free time is a beautiful thing, so live it up, RD2BEs!
PS Are you applying to the dietetic internship program of your dreams and want personalized guidance? Get Matched Coaching can help you gain confidence and clarity to get one step closer to being an RD!
There are so many reasons to love your nutrition, significant friends; it’s hard to choose just ten. Seriously, where would we be without them?
Sometimes I feel like campus is my second home, and that makes my RD2Be besties essentially family. I know I can always count on them to keep my energy up during long days and to have deep conversations about fiber with me.
1. Someone always has snacks to share during class.
And you are always hoping the snack of the day is cookies!
2. They appreciate your sense of humor. #foodpunsforlife
… Orange, you glad I didn’t say banana?
3. They know the healing powers of a trip to Whole Foods.
Walking the aisles is genuinely inspiring.
4. Help on an assignment is just a text away.
At 5 am or 5 pm, one of your classmates will be ready to help.
5. They know the highs and lows of being an avocado lover.
I wish all my RD2BE besties ripe (but not too ripe) avocados for life.
6. You agree that chocolate should be a food group on MyPlate.
Especially dark chocolate.
7. They always remind you when there’s free food somewhere on campus.
Sign. Me. Up.
8. You describe what you did over the weekend in PES statements because you can never have too much practice.
Exhaustion on Monday is the sign and symptom of a busy weekend!
9. They are the only people in your life who don’t get sick of talking about food and nutrition with you.
We could do this ALL day. We do.
10. Most of all, you love your RD2Be besties because you know you wouldn’t survive school without them… at least not with any of your sanity intact.
You can’t wait to see your RD2BE besties land the dietetic internship of their dreams and become incredible Registered Dietitian nutritionists.
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