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Application Deadline

The BYU MFT graduate studies application deadline each year is JANUARY 10th. All materials must be received by that date in order for the application to be considered. Online application is required and can be accessed through the BYU Graduate Studies internet site at http://www.byu.edu/gradstudies/admissions/onlineapp.php . All of our candidates for admission are reviewed once a year and at the same time. This occurs during January, February and March of the year that admission is desired, and final decisions are made on or before April 1st of each year. Newly admitted graduate students begin their MFT graduate program in the Fall Semester of that year.

Admission Criteria

In general, successful applicants to our program have combined verbal and quantitative GRE sub-scale scores of 1000 or above and a GRE writing score of 5.0 or above. Their GPA for the last 60 hours is 3.4 or higher; they have strong letters of reference from university faculty who know them well, and have clear goals and reasons for wanting to become a Marriage and Family Therapist and study at BYU.

Our admission process includes:

evaluation of your grade point average (GPA) overall and for the last sixty hours;
the verbal and quantitative scores of the general Graduate Record Exam (GRE) as well as the written GRE score;
three letters of recommendation, preferably from faculty who know you well and can speak to your potential success in graduate school;
your letter of intent explaining your interest and goals in MFT as well as your particular interest in studying at BYU;
if invited, an interview with the faculty. Our initial screening is based on the first four criteria and is somewhat unique in that individual faculty members select students they would like to interview for possible admission.

Invited Interview and Selection Process

The interview process is a day long campus visit and an introduction to our programs, students and faculty, and a review of your goals and interests. After the interviews, each faculty makes his/her own selection of students with the advice and consent of the other MFT faculty. Faculty decisions are based primarily on the perceived "fit" between a student's interests and the interests of the individual faculty member. Each of the nine faculty members will usually select one or two new students each year depending upon the number of students graduating.

We have developed this selection process as our way of establishing a close working relationship between faculty and students early in the graduate program. This selection process also represents a commitment by the faculty to the progress and success of each student.