Short answer: no. Longer answer: still no, but here is why people keep asking. The fee is not a deposit. It pays for someone to process your file, and once you click submit that money is spent whether you are admitted, rejected, or withdraw the next morning.
- Exceptions exist, barely: a glitch-charged duplicate usually gets reversed, a cancelled program sometimes refunds. "I changed my mind" is not a refund reason anywhere. - Only apply to schools you would actually attend. The "why not, let's see" application costs money and steals effort. - It is also why waivers matter so much. A waived fee takes the sting out of a reach school. A paid fee should make you ask whether that school earned its slot. - Screenshot every confirmation page. Portals glitch, payments duplicate, and a receipt turns a week of arguing into one email.
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