Refund Policy & Tuition Protection Plan
Refunds are provided only with purchase of cancellation protection - our Tuition Protection Plan - which must be purchased at the time of registration. Stanford Debate incurs a variety of irrecoverable costs related to contract guarantees to Stanford University and the need to make commitments to our summer staff, and as a result, we are unable to offer any refunds unless our Tuition Protection Plan has been purchased at the time of initial registration.
SWe understand that sometimes families must cancel their registration due to unforeseen circumstances, but we are unable to issue refunds in such cases without purchase of the protection plan. In essence, all cancellations are of course 'unforeseen,' and this is not a reason on its own we can accept for refunds. For this reason we do recommend that all families purchase our protection plan.
Our tuition protection plan provides a refund (including the normally non-refundable deposit but not the protection plan premium itself) if camp enrollment is cancelled by written notification prior to the start of the program as according to the refund schedule below. No refund is provided if the cancellation request is received two days or fewer from the start of camp, or of course after camp has begun, even with our tuition protection plan. The cost of the tuition protection plan is 10% of the total cost of the program, before any discounts. Tuition protection can only by purchased on initial application, and cannot be added at any later date. This written cancellation policy is always binding and no verbal communication from SNFI staff can override the written policy.
Only Executive Director Matthew Fraser or Associate Director Jenny Herbert Creek may issue a written waiver to these policies, and all requests for a waiver must be submitted in writing for their review.
The amount of a refund with the Tuition Protection Plan is determined by the time of cancellation notification as outlined below:
Cancellation 31 or more days before camp: 100%
Cancellation 15 - 30 days before camp: 70%
Cancellation 3 - 14 days before camp: 40%
Cancellation 2 or fewer days before camp: 0