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. Once you click submit, that money is spent whether you are admitted, rejected, or you withdraw the next morning. Universities say this plainly in the fine print nobody reads.
Exceptions exist, barely. Charged twice because the portal glitched? You will usually get the duplicate reversed. Program cancelled outright? Some schools refund. "I changed my mind" is not a refund reason anywhere I have ever seen. Do not plan around exceptions.
This is why the fee deserves more respect than people give it. Every application should be to a school you would actually attend. The "why not, let's see" application is the most expensive kind: it costs money and steals effort from the schools you actually care about.
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 stop and ask whether that school earned its slot. A college application fee database search tool shows you the true cost per school, fee plus refund policy, before you click pay. Cheaper to learn it there than at checkout.
Keep receipts for everything. Portals glitch. Payments duplicate. Having the transaction record turns a week of arguing with a support desk into one email. Screenshot the confirmation page. Future you says thanks. A free applicant progress tracker app is a fine place to stash those confirmations next to your deadlines.
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