u/APDA_Board

Hi all, 

We’re the Executive Board of the American Parliamentary Debate Association, or APDA. APDA is the most prominent college debate format in the Northeast. It is a 2 v 2 style that can be a relatively lower time commitment, while still being technical like high school debate. Resolutions change every round, and when you are affirmative/government, you get to introduce the topic. At the same tournament, you can debate topics as wide ranging as the ethics of aiding insurgent groups to whether Vogue should have featured Harry Styles in a dress. If you are a graduating senior attending any of the schools below, there is an APDA team you can join and you can reach out to your school’s representative here. If you go to any other school, we can help you set up an APDA club. If you’re interested in learning more, feel free to check out our website or comment any questions below. There will be an online free summer tournament using preset topics, or motions, which is open to rising freshmen of any experience level if you’d like to try it out in your free time. The tournament will take place during July 11th and 12th and you can register here by Monday, July 6th. You can also find more information about the tournament at this Facebook link.

1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Dartmouth
4. Brown
5. University of Pennsylvania 
6. Columbia
7. Princeton
8. Stanford
9. University of Chicago
10. Amherst College
11. American University
12. Bates College
13. Babson College
14. Boston College
15. Boston University
16. Brandeis University
17. Binghamton University
18. Carnegie Mellon University
19. CUNY
20. Drexel 
21. University of Delaware
22. Fordham
23. George Washington
24. Georgetown University
25. Hamilton College
26. Haverford College
27. Johns Hopkins
28. Lehigh University
29. MIT
30. Northeastern University
31. NYU
32. Rutgers University
33. Smith College
34. Stony Brook University
35. Swarthmore College
36. Temple University
37. Tufts University
38. UMass Amherst
39. University of Maryland
40. University of Pittsburgh
41. University of Virginia
42. Washington University in St. Louis
43. Wellesley College
44. Wesleyan
45. William & Mary College
46. Williams College