Join SDS

Thanks for your interest in joining the Stanford Debate Society's traveling team!  

Tryouts for the 2025-2026 traveling team will be held during the second week of Autumn Quarter 2025. The instructions to tryout can be found below:

Tryout Instructions

Here is a short video explaining our tryout process. Watching this video is not mandatory, but it could be helpful for you to understand what tryouts are like! You can also watch it on YouTube here. 

If you have questions about the team or tryouts, please take a look at our FAQs below.

Tryout FAQs

Please check out the about section of the website for information about SDS, our community and life as a part of the traveling team! 

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