Is there any benefit to saying you don't need funding?

[caviar]

Is admissions to top graduate Master's programs need blind? Or is it easier to get in if you say you don't need any type of financial support?

[emmm]

I don't know -- my impression was that acceptance to master's programs did not generally come with guaranteed funding. I thought they were mostly self-pay, in which case, I would not expect need to be a major consideration. Don't programs just assume people will take out loans (that was what one program suggested I do, when I chatted with them)?

[finknottle]

It's the other way round. If you specifically say that you can't attend unless you are funded, you might risk losing an admit. However, mentioning that you can support yourself might not help a great deal. That is the norm for most Master's programs anyway and is implicitly assumed.