<p>Unless goodManThinking comes back to elaborate, I suggest you ignore the post. He was posting vague (and often verifiably false) one-line statements in a dozen consecutive threads last night.</p>
<p>That being said, I have heard several times that applying ED might hurt for financial aid. Colleges don’t have incentives to make you an attractive financial aid offer because you have already made a commitment to attend if you can make the financial aid offer work out somehow (for many families that means additional loans).</p>
<p>One of the most common pieces of advice in the College Admissions and Parents Forums is, “Don’t apply ED if you need (or want) financial aid.”</p>