Asking college to reevaluate FA...mentioning graduate school?

Paying for College
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<p>So Tufts has always been my #1 choice school...I would've applied ED if not fearing that I would be stuck with a terrible FA package and left with no other options. I was extremely disappointed with the FA package I got RD. I come from a middle-class family (which sucks for college FA, I know) and while Tufts already acknowledged that they use their own means of calculating my EFC and that there is often a significant difference, I'm still going to email and ask to reevaluate. </p>

<p>With the package they've given me, I'd have to rely heavily on student loans especially since Tufts already raised the tuition this year. It would also force my parents to take an extremely heavy hit on their savings, not to mention, dip into retirement funds. They said that this is a sacrifice they're willing to make if not for the fact that I need even more money when I attend grad/law school. It just doesn't seem worth it.</p>

<p>I guess my real question here is--should I mention the fact that I 100% plan on attending graduate school? On top of undergrad loans, I will more than likely need student loans for grad school too. Should I mention this in my email? Or will they simply not care at all?</p>

<p>Any additional advice about the FA process would be so appreciated...my parents aren't that familiar and are trying to help the best they can but I feel so lost and confused.</p>

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<p>You are correct. Tufts is not worth this kind of sacrifice. Surely you have at least one more economical option. Take a look at the schools you can afford, and study at one of those places. Save Tufts and all of its too-expensive-for-now peers for grad school. You will be glad you did.</p>

<p>I would not spend one more second trying to figure out how to get more money out of Tufts. Just about all of the students there are considering graduate school. This does not enter into their equation at all.</p>

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<p>I hear Tufts is also not very good with aid for grad school also reading posts from Masters and PhD students…I don’t think they will consider that either.
I wish I had gone to a cheaper school myself, because I knew by sophomore year, I wanted Psychology and that is almost always grad school.</p>

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<p>I don’t think that would help at all.</p>