Parents want me to fake their income bracket for Scholarship applications
Hi! Sorry po I don't know if this is the right sub and what fair to use but I want to know your thoughts po and also an answer to my question.
It started during my application for UPCAT. Isa sa i-fifill-up dun ay gross income and the income bracket. What they provided me para macomplete ko yun ay yung payslips nila. They said na i-times 12 ko na lang daw and round off. At first, I was skeptical kasi alam ko na maraming di maiinclude dun like 13th pay etc. When I asked about it, sinabi nila na yung lang daw meron sila and they kept going on na hindi naman kami mayaman. And I do agree na di naman talaga kami mayaman and nakakaraos lang talaga kami. I believe it naman kasi narraanasan ko—no allowances, kotse na luma at sira-sira na, leaky kisame roof, my parents are driver and cashier. So sinubmit ko na lang.
Now, nag-aapply naman po ako sa DOST Scholarship. Ina-ask ulit doon ay ang gross income and proof of income. For the proof of income, they provided me their ITR. There, nakita ko na may discrepancy yung nainput ko sa UPCAT and sa nasa ITR. Yung isa, near 200k and difference and sa other one, it was a 400k difference. I input income bracket sa UPCAT to be 500k - 1M but using the ITR, it became 1.1M. I asked where was this nung nag-aapply ako for UPCAT and sinasabi nila na di naman kailangan totoo and "may mga mas mayayaman nga na ganiyan ang ginagawa." My parents were even encouraging me na isa lang yung ilagay kong ITR pero I'm not planning on that.
I'm worrying po kung makakaaffect ba sa pagkakatoon ko ng slot kasi magkaiba yung ilalagay kong income. Baka po kasi na makita ng UP and DOST na magkaiba yung nainput ko and mareject ako sa dalawa. I want to know your thoughts po about my situation. Maybe I'm misreading the instructions or the income or what.Thank you po 🥹!