<p>So I submitted my UC apps and CSU app and for 2011 household income I put down my mom's income which is about 24K for 4 people. I qualified for fee waivers, but I forgot to include the Social Security benefits me and my younger sister receive as a result of my dad's passing in June 2010. I already emailed UC about this and I'm waiting for an answer. Our SS benefits total is like 17K per year, but it will go down for 2012 since I will be turning 18 and wont be getting it anymore. Just to sum it up, I didn't include this in my app, but I didn't do it intentionally. It was really just a mistake! I was just wondering if anyone knew whether or not this counts as our gross income because I read online that it doesn't, but I'm still not sure because I saw it on Wikipedia. I'm screwed. Please help!</p>
<p>You’ve made a good faith effort to do what you’re supposed to, so I’m sure they won’t hold it against you.</p>
<p>What would happen when I fill out the FAFSA in January and they see that the income doesn’t match up? Should the SS benefits be included in my 2011 household income?</p>
<p>You’ve already told them about the confusion, and you have a month to learn what FAFSA wants, since it is pretty specific, as I recall. It may be clearer there. I wouldn’t worry. You haven’t heard back from UC yet.</p>
<p>Okay. Thanks. I will still have a chance to fix it right? Also, I tried looking up the criteria for fee waivers for applications and I came across the SAT fee waiver guidelines. For a household family of 4, the cut off is $41,348. My income falls just below that and I was wondering if UCs and CSUs use numbers close to that.</p>