Money Tips: Should students state parents income on credit card applications?

Posted On: August 9, 2006

Guest: fire3000
Credit Expert (100+ Posts)
Post subject: Should students state parents income on credit card applications?
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:40 am

The card will be in your name as stated on the pre-approval letter. So obviously they want to know only your income, not your parent’s income. If you are a student, they will approve even if you have very little income, but the credit limit will be low.

Guest: gsr
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:40 pm

fire3000 wrote:
The card will be in your name as stated on the pre-approval letter. So obviously they want to know only your income, not your parent’s income. If you are a student, they will approve even if you have very little income, but the credit limit will be low.

i actually got rejected when i applied for a discover student card (they seem very picky)