Students Credit Card Debt Easy Tips For Students With Credit Card Debt

Students going to college and offered credit cards at every turn may find it hard not to use or overuse your credit cards.

Credit cards need to be managed like all financial resources. It is very easy to think that you may pay for it later, but in reality paying off your credit card at the end of month may not be possible. Then interest rates and even penalties may make your debt grow bigger. Follow these easy tips to manage your student credit cards.

Hector Milla Editor of the 'Get Rid Of Credit Card Debt' website -- http://www.GetRidOfCreditCardDebts.net -- pointed out;

“…BUDGET: Budget sounds like an evil idea, but it is necessary for all financially responsible adults. Figure out your income monthly and your bills. All your bills must be included tuition, books, car insurance, car payments, living arrangement fees (dorm or apartment), medical bills, credit cards bills, and any other expenses. Also evaluate your income and try to determine a weekly or monthly average. This is hard for some college students, due to working part time jobs while in school. After you have gathered your bills and income, write out a budget that includes entertainment, clothing, and food…”

PAYING DOWN YOUR DEBT: There are two basic ways to pay down your debt. You must budget part of your income to pay off your bills. If you have more than one credit card, analyze the interest rates of each and figure out if you can lower your interest rate by paying one card with the other.

“…You can use a credit card loan modification company to help you, if your debt is very large. Then most importantly get rid of cards with high interest rates, and quit charging on all credit cards until your debt is lowered. If you keep your balance high, you will have a difficult time lowering your debt load…” added H. Milla.

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If I've paid both of my credit cards off, can I close 1 and open another without ruining my credit/fico score?

I keep hearing that you should never close your oldest credit card, but that particular card happens to be a student credit card. I am long long LONG out of school and don't want such a high rate any more in case I do need to use it. Since I also have a store credit card that is almost as old and which I pay off monthly, would it really be that bad to close the other?

Answer
Yes it will hurt your score. Just keep it open and do not use it anymore. Then open another. When you other account starts to get a good history, then you can close the student card. I would wait at least a year though.

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