College Student Credit Card Debt Is A Reality

By admin, on November 30th, 2010

College Student Credit Card Debt Is A Reality

Credit problems can latch on to anyone, who fall prey to it. All are equal in its eyes whether they are an experienced worker or a college student. Actually, college student debt is far more common then we think it to be.

The difference is that, in the case of college student card debt, it generally does not increase to mammoth proportions because the limits are generally lower. But, it works out to be a great nuisance as the inexperienced college student is already neck deep in debt from educational loans they have taken out. When they graduate from college, these students have to start repaying not only the educational loan, but the college student credit card debt as well.

You can’t expect a college student to have enough experience in using the credit correctly and therefore they become easy targets credit card companies. Actually, college student credit card debt is on the increase and that may explain why card companies liberally give them to college students. The greater the debt, the more money there is to be made for the financial institution.

The best way to deal with this is the way you would deal with any kind of debt.

The way you treat your card should be the same way you treat cash in hand. Spend frugally at all times and don’t go berserk buying things. Think about all the things you have purchased this year. Were most of them a necessity? Probably not.

Prepare a monthly budget and stick to it come what may. Once the budget is made, nothing should be able to move you away from it. Did you really need to buy the latest release of HALO? Was that money well spent?

If you are a college student in debt, stop the madness, and do not apply for another credit card. Multiple cards in a student’s hands normally spell trouble. This can be a great temptation as many of the student credit cards have a really low interest rate. But, this is the way for you to fall into the credit card trap and helplessly watch as bills and credit card debts pile up. No student surely needs more than one credit card.

College student credit cards should be something a student uses to help them learn how to manage a card effectively. Don’t let it become something that will be a buden on your life for many years to come.

Jessica Taylor-Piotrowski is a sixth-year doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Though money was in short supply growing up, her ambition to go to college was ineradicable. Listen to Jessica testify at Senator Bob Casey’s hearing on funding Pell Grants. The hearing took place at Temple University.

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