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Your credit score is a good indication of what your financial situation looks like to a potential lender or creditor. At its most basic, the credit score is a number arrived at after a long, complicated mathematical formula. It’s not necessary for you to know the formula, only the major factors that are taken into consideration. Here are a few of them.

The first factor that comes to mind is the amount of available credit you have. If you are using twenty-five percent, or less, of your available credit, then you are doing the right thing. Maxing out your credit cards, or constantly running them up near the maxing-out point, will work against you. Lenders and creditors will think you desperate, or that you’re having a hard time managing things, and will be less likely to extend you the money or credit you might need.

Another factor is the length of your credit and banking history. Setting up a credit card account, savings, and checking account and keeping them for a long time is a good thing to do. Having a verifiable history of financial stability or responsibility will always work in your favor.

As a college student getting by financially is a very tough thing to do ,especially these days with all of the new stringent laws that are being enforced by credit card companies, but if you are lucky enough to get approved for one, they can really be used to your advantage if you know some very basic tips.

One tip for that all students when they are shopping for a card is to make sure they buy one that has the lowest annual percentage rate possible (APR). Just because a credit company offers you a premium introductory rate that is lower then the other it does not mean they are the best deal for you because they can nail you in the long run with a high annual percentage rate which will drain your wallet dry in the long term. Another thing to look for in a credit card is to make sure that you can find one that has a very low annual fee or no annual fee at all. An annual fee is what the credit companies will charge you yearly to use their card , whether you make 100 transactions or none at all so make sure you get the best deal possible on this very important fee.