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When it comes to education, costs are always on the rise. Not every student may have the liberty of a college fund being set aside for them. Some may have had to save on their won, others may have a little set aside but the whole amount would be higher. In many a case a student may have decided to go into working for awhile to gather some funds and then going for a college education. Whichever category you may belong to you might find the need to obtain a loan for additional expenses. When any loan application is considered an important factor in many cases is the credit score of the individual. Some may not have any credit history at all. In such cases banks may not be willing to give these people capital.
If you have no credit history to speak of how do you get a loan. The best way to establish credit history is by using revolving credit mostly in the form of credit cards. As a young worker you will have many opportunities to sign up for a credit card, with the thrill of earning your own money, you need to be careful you do not overspend and end up with more bills than you can afford. Besides being in debt it is ringing your credit history and making that loan a distant dream. Having no credit history is like having no identity in the financial world. It is important then to learn from early on the importance of having a credit history and working at keeping it clean through careful planning and management of finances.
Another way a student can get a credit card is through their parents. Even if you cannot afford a credit card on your own, if you have a co-signor backing you up the banks will be more willing to allow you to have the loan. If you work to close off whatever little you choose to purchase on the credit card carefully you will be improving both your and the parents credit score. It is highly important that you respect the co-signor for having faith in you and do not misuse what you have got.
When using your credit cards you also need to be careful about the outstanding balance on the card. Ma y people with no credit history when they start off using the credit card are under the wrong assumption that they should always have some balance left over each month. This is not true, in fact the sooner you close your outstanding balance and fix your credit limit such that it is at least 30 percent below the maximum the better it will be.
Constantly being on the extreme or hitting against the credit limit shows to creditors that you are not able to manage your funds in an efficient manner. When you use your credit cards, make sure that you set up an automated account to deduct a minimum balance each month if you have multiple cards. That way you will not have any troubles even if you are travelling and forget the date!
