How to Improve Your Credit Score – Student Edition + MORE Sep 21st

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How to Improve Your Credit Score – Student Edition
Welcome to our brand new monthly MoneyWise  series, “How to Improve your Credit Score”. Over the next year, Amanda Reaume is sharing her tips and tricks to bump up your credit score and adopt life long solid credit habits. To begin, we’re discussing how to achieve a higher credit rating as a student.
September is in full swing and if you’re a university or college student, then you’re probably comfortably settling into your routine and dorm room. As you buy books, begin assignments and make new friends, the last thing you’re likely thinking about is your credit.
But even at this stage of life, it’s critical that you start planning for your future. That means making smart credit decisions now that will pay off later in life, saving you up to tens of thousands of dollars. Adopting solid habits while you’re a student can lead to lower interest rates when borrowing money for large purchases such as car loans or mortgages. You might even be able to refinance your student loans after you graduate and pay a much lower interest rate…

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