So, let’s hear it! What kind of GPA does your credit report have? What?! You don’t know?! Well, do you know that what you do to your credit now will be as significant to your future finances as what you do academically will be to your career?
While certain academic mistakes can be repaired after you find your focus and intellectually buckle down, repairing financial mishaps are not that easy. In fact, certain financial mistakes made during matriculation can take up to seven years to mend. So knowing your score …

Here is this week’s edition of “In The News” – A compiled list of news stories and blog posts from this last week that all poor college students should read!
College Credit Cards on Spot – Chicago Tribune
New Program Erases Student Loan Debt – The Mercury News
Rates Dropped July 1 on Some Student Loans – Cleveland Daily Banner
Graduates Need to Go on a Strict Debt Diet – The Courier Journal
College Guide Answers Questions for South Carolina Families – GreenvilleOnline.com
This week, I want to talk a little bit more about the last …