Tips on Avoiding Common Mistakes Made With Student Loans (veezq-35789)

It can be costly to make poor decisions regarding the debt you take on to pay for school. Educate yourself.

Smart use of your money and your credit in college will enable you to spend the money you earn when you graduate on things you really want like a new car or house instead of all of your income going towards dept repayment.

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A short story from a graduate that experienced the journey follows. If I knew at 18 what I now at 28, I could have prevented so much disaster from happening. Instead, I owe $150,000 to student loan companies with no escape.

I hope that you will read this before you fall into this trap. At 18 college was a dream come true. I could study without parents to monitor my class attendance, my coffee intake, or my late-night slurpy runs to 7-11 with friends.

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I had worked part-time as a teen, but had no savings or significant sense of financial responsibility. I decided to finance a private school liberal arts education in my native Southern California with student loans.

I qualified for some federal money. The rest of it would come from private loans. A few thousand lattes later and some new clothes each semester, the bills started to add up. So it was impeccable timing when the credit card solicitors hit me.

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Finance charges and interest rates, what's that? These concepts did not matter at the time to me. I graduated four years later with $150,000 in student loans and $11,000 in credit card debt.

Use your student loan money to finance your education, not your lifestyle. Tuition, room and board, and textbooks are smart ways to spend your student loan money. You'll be paying these loans off for the next ten to 20 years, so use the money wisely.

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In addition to student loans, a heavy burden is the credit card debt. In the first year of college the average debt was $2,169 on these cards. At interest rates of 15 to 18 percent, you will be paying off this credit debt into your 30s or 40s.

The way you handle your debt will follow you for many years. If you max out your credit line, don't pay your bills on time and keep collecting credit cards to add ways to obtain money, you'll have a very poor credit score after you graduate.

A budget helps you plan ahead by knowing how much money you have coming in and going out. It gives you the power you need and the peace of mind of knowing where your money is going. Plan to save money while in college so you can spend money on the items you really want when you graduate.