For credit card companies one of the largest groups of potential customers they chose to target each year is college students. Student credit cards offer young adults a way to cover expenses while attending school, something that is often easier said than done. By offering nave college students, who have little to no prior experience with credit cards, a way to pay their bills and cover other expenses, credit card companies often find a number of eager new customers. However, student credit cards often cause many students who have never experienced the process of managing their finances a quick fall into debt. Credit card debt can be a real and very extreme danger for students applying for their first credit card.
Many credit card companies find ways to appeal to young college students looking for financial help. Some offer low interest rate or 0 APR credit cards to college students with good credit. However, what some of the trickier credit card companies fail to mention to students, or include in fine print that is often overlooked, is that low rates or 0% APR is sometimes only offered for a short period of time, such as a year. Once the initial time period is up,...