In my young age, “credit” is typically a word I tend to overlook because I haven’t been placed in a position in which I felt that it was important. But, I decided that now with only a year and a half until graduation; now was the perfect time to check my credit report. Currently taking a Family Financial Planning class with Dr. Solis, I realize that keeping up with my credit early may be something that rewards me in the end. Checking my credit score, I decided to use Equifax to order my credit report from! Now when I looked at my credit score, I was a bit underwhelmed because it was surprisingly low. I figured since I opened a “FingerHut” account I would have a great credit score because I paid off my account, but, that wasn’t the case. Although
