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Student credit cards make students feel like they're important by claiming that their offers are exclusive, for only the most select customers, or best of all, "a special offer just for you. " The select customers consist of 19,000 of the 20,000 students on campus (and the credit card company would have sent offers to the other thousand if it just had their addresses), but most new customers wouldn't realize that without being told. Nor do the "special" offers offer anything very special. Learning to immediately discount any appeal that flatters their ego is essential to dodging bad student credit card offers. * Teach them to interpret the small print.