She bought clothes from her favorite store, a dinner here, nail polish there. Now a senior at UNCC, Sykes, from Charlotte, has used summer earnings to pay down her balance. She hopes to pay it off by spring semester. If it were up to Sykes, credit card solicitors wouldn't be allowed on college campuses. They make so much money off college kids,'' she says.
Grades can suffer Some campus administrators agree.
For several years, Salisbury's Catawba College has banned credit card solicitations. And at Winthrop University, officials worry about students who sign up for multiple cards. This fall, they're surveying students to find out more about their credit card habits before deciding whether to ban solicitors. Overusing credit cards can wreck more than a student's credit rating, college officials say. Students' grades can suffer when they work long hours to pay off credit cards.