So you got these cool credit cards! Lots of nice reward benefits and cool pictures of you and your friends on the front of the card! Life is pretty good. Free money all around...or so you think.

A credit card is one of the most important—and potentially dangerous—financial tools you'll ever touch. And here's a fact: where you get that card is a huge decision.

In college, or going there soon? Here's a rundown on the "Campus Card" many schools now provide students.

Campus cards are a jazzed-up version of a student identification card. Initially, these cards were used for meal plans in the cantina.

Sure, credit cards can be a great way to have a financial safety buffer in your pocket, and they can help you build credit pretty quick, too.

But everybody has heard of dangers that can come with credit cards if you're not careful, as well as the horrific statistics:

Getting a Credit Card This Spring Or Summer?

Watch Out for These Tricks!

Been thinking about a new credit card? Think all credit cards are alike? If you think that, good luck. You're going to need it!