This is where I can gleefully proclaim that I'm about to pay off my student loan before I graduate! It's sitting at a smidgen under £5k but after getting money from my Grandad (now gorne) I can pay it off and save the rest for a car once I graduate so I can hopefully get a proper job a bit further away if needed.
Good old Scotland paying my fees (for now). Bad old Student loans company for charging more interest than I thought they did.
Edit: And as for a credit card, having a job means I can spend as much as my mates but unlike them it isn't on an overdraft or credit card.
(that and I've managed to convince my mum and dad to pay rent, which is handy too!)
EDITED: 16 Nov 2006 21:38 by CHARTLEY