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Discover IT Student

Physical Product · Credit cards · 23 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/CreditCards, r/personalfinance

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Pros

  • Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of: Discover it Student $2250, 04/24 (auto CLI once)
  • And student cards (like the Discover IT) will automatically convert to their unsecured variants once you graduate so you dont need to worry about closing them.
  • Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of: * Discover It Student Card $1,500 2/25
  • Also, the sign-up bonus for it is matched cashback after the first year. you get 5% back from rotating categories and 1% from everything else. At the end of your first year, you'll get that matched as statement credit so effectively 10%...
  • Just get the Discover It Student Card. Probably the best card right now for credit building. Built-in FICO score reports + decent rewards. Was my first card, got approved instantly with a 2.5k credit limit.

Cons

  • I started with a Discover It Student card, and then got a Chase Freedom Rise with the intent on upgrading it and moving towards the Chase Trifecta.
  • She recently tried applying for the Discover IT Student card but was denied.
  • Current cards: 1. Discover IT Student, 1000$, September 2024 FICO Score: 759 Oldest account age: 6 months Income: $100k+ if able to use parents as they deposit in my account Average monthly spend and categories: - Dining $0 - Groce...
  • the discover it student seem to be my best bets. im leaning towards the capital one savor, just because i don’t love the rotating category aspect of the discover it card

Sentiment

19 positive (83%) · 3 mixed (13%) · 1 negative (4%)

Trust + time weighted score: +78% · raw score 78%

What redditors said (10 of 23)

Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of: Discover it Student $2250, 04/24 (auto CLI once)
positive · u/E****c · r/CreditCards · Dec 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I started with a Discover It Student card, and then got a Chase Freedom Rise with the intent on upgrading it and moving towards the Chase Trifecta.
mixed · u/m****5 · r/CreditCards · Dec 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
And student cards (like the Discover IT) will automatically convert to their unsecured variants once you graduate so you dont need to worry about closing them.
positive · u/P****0 · r/CreditCards · comment · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of: * Discover It Student Card $1,500 2/25
positive · u/H****1 · r/CreditCards · Nov 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Also, the sign-up bonus for it is matched cashback after the first year. you get 5% back from rotating categories and 1% from everything else. At the end of your first year, you'll get that matched as statement credit so effectively 10% on rotating categories and 2% everything else.
positive · u/P****0 · r/CreditCards · comment · Nov 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Just get the Discover It Student Card. Probably the best card right now for credit building. Built-in FICO score reports + decent rewards. Was my first card, got approved instantly with a 2.5k credit limit.
positive · u/P****0 · r/CreditCards · comment · Nov 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Discover it student card
positive · u/K****0 · r/CreditCards · comment · Aug 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
She recently tried applying for the Discover IT Student card but was denied.
negative · u/T****w · r/CreditCards · Aug 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I was able to increase my Discover Student It credit line to $3,000
positive · u/F****2 · r/CreditCards · comment · Aug 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of: * Discover IT Student
positive · u/o****2 · r/CreditCards · Aug 1, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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