What Counts in
Your FICO Score?
Payment history: Largest percent of score
Late payments, bankruptcy

Amounts Owed: Proportion of credit line used
Number of accounts with balances, total amount owing on accounts

Length of credit: How long you have been established with credit

New Credit: How many applications/requests for credit have you submitted?
Okay to shop around, but if you seem desperate, that is bad

Types of credit used: It’s good have more than one type of credit successfully used