[Edit: Update March 2024 (2y8m old file) : TU8 still at 790 for this month's Bank of America update on the 19th. [Edit: Update January 2024 : EX8 jumped +5 due entirely to crossing the AAoA 2y6m threshold! Yet another data point confirming this threshold. TU8 still at 790 for this month's Bank of America update on the 19th. [Edit: Update December 2023 : TransUnion FICO 8 score is now 790 at 2 years and 5 months in on a brand new credit file with a single revolving, bankcard account. Reporting utilization is exactly 4% of a $1,500 credit limit: $60.00. [Edit: Update April 2023 : TransUnion FICO 8 score is now 788 at 1 year and 9 months in on a brand new credit file with a single revolving, bankcard account. [Edit: Update December 2022 : TransUnion FICO 8 score is now 778 at 1 year and 5 months in on a brand new credit file with a single revolving, bankcard account. Link to Post --------------------------------------------- Bank of America updated my friend's TransUnion FICO 8 score on January 20th. Technically, she reached the 6 month threshold on January 1, having opened her BoA card on July 31, 2021. ( For general public information: FICO counts from the 1st of the month in which you applied and were approved for an account.) So here it is: 1 single credit card account on a clean credit file that is only 6 months old. (EDIT: Reported utilization is 4% of a $1,500 credit limit. ($64/1500 = 4.3%, which is 4% since FICO uses standard midpoint rounding.) Also keep in mind that this score includes a single inquiry from BoA when she applied for this card. A single inquiry in the first year of having a credit file can easily cost 10-20 points! I saw this on my own file when I got my first 2 credit cards: -20 points on EX8 for the first inquiry! TransUnion (TU) FICO 8 score is 750 !! Note that TU has her only inquiry so far, and later we found out that a single inquiry cost -21 points. [ Link to report here , showing the jump from 750 to 771 after the single inquiry aged to 1 year. ] This is a typical loss for new credit files! It doesn't happen to much older files, where the loss can be only 1-3 points. This first credit score could have been 771 on the TransUnion version of the FICO 8 score model. (Each CRA has some customization done on the base model for product differentiation.) tu8-1_card_at_-6mo-jan22-full.png This answers some commonly searched for questions: When will I have a credit score? After 6 months. What will my credit score be after I get my first credit card? It can be 750, as shown here. How soon will I have a good credit score? In 6 months, as shown here. How long does it take to get a good credit score? 6 months, as shown here. You can start with a credit score of 750 after 6 months. What credit score do you start with? Answer: Around 750 or more.
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First update at the infamous 3y0m threshold on EX8. As I expected, this score actually goes up a little, whereas EQ8 and TU8 have seen some dramatic drops at the AoOA 3y0m threshold. (My own TU8 dropped 22 points at this threshold, but I had 4 open bankcards compared to this file with a single card.) We'll get the BofA TU8 update around the 23rd. (Last month was at an optimized 4.0% util. That 790 score was the previous high score for this file. This month's BofA statement closing hasn't happened yet, so nothing on file has changed but the age.) Image
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Re: First credit score at 6 months is 750

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Level27 Last INQMonday, May 23, 2022 Gardening For2 years, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in15 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 23rd INQ 1yr onTuesday, May 23, 2023 INQ 1yr reached1 year, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onThursday, May 23, 2024 INQ 2yr reached3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago Goal24 months Goal DateThursday, May 23, 2024 Goal Achieved3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
Cassie wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 7:38 pm First update at the infamous 3y0m threshold on EX8. As I expected, this score actually goes up a little, whereas EQ8 and TU8 have seen some dramatic drops at the AoOA 3y0m threshold. (My own TU8 dropped 22 points at this threshold, but I had 4 open bankcards compared to this file with a single card.)
Does scorecard reassignment not happen at AoOA of 36 months on EX8?
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BrutalBodyShots wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:04 am
Cassie wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 7:38 pm First update at the infamous 3y0m threshold on EX8. As I expected, this score actually goes up a little, whereas EQ8 and TU8 have seen some dramatic drops at the AoOA 3y0m threshold. (My own TU8 dropped 22 points at this threshold, but I had 4 open bankcards compared to this file with a single card.)
Does scorecard reassignment not happen at AoOA of 36 months on EX8?
I got +2 on EX8 at 3y0m, with 4 open cards and a closed loan. She got +5 with a single open card. I think the reassignment happens, but their customized version of 8 just doesn't consider it as bad as EQ/TU8. This might have something to do with number of accounts and/or bankcards on file.
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Fri Jul 05, 2024 10:22 am
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Level27 Last INQMonday, May 23, 2022 Gardening For2 years, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in15 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 23rd INQ 1yr onTuesday, May 23, 2023 INQ 1yr reached1 year, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onThursday, May 23, 2024 INQ 2yr reached3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago Goal24 months Goal DateThursday, May 23, 2024 Goal Achieved3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
Cassie wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:44 am I got +2 on EX8 at 3y0m, with 4 open cards and a closed loan. She got +5 with a single open card. I think the reassignment happens, but their customized version of 8 just doesn't consider it as bad as EQ/TU8. This might have something to do with number of accounts and/or bankcards on file.
Interesting. I hadn't heard about this with EX. It doesn't sound like it's "bad" at all and is actually good from a scoring standpoint. Don't most usually report around 30 points drops for scorecard assignment (TU/EQ)?
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BrutalBodyShots wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 10:22 am
Cassie wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:44 am I got +2 on EX8 at 3y0m, with 4 open cards and a closed loan. She got +5 with a single open card. I think the reassignment happens, but their customized version of 8 just doesn't consider it as bad as EQ/TU8. This might have something to do with number of accounts and/or bankcards on file.
Interesting. I hadn't heard about this with EX. It doesn't sound like it's "bad" at all and is actually good from a scoring standpoint. Don't most usually report around 30 points drops for scorecard assignment (TU/EQ)?
Around -20 points and TU8 drops the most. This was my EX change report at AoOA 3y0m. So surprised with EX2!
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Sat Jul 06, 2024 10:33 am
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Level27 Last INQMonday, May 23, 2022 Gardening For2 years, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in15 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 23rd INQ 1yr onTuesday, May 23, 2023 INQ 1yr reached1 year, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onThursday, May 23, 2024 INQ 2yr reached3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago Goal24 months Goal DateThursday, May 23, 2024 Goal Achieved3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
Cassie wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 1:49 pm Around -20 points and TU8 drops the most. This was my EX change report at AoOA 3y0m. So surprised with EX2!
Thanks! So that was with your 5 account (thick) scorecard. Do you have any data points on the same profile change with a thin file yet? I know you will in short order with this single CC profile you've been tracking.
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Sat Jul 06, 2024 6:18 pm
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Level54 Last INQFriday, February 14, 2020 Gardening For4 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in6 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 14th INQ 1yr onSunday, February 14, 2021 INQ 1yr reached3 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onMonday, February 14, 2022 INQ 2yr reached2 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
BrutalBodyShots wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2024 10:33 am
Cassie wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 1:49 pm Around -20 points and TU8 drops the most. This was my EX change report at AoOA 3y0m. So surprised with EX2!
Thanks! So that was with your 5 account (thick) scorecard. Do you have any data points on the same profile change with a thin file yet? I know you will in short order with this single CC profile you've been tracking.
This is the first AoOA 3y0m change I've seen with less than 4 accounts. Now we have to wait a few weeks for the free BofA TU8 update.
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Level27 Last INQMonday, May 23, 2022 Gardening For2 years, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in15 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 23rd INQ 1yr onTuesday, May 23, 2023 INQ 1yr reached1 year, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onThursday, May 23, 2024 INQ 2yr reached3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago Goal24 months Goal DateThursday, May 23, 2024 Goal Achieved3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
Cassie wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2024 6:18 pm Now we have to wait a few weeks for the free BofA TU8 update.
The suspense! Will you be able to grab a data point on EX8 as well?
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Level20 Last INQSunday, January 1, 2023 Gardening For1 year, 8 months, 6 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in23 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on October 1st INQ 1yr onMonday, January 1, 2024 INQ 1yr reached8 months, 6 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onWednesday, January 1, 2025 INQ 2yr in3 months, 24 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes
Super cool you're able to gather so much data from one account. Kudos to you for sticking with this project to gather all this intel. Most don't have the patience for it.
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Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:28 pm
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Level54 Last INQFriday, February 14, 2020 Gardening For4 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in6 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 14th INQ 1yr onSunday, February 14, 2021 INQ 1yr reached3 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onMonday, February 14, 2022 INQ 2yr reached2 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
BrutalBodyShots wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 12:05 am
Cassie wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2024 6:18 pm Now we have to wait a few weeks for the free BofA TU8 update.
The suspense! Will you be able to grab a data point on EX8 as well?
That's all for EX8 this month, I think. Just the change at AoOA 3y0m. There shouldn't be any score change with only $20 reporting today compared to $60 reporting last month. It's all between 1% and 4% anyway.
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Level54 Last INQFriday, February 14, 2020 Gardening For4 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in6 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 14th INQ 1yr onSunday, February 14, 2021 INQ 1yr reached3 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onMonday, February 14, 2022 INQ 2yr reached2 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
Here's the TU8 update at the infamous 3y0m threshold. NOTHING HAPPENED! So now it's confirmed that single card profiles are exempt from a loss at 3y0m on EX8 and TU8. ($20 reporting this month compared to $60 last month - a 4% to 1% change which we already know isn't expected to cause any score change.) Image
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Re: First credit score at 6 months is 750

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Level54 Last INQFriday, February 14, 2020 Gardening For4 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in6 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 14th INQ 1yr onSunday, February 14, 2021 INQ 1yr reached3 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onMonday, February 14, 2022 INQ 2yr reached2 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
3 years and 1 month update, with same $20 utilization as last month. VS3 age is 3y0m, and there may have been a slight bump there at this threshold. I wasn't tracking VS3 every month like I was with TU8. Something made it go up +4 points, but it may have been crossing the 5% util threshold that did it. (Compared to several months ago when util was above 5%.)
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Level27 Last INQMonday, May 23, 2022 Gardening For2 years, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in15 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 23rd INQ 1yr onTuesday, May 23, 2023 INQ 1yr reached1 year, 3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onThursday, May 23, 2024 INQ 2yr reached3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago Goal24 months Goal DateThursday, May 23, 2024 Goal Achieved3 months, 15 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
As always, thanks for the update @Cassie ! So do you think that scorecard reassignment from young to mature simply isn't a thing for thin profiles? Like if 4 credit cards were opened instead of 1 back 3 years ago (hypothetically) do you believe a score change would have been realized at AoOA of 3 years?
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Level54 Last INQFriday, February 14, 2020 Gardening For4 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in6 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes on September 14th INQ 1yr onSunday, February 14, 2021 INQ 1yr reached3 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago INQ 2yr onMonday, February 14, 2022 INQ 2yr reached2 years, 6 months, 24 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes ago
BrutalBodyShots wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2024 12:00 am As always, thanks for the update @Cassie ! So do you think that scorecard reassignment from young to mature simply isn't a thing for thin profiles? Like if 4 credit cards were opened instead of 1 back 3 years ago (hypothetically) do you believe a score change would have been realized at AoOA of 3 years?
I think the scorecard changes, but on the new one there just isn't the same penalty with 1 card vs 4 or more. I think it all has to do with the number of accounts. Needs more data points, of course.
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Level4 Last INQMonday, April 8, 2024 Gardening For4 months, 30 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes Next Level in3 hours and 16 minutes on September 8th INQ 1yr onTuesday, April 8, 2025 INQ 1yr in7 months, 3 hours, and 16 minutes INQ 2yr onWednesday, April 8, 2026 INQ 2yr in1 year, 7 months, 3 hours, and 16 minutes Goal24 months Goal DateWednesday, April 8, 2026 Goal In1 year, 7 months, 3 hours, and 16 minutes
Cassie wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 7:38 pm First update at the infamous 3y0m threshold on EX8. As I expected, this score actually goes up a little, whereas EQ8 and TU8 have seen some dramatic drops at the AoOA 3y0m threshold. (My own TU8 dropped 22 points at this threshold, but I had 4 open bankcards compared to this file with a single card.) We'll get the BofA TU8 update around the 23rd. (Last month was at an optimized 4.0% util. That 790 score was the previous high score for this file. This month's BofA statement closing hasn't happened yet, so nothing on file has changed but the age.) [Quoted post had an image here.]
Common Cassie! :character-beavisbutthead: we all know it is about adding Experian Boost with a purple cow! You know: “I never saw a purple cow / I never hope to see one; / But I can tell you, anyhow, / I'd rather see than be one.” :teasing-poke:
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