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Surprised my score didn't drop

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cgussio
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Surprised my score didn't drop

I received my score watch alert today and it showed 1 new inquiry and one of the new accounts that I was approved for on Friday. Surprisingly there was no drop in credit score. Does that seem right? Shouldn't the hit to my credit score have happened?

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Shogun
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Re: Surprised my score didn't drop

Not necessarily, depends on what else is on your CR. I've seen some go up with new accounts.

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July 2013 score:
EQ FICO 819, TU08 778, EX "806 lender pull 07/26/2013
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