<prompt> Human: My grace period is almost over for my student loans and Im trying to figure out a plan of action. Ive already made a few small payments with some extra money I had, but its hardly anything dent worthy. Basically, I have over 100k in student loans of all different amounts smallest is 2k federal, largest is 35k private and different interest rates from 3-9. Ive read before that attacking the higher interest rate loans is the best course of action, this also happens to be the highest principal. So my first question is to verify if this is the best course of action. And my second is that I have a few thousand saved that Im considering dumping into loans. Originally I was going to use that money to eliminate smaller loans, but if reducing the higher interest rates is the way to go then I assume I should put the money toward that. Any advice is appreciated.EDIT:Here is the specific loan info for Private:35k at 9.621k at 9.216k at 3.69k at 7.3My federal loans are all only a few thousand each at around 3, but my primary concern is the private ones because of their large principals.  <response>: If you have a job and are pretty sure youll be keeping it, whatever is at 9 needs to go immediately. Thats super high for a student loan. Id make minimum payments on everything else until the super high amounts are paid off.If you think you might get into trouble not being able to pay at some point in the future. It wouldnt hurt to knock out any tiny loan amounts after a few months, that way if you really do get into financial straits, you have far fewer missed payments on your credit report. 