<prompt> Human: I have nine loans, with a 25K balance outstanding, with the highest rate at 6.8 3 loans.My question is, if I choose to pay only on the highest rate balance loans, do the other loans appear as no-payment and hurt my credit score? I handle all my loans through myfedloan.org and have the following loan types: Dl Special Consol StaffordDl Special Consol Unsub LoanDirect Sub Stafford LoanDirect Unsub Stafford LoanFederal Stafford LoanFederal Unsub Stafford Loan  <response>: My question is, if I choose to pay only on the highest rate balance loans, do the other loans appear as no-payment and hurt my credit score?Yes. You should be paying the minimum on all loans and putting the extra towards the highest interest rate loans. 