<prompt> Human: Hello rpersonalfinance,I am 17 years old and will soon be a high school senior. I have been working the past few years at a part-time job where I have managed to save up about 6,000. I keep my expenses very low, and so I have been able to consistently save at least 300month during the school year and 600month during the summer. I am very fortunate to be in a position where my parents will be funding my college education, and so Id like to entertain the possibility of investing this money that I dont need right now. Ive considered putting a lot of the money into a 5-year CD for right when I got out of college, but was wondering if there are any other options. I dont have huge risk tolerance, and obviously 6,000 still isnt a ton of money, so maybe a CD is the best route to go. I was just wondering if anyone had any other ideas. Thanks!  <response>: For young people in the US and other developed countries, this advice will apply pretty well most of the way through college, below the age of 20 or so. You may also be interested in the reading list which also includes some videos.I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subredditmessagecompose?torpersonalfinance if you have any questions or concerns. 