21 yr old college student with $5K- I'm thinking about investing it! Any advice?

I'd like to invest $5000 but I don't know where to begin.

I'm considering speaking with my bank's Investment Advisor about it. Good idea?

I have about $40K in student loan debt. Should I put it towards that?

What would YOU do?



NOTE: I don't want to tie the money up for any longer than 5 years.



Thanks a lot!