<human>: So I am a Canadian student living in Ontario currently attending graduate school. As such I was eligible for about 15'000$ in osap loans which I will be receiving over the course of first year of graduate studies. (Sep. 2014-Sep 2015). 

On top of my student loans I receive a stipend of about 1550$ a month. This more then covers my living expenses (rent is 550, food is about 400, phone bill is about 75, alcohol/entertainment varies but is never more then 200) 

In addition to the stipend I also Dj regularly around my city and campus. This is all freelance however it is fairly steady and on a good month will earn me an extra 1500$ (however a month with no gigs would be nothing so this is not something I rely on by any means) 

Currently my finances are looking like this: checkings account is sitting at around ~7800$ (with another ~800$ in gigs coming my way by the end of the month). Credits cards are paid off. BUT- I have about 30k in student loans (OSAP) from my undergrad. [This debt does not accumulating interest until I am no longer a student for those unfamiliar with OSAP]

I KNOW my money shouldn't just be sitting in a checkings account. So I was hoping someone could guide in the direction on a good short term invest plan. (Maybe something a little better then a banks standard savings account). 

Keep in mind that when I graduate in April-May of 2016 I will have about 50k in student loans (OSAP) to pay off and thus will need access to whatever I put aside.

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<bot>: I have excess student loans to invest but will need to pay it back + a lot more in 1.5 years. Any short term investing advice?