Getting Started Early

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I am 19 years old and a second year student at the University of Georgia. I understand the benefits of investing early in life and that doing so could pay off significantly in the long run. I have about $3000 sitting in my bank account that I would like to use to get started on investing. I am unsure on where I should invest the money: Stocks, Bonds, Money Market, Mutual Funds, IRA, Roth IRA. I am not afraid of a reasonable risk with the investment and will not be needing the money for anything other than investing.

If you have any advice or knowledge that you could send my way on where I might want to get started and the ups and down of that route it would help me out tremendously. Thanks in advance for you time.