Am I considered a full-time student if I took an hybrid class for my Paramedic school?

[marcos-vargas7254]

I was working and was doing an online/hybrid course that required me to attened sesssion that started at 0800 hrs and ended at 1700 hrs, 4 days a week, of in class time for roughly 4 weeks total. The class was from 11/04/24 - 09/15/2025. This is not including tutoring i attended that the school provided.

[Bsch4477]

A school that only offers classes online doesn’t qualify you as a  full  time student. 

[marcos-vargas7254]

Sorry i forgot to add that when clicking on the question mark of the 'I was a full time student.' It states 

"What counts as a school? 

A school can be an elementary school, junior or senior high school, college, university, or technical, trade, or mechanical school. 

This includes students who work on "co-op" jobs in private industry as a part of a school's regular course of classroom and practical training.

A school is not an on-the-job training course, correspondence school, or school offering courses only through the Internet."

I was wondering if that still applies. Also i had to complete clinical hours for my course sompletion, surely that could also be considered school learning/practicle training.

[Hal_Al · Accepted solution]

Full-Time Student

A full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses that the school considers to be full-time attendance.

To qualify as a student, the person must be, during some part of each of any five calendar months of the year:

1. A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or
2. A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The five calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

This information is found in the Personal Exemptions and Dependents chapter of Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax.

https://itap1.for.irs.gov/owda/0/resource/Commentary_Files_Redirect_ITA/en-US/help/ftstud.html

Further reference: 

 https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-20-years-old-and-in-school-gett...

It may depend on why you are asking the question; to see if you are considered a dependent or to claim a tuition credit.  For the credit, a more relevant question may be "is the school an 'eligible institution''.

 To be eligible for the tuition credits, the course must be taken at "an eligible institution". The school should be able to tell you if it is an eligible educational institution. In general, an eligible educational institution is an accredited college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution, including accredited, public, nonprofit, and proprietary (privately-owned, profit-making) postsecondary institutions. Additionally, in order to be an eligible educational institution, the school must be eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the Department of Education. If they issue a 1098-T they are probably an eligible institution.

Enter your school at the link below, to see if it's on the dept. of education list.

   https://www.savingforcollege.com/eligible-institutions    https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home(download)