If you got paid on your work study, your school are required to mail a copy of W2 by February 1, 2021. If not, you can still file an income tax return and receive a recovery rebate credit with no earned income by using your bank interest income. All you need is $1 to transmit the income tax return.
As a college student, if you are under the age of 24 then most likely you qualify to be claimed as a dependent on a parent's tax return. Weather they actually claim you or not doesn't matter. If you "qualify" as a dependent on someone else's tax return, then you do not qualify for a stimulus payment of any kind.
Did you receive a W-2 from the school or whoever was your employer?
Are you claimed as a dependent on someone else's 2020 Federal 1040 tax return?
A dependent may need to file taxes if your income meets the filing requirements. But even if your income falls below these filing requirements, you will want to file your own tax return to get a refund of any federal or state taxes withheld from your paychecks.
A dependent of another taxpayer is required to file his or her own tax return if:
The IRS defines earned income as:
The IRS defines unearned income as:
See also this TurboTax Help.
If you got paid on your work study, your school are required to mail a copy of W2 by February 1, 2021. If not, you can still file an income tax return and receive a recovery rebate credit with no earned income by using your bank interest income. All you need is $1 to transmit the income tax return.