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American Opportunity Credit requires you to be in (a) 4 years of post secondary education -- not grad school; (b) have a Tax id ; (c) no felony and a bunch of other requirements.
You came here on F-1 in 2012 and therefore started counting days present in 2017. Therefore I suspect that you are either in grad school in 2018 or post doc in 2018. Therefore you are not eligible for American Opportunity Credit --- your 1098-T should have the grand school box checked -- perhaps you did not enter that and TurboTax therefore assumed you are an under grad.
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@monsa , since for the years 2017 & 2018, you were a resident for tax purposes ( being taxed on your world income ), and had a TIN ( SSN or ITIN ), you should qualify for the American Opportunity Credit -- it is available for a max of four years
The " four years" is used in two different requirements ---(a) first four years of post secondary education - education year classification , not duration and (b) Not have claimed AOTC or Hope for more than 4 tax years. Below is quote from the IRS:
"To be eligible for AOTC, the student must:
Hope this closes your query / worry --- Good Luck
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