A nonresident alien may qualify.
- Tuition is eligible for an education credit when paid with taxed U.S. dollars. If you can substantiate your claim, go for it.
- If your scholarship income is greater than tuition, you will have taxable scholarship income from a 1098-T.
- It may be worth claiming scholarship income to get the education credit, if you qualify.
- The 1098-T is an informational form so what you can access through the school portal is fine.
Complete information is in Pub 970. For variations and references, please look at another of my answers for help.
Tip: do control F in pub 970 and search alien
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