IsabellaG
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You must be considered to be a full time student in order to be claimed as a Qualifying Child by your parents if you are at least 19 years old and have income of more than $4050.

See this link for the IRS definition of full time student.  A full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses the school considers to be full-time attendance. So it's the school itself that decides who is full time.

I certainly would discuss this with your parents so that there is no confusion about this.

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