You can file the First Year Choice only if you were not on an F-1 visa all year. You must be a part yer resident before you can use the First Year Choice. So if you are an international student, you would need to be in the US for more than 5 years or part years or your visa changed to H1(b) or another type of visa during 2019.
Please see pages 7- 8 of Publication 519.
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