Carl
Level 15

Education

Again, there is no requirement for your parents to provide any support. Not a penny. If you only made $5000 or $6000 in income, then there's no way on this green earth you provided more than 50% of your own support with that. But as I stated earlier, but didn't word it clearly, the student loans count for you providing your own support if *and only if* you are the PRIMARY borrower on the loan. Are you?
As for the AOC, you don't have the "earned" income to get any tax credits at all.