Never qualify for the AOTC credit

I’ve been in college since 2012 and I just found out about the AOTC form this year .when I filed my taxes last year and added my school 1098t turbo tax told me I didn’t qualify because 

1. No taxable income 

2. Scholarship and grants and other tax free exceeds educational expense 

3.there were no net qualified education expense

can someone help me understand please