Thanks very much for the reply.
Disappointed that TT doesn't differentiate between box 3 and box 7 on the 1099-MISC, and its heavy-handed push to Schedule C regardless of which box is filled. I didn't mention it before, but my fellowship was in box 3. My Mom has a sole proprietorship and some of her clients give her a 1099-misc but their payments to her are in box 7.
I'm also disappointed in my old college for ignoring IRS pubs and reporting this fellowship on a 1099-misc at all. From what I read on IRS docs, they didn't need to report this since it was non-compensatory money. I got a letter and a contract from my old college with very specific conditions for receiving the money... I didn't need this tax form to complicate things.
While my situation is not common, it's not unheard of either. TT has had decades to polish their software and I had assumed they had me covered.
I ended up reporting this as a separate fellowship further in the prep.
