Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

It's not clear what you're doing wrong.  But yes, you're doing lot's of things wrong.  You can't possibly get $2000 LLC based on $7700 expenses.  I don't recall ever seeing "what portion of the $7,700 scholarship was employer tuition assistance?" and it wouldn't change things in your favor.   "Including any of scholarship as income" would indicate it's optional; it's not.