It depends on what you are trying to do on your own tax return or whether you are a dependent on your parent's tax return.
IRS definition for Student:
A full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses that the school considers to be full-time attendance.
To qualify as a student, the person must be, during some part of each of any five calendar months of the year, be :
- A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or
- A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.
The five calendar months don't have to be consecutive.
There's more information you can use based on your specific details at this link: Tax Benefits for Education Information Center
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