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Education
What are you trying to accomplish? I'll assume Claim a tuition credit.
Tuition $5282. Scholarship $2000.
That means you had $3282 net expenses for the American Opportunity credit (AOC) (assuming you were an undergrad) . That will get you $2320 of the maximum $2500 credit. Just enter $5282 in box 1 and $2000 in box 5 at the 1098-T screen and follow the interview to qualify you. You don't need to enter any other numbers. $928 of the AOC will be refundable. The rest can only be used to offset an actual tax liability.
To get the maximum $2500 AOC ($1000 refundable) you'll need to declare $718 of your scholarship as taxable (you reduce the tuition amount allocated to the scholarship to increase the tuition amount allocated to the AOC from $2320 to $4000). To do this, you tell TurboTax that $718 of the scholarship was used for room and board. Note the wording at that screen “or other expenses”. You didn’t have to literally use the scholarship for R&B. The scholarship income will go on line 8r of Schedule 1.
Graduating in May, usually means that 2023 was your 5th calendar year of college, There is a 4 time limit for claiming the AOC. Be sure your parents didn't already claim the AOC 4 times in the past on your education (you said "This is my first time filing independently").