It depends.
- As a high school student, your parents should be claiming you and any education credits. As a dependent, you would not enter a 1098-T on your taxes and would not be working on any degree.
- If you are independent, you can say you are working on a degree but you don't want to claim the AOTC because it has a 4 year limit and you want to maximize it when used.
References:
Available Education Credits
IRS Q & A about education credits
Tax Benefits for Education: Information Center| IRS
Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education
Qualified Education Expenses - Internal Revenue Service
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