IRS rules for "student" is different relating to education credits versus claiming as a dependent.
If the student was attending class for any part of any five months, they fulfill that requirement to be claimed as a dependent.
The student does not need to take a certain number of class credits.
Therefore, if the student attended class through April, and also took summer classes (after April in the same year), they would have been in school for at least part of at least five months.
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