topic full time student status in Education

full time student status

dickenson8 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:35:36 GMT

what counts as full time

Re: full time student status

MinhT1 — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:56:33 GMT

A full time student is defined by the IRS as a student enrolled for the number of hours or courses that the school considers to be full-time attendance, for at least five months or part-months in the tax year.

Re: full time student status

dickenson8 — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:13:48 GMT

so if my daughter did 12 credit in spring and 12 credit in fall a total of more than 5 mos is she considered full time?

the school says at least 12 hours spring and fall and 9 summer. she did spring and fall not summer but the time is over 5months ? the example on turbo says yes but does the summer need hours too by school full time terms? or just full time for half a year which she is

Re: full time student status

Vanessa A — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:37:22 GMT

Yes, since the school considers full time 12 credit hours during the spring and fall, then even if she did not do the summer session, she would be considered a full time student. She only has to do the full time credit hours for 5 months.