I am filling out the 1st section. I'm not sure what to put for occupation because I was a student for the 1st half of 2018 but graduated in May and started working in Sep

[Ashby · Accepted solution]

I would put that you were a student for this year. For education credit purposes, the IRS considers you a student if you took a more than half-time course load for a portion of any 5 months of the year.