Can I receive stimulus checks through tax return, if I didn't receive them because I was a college student (filled dependent)?

Q.  Can I receive stimulus checks through tax return?

A. Yes, but only if you cannot be claimed as a dependent on someone else's 2020 tax return.

Under the CARES Act, if you are claimed, or qualify to be claimed, as a dependent on someone else’s 2019 return you cannot receive a stimulus check, in 2020.   If you qualified as a dependent for 2019, but will not be for 2020, you will most likely get it in 2021, when you file a 2020 tax return.

Note that the requirement is not just whether you are actually claimed as a dependent, it's whether you qualify to be claimed as a dependent.