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January 24, 2022
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I was a full time college student Jan-May. Graduated in May. Would that be considered full time ?

  • January 24, 2022
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Best answer by AamilD

Yes, you will qualify as a student if you started the semester in January and graduated in May.

 

Per the IRS, "To qualify as a student, the person must be, during some part of each of any five calendar months of the year".

 

If you graduated on May 1st, then the entire month of May counts as one of your five months and since you started in January and graduated in May, this will count as 5 months.

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AamilDAnswer
January 24, 2022

Yes, you will qualify as a student if you started the semester in January and graduated in May.

 

Per the IRS, "To qualify as a student, the person must be, during some part of each of any five calendar months of the year".

 

If you graduated on May 1st, then the entire month of May counts as one of your five months and since you started in January and graduated in May, this will count as 5 months.

Carl11_2
Employee
January 25, 2022

A full time student is defined by the IRS as one who was enrolled as such for "any' "one' 'semester" that started in the tax year, for at least 5 months. If your graduation date was May 1, then you get to count the entire month of May.