No. You need to attend some part of 5 months during the tax year. Per the IRS, a full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses that the school considers to be full-time attendance. To qualify as a student, the person must be, during some part of each of any five calendar months of the year: A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, orA student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.The five calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

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If I went to school full time for a semester during may through august do I qualify as a full time student

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DawnC

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No. You need to attend some part of 5 months during the tax year. Per the IRS, a full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses that the school considers to be full-time attendance. To qualify as a student, the person must be, during some part of each of any five calendar months of the year:

A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or
A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The five calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

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