u/Eastern_Relation133

I assumed that because I lived in a college dorm for 8 months and the student aid of approx. $10,000 (VERY rough estimate) that paid over half of my education expenses, contributed to the few thousand dollars I made which wasn't that much on its own, but again combined with the student aid I received, not realizing that me living with a relative outside of that still counts has having lived there for the entire year to the IRS.

I'm completely lost

I assumed that because I lived in a college dorm for 8 months and the student aid of approx. $10,000 (VERY rough estimate) that paid over half of my education expenses, contributed to the few thousand dollars I made which wasn't that much on its own, but again combined with the student aid I received, not realizing that me living with a relative outside of that still counts has having lived there for the entire year to the IRS.

I'm completely lost