<prompt> Human: This is the first year I am filing as my taxes as independent and I am so overwhelmed! All my money goes towards living costs while Im in school and Im trying to get as much money as possible back on my taxes. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time finding informationunderstanding what kind of deductions I can get for being a college student. Ive made about 18,000 this year and have had about 2,500 taken from my paycheck for taxes. What kind of things can I claim to get deductions?Edit: Thanks for the responses! Still feeling terrified to do my own taxes but all this information certainly will help!  <response>: Odds are youll be taking the standard deduction 6300 because you likely dont have more than 6300 in qualifying expenses on 18k in income. You can deduct certain things while still taking the standard deduction student loan interest comes to mind so be sure to look at what uthese-things-happen posted. 