I received a 1099 misc for clinical time i was paid for while in school. Why is it telling me i am self employed?

It is telling you that you are self-employed due to the way you answered questions. It may well be that you were self-employed.

If you were paid for services you performed with a form other than a W-2, you are considered to be self-employed. Normally, this income should be issued on a 1099-NEC.

If you were truly not self-employed, follow the steps below. If you enter the 1099 in this manner and it turns out you should have filed a Schedule C, the IRS will contact you that you made an error and need to pay SE tax.

To enter a 1099-MISC for miscellaneous income in TurboTax:

1. Open or continue your return
2. Search for 1099-misc and select the Jump-to link
3. Answer Yes to Did you get a 1099-MISC?
   • If you already entered a 1099-MISC, you'll be on the 1099-MISC Summary screen, in which case you'll select Add Another 1099-MISC
   • If you need to edit or delete a previously entered 1099-MISC, select the appropriate button
4. Enter the info from your form into the corresponding boxes
   • If you need to enter boxes 4–6 or 8–17, check My form has other info in boxes 1–17 to expand the form.

Boxes 1 and 2 missing from your 1099-MISC screen? Go back to the main 1099-MISC screen using the steps above.