You're watching a documentary on TV about a war in ancient Rome. You remember studying this and writing about it when you were a student. You tell your girlfriend about it.
I actually wrote a paper on this in college.
actually, college, essay (topic), school, university 
You're a college student. Your grades haven't been very high, but now you want to get better grades so that you can graduate with honors. You're talking to your academic advisor. You say:
Hopefully I can bring my GPA up to at least a 3.0 this semester.
You're going to apply to a school in the U.S. You're reading the rules for applying on the school's website. There's a sentence on the page which says:
Please note that all applications must be accompanied by two letters of recommendation.
You're a college professor. You're talking to a new class during the first week of school. You want to make sure that the students understand how important it is to do the reading assignments you give them. You say:
It's imperative that you keep up with the reading.
You're hanging out with a friend who just graduated with a Ph.D. You're happy for her, and you want to hear how she feels about it. You say:
You must feel quite a sense of accomplishment.
adverb, college, emotions, graduation, school 
You're talking to someone at a party. You start to talk about what subjects you studied in college. You studied Political Science, but after you graduated you didn't find a job related to that field. Instead, you have a low-paying job as a waiter. You want to express a little regret that you studied Political Science, so you say:
I wish I'd studied something a little more practical.
You're at a friend's party. You're talking to someone who you just met for the first time. He tells you that he studied Political Science in college. You have some similarity with him. You say:
Oh really? I was an Architecture major, but I minored in Political Science.
You're a university student studying Business. You're taking one art class this semester just for fun. But you're only attending the class, not getting a grade for it. Another student in the class finds out that you're studying business, so she asks why you're taking this class. You respond:
I'm just auditing it, so it doesn't count toward my major.
You're a first-year college student and you haven't decided on your major (your area of study) yet. You are talking to a professor who asks what your major is. You want to tell her that you haven't decided yet, but you want it to sound like a positive thing. You say:
I'm keeping my options open.
You are talking with your brother about his son (your nephew), who's in high school but not getting very good grades. Your brother is worried about him not being able to get into college or get a good job later in life. Although most people think it's important to go to college, you don't agree. You say:
I don't buy into the idea that you have to go to college to get a good job.
advice, college, job, skepticism, you (general address) 