Last year/time

[Xinfu]

1. At the end of term, a graduating student tells his roommate:

-In fact, this is the last/final year I have studied/have been studying/will be studying/would be studying here/am studying here.

Which tenses are correct?

2. I think 'a student about to graduate/in his graduation year' too verbose; is it correct to say 'a graduating student' (=a final year student)? Are there alternatives?

[poli]

1) This is my final year as a student.
2) a senior/a senior about to graduate/a second-semester senior
This term does not refer to masters' degrees or doctorates.

[Xinfu]

Thank you~

But for question 2, are there alternatives more succinct?

[Nomenclature]

Originally Posted by Xinfu

Thank you~

But for question 2, are there alternatives more succinct?

Like poli said, you can say "a senior tells his roommate"

"a senior" is a 4th year student in high school or college so it is understood in the United States as a student who is in his or her final year. I'm not sure if the term "senior" is as common in British English. As for your question about whether or not you can use the term "graduating student", I think people would definitely understand you, but I would definitely take Poli's advice and use "senior" instead.

[Xinfu]

Thank you~

[Xinfu]

At the beginning of a lecture, are all correct?:

-This is the last lecture we will have/will be having/we have/we are having.

At the end:

-This is/was the last lecture we would have/we have had.

[Rusty]

Starting comments:
This is the last lecture.
This is the last lecture we'll have.
This is the last lecture we'll be having.

Ending comment:
This was the last lecture.

[Xinfu]

Thank you~