How to phrase "first semester in college"


I would like to say that I just completed my very first semester in college,
but I'm not sure of the most natural way to phrase it. Here's my attempt:
最近、大学には最初の学期がもう終わりました。




I'd say

> 大学で最初の学期が終わった`ところ`です。

or

> 大学で最初の学期が終わった`ばかり`です。

If the listener knows anything about you, then you would probably not need to
clarify that the semester was a semester of college.

If you use `ところ` it feels like you are in the context of a timeline. Like past
events have already been discussed, `ところ` zooms into right now. I don't think
context is needed for `ばかり`.

I'm not a native speaker, but no one has offered an answer so far.

