YOU SAID:
I started college in the summer of 18.
INTO JAPANESE
私は18歳の夏に大学に入学しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I entered college in the summer of 18.
INTO JAPANESE
私は18歳の夏に大学に入学しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I entered college in the summer of 18.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.