What, ultimately, college student gets up to (5)
I believe the answer is:
until
'up to' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for until that I've seen before include "Up to (a point in time)" , "Not beyond (hour)" , "Unlit (anag.)" , "As late as" , "Before a given time" .)