Instead of just university, what if we got a generic School Pack? There would be a bit less focus on university and in return we would have High School and Elementary School improved on. Some things the pack could contain besides University related content:HomeschoolingPrivate SchoolBoarding SchoolAfter School ActivitiesMore Playground Equipment such as swings and slidesDoing homework on the computerTaking College Courses and tests in High SchoolGrades in Elementary and High School affecting your College Success Tutor NPC for kids doing bad in school or kids who want to get even better gradesLaptopsEducation CareerAs for the College Side of things the usual would apply, just not as in depth as sims 3 or 2 university.For example, in my opinion we really don't need a giant world for university. Maybe 7 or so lots like a gamepack world, a bigger world would be nice if possible.For the first time though, your College sims can choose to live on or off Campus. In sims 2 and sims 3 you really couldn't travel off campus that much. Sims 2 you kind of could, but you couldn't live at home if memory serves correct. With sims 3 you were stuck in that university world, but on the plus side you could take shorter terms to get breaks to go back home. In the sims 4 university, you can choose to stay at home or live in a dorm or soriety house. You can freely travel between the worlds as you see fit. This is very similar to real life with a lot of people choosing to either live on campus or away. What are your thoughts? Would you rather see a University Expansion and a School gamepack? what would you like to see in these packs?

Yes yes & yes. University honestly should have been the first EP I mean it only makes sense.Love your ideas especially the option to commute to school

I would especially love home or online schooling. Those are all great ideas though. Hit post too early... I'm thinking about seeing if I can keep my kids from school and just cheat their grades to pretend they are homeschooled. They can read or work on skills and I'll give them the grade they deserve.

I'd rather just have university. I'd like private schools back and for grades to count toward something, but that's about it. I don't care that much about the child age, it seems like the least fun time to explore school life- short lifespans, and they can't do much anyway, like have parties, get girlfriends/boyfriends, and school grades don't matter much anyway. Usually, I just let them skip school and explore. Teens/YA this time around need more to separate them from adults than past iterations anyway, limiting the University EP would be the opposite of what I'd want. Besides, unlike pets/seasons, I feel uni is one of the few packs that actually needs its own world. (I'd be fine with a Uni EP and a separate School GP, but not with School replacing features from University)

I'd definitely like a pack like this! Would love private/boarding school and afterschool clubs especially. Could bring some more depth to kids and teens.

How would you feel about a school pack?

AshleighLanghei
7 years ago
I would love to homeschool my Sims kids, either by a sim adult teaching the child or through computer courses (or hire a tutor?). It would also be great if a teen could do online courses that would jump a sim further up the career path. Oh, and an education career would be fun, with branches for elementary, high school, college. You could have a level 10 skilled sim be able to create online courses the same way they write books/make computer games. Maybe also say they need level 5 writing and level 5 charisma to make an online course in something they have level 10 for.
keekee53
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
I am up for university, but I am looking for more stuff to do with the YAs. They really need a dating pack.

Night clubs are bleh because there is no dancing face to face, no scope the room to find a mate, etc

Dine out is just a mess with the staring at artwork and conversations dropping all the time now. I can't even have my Sims go on a proper date anymore.

I have more fun with the kids more these days so I am not looking for more things to do. They have their own clubs and hit the park. They put on plays, play voidcritter, monkeybars, play on the ship, play with the science table, do homework, meet the other kids, etc
TakThomas
7 years ago
So this next suggestion may not go down well, but considering the effort an entire EP with all levels of education would take we would probably end up being sorely disappointed with the results as I don't think they would have the time to flesh out something that complex.

So split it up, Uni should be an EP as it's always been since it would have the most assets, before Uni they can patch in private schools (it could give your teen an advantage for a scholarship). The uni features should include:
-Frats and Sororities
-Scholarships
-University Activities (Sports, Cheerleading, Band, Parties, add your own ideas to the list, etc)
-Different types of classes which are active
-Different Qualifications
-Short courses available outside of the university to help with general skill building (same as we had in sims 3)

Then have a GP that does not require university to use, that'll be the back to school GP. (or even an EP if there's enough content) this one should include:

-Active education career where you can pick to teach kindergarten, pre primary, primary school or high school*
-Tweens
-School events like festivals, sports carnivals*, after school activities, field trips, class camps
-An extra slot for a school related trait for while the kids are at school, and affects the way they behave at school and might affect what they do well at in school: Teachers pet, class clown, bully, nerd, jock, mom friend, dad friend, Slacker, Drama kid, Popular kid, Fashionista (you get the idea)

And of course both packs would include a whole bunch of new items and clothing as well.

*explanations for some possibly Australian specific things in the spoilers
Spoiler

Sports Carnival: Unsure if they have this in america but in Australia our schools have factions usually denoted by colors (like red, yellow, green, and blue) and throughout the year you earn faction points for good behavior which you chuck into your factions box. I actually forget what we did with the faction points but I think the winning faction for the year gets written onto the school plaque. There probably was a reward involved too but I honestly do not recall that much. But anyway so the factions would compete against each other in the school sports carnival and the parents would all turn up to support their kids, and children from the same family would be put in the same faction.

The activities at the sports carnival were all sort of Olympic based, we had races, high jump, long jump, throwing... things, and team based ones which was things like flag relays and etc. And we also had a swimming carnival at a different time of year (unfortunately close to winter) where it was basically the same sort of thing except swimming.

How our education system works:
School year: Goes from February till around December unless you're in your last year of high school in which case classes go from February til October and then you have your final exams. Terms last roughly 10-11 weeks with 2 week breaks in between terms and the end of year break goes from when school ends to December til when it starts in February again.

Kindergarten: If you're turning 4 that year you're in Kindy
Pre Primary: If you're turning 5 that year you're in Pre Primary.
Primary School: ages 6-11(which is year 1 through to 6)
High School: Ages 12-17 (which is year 7 through to 12)

*If you're born late in the year, like after July or august your parents can decide to hold you back a year if they want so occasionally if there's a class where everyone was born in say, 2012, one student might have been born late in 2011

I'm not insisting that Sims be like this, it runs on the american system and I actually enjoy it but I just don't know what the american's call these things so I thought I'd explain.
SarahEOlivier
7 years ago
you could also make your own school as well
karon_shiruba
7 years ago
Most people want the university EP to be about more than just UNIs, but i want the University EP to be its own thing, this way we can have more careers, and maybe more active careers.
I want the other school ideas for another pack, maybe a GP or a even a EP. This way we would have more ocntent for our Teens/Kids/Toddlers
karon_shiruba
7 years ago
"MasonGamer;c-16398266" wrote:
If it means I can customize the entire campus Including:
• School Name
• School Colors
• Mascot
• Praised Sport
• Principal/Headmaster/Staff/Coach

When i saw "Mascots" i totally agree with you. We have so many costumes in the game. We can make a Bear mascot, a Bunny mascot, a Scarecrow mascot... There is a bunch of options. I hope that they add the Cow and Chicken costumes in SIms 4.

http://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/1/4/4/9/1/MTS_callum91-365946-callum91ChickenDolls.jpg
http://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/2/0/4/5/8/MTS_windkeeper-296054-moomoofamily1.jpg
CursedDice
7 years ago
I'd take a home ed pack which includes unschooling. Prefer it as an update since I don't want to spend any more money on this game (that may change at some point) other than buying the actual game
justme22
7 years ago
This has been on my wish list for sometime. I'd like to see homeschooling or even something similar to the City Living careers, where you can choose to go to school or "study from home" where you get a few small assignments (like collect 3 frogs for Biology or interview an elder then write an essay about life in the old times). An education pack that focuses on non-college age could also have active day care/preschool for toddlers, for those interested.

I'd like to see a separate University pack, but with less emphasis on the stereotypical "party hearty" atmosphere and more on actual learning. Perhaps if you do well in university you start the associated career at the point where you get to choose the career branch. There could be rental houses in the university town -- since Sims can go to work/school from anywhere a married Sim could take his/her entire family, so you're not stuck with playing the same Sim endlessly while the family back home stagnates.

"HueyJefe;c-16390944" wrote:
The more I think about it, the more I don’t think we’ll be getting an education pack this go ‘round. There just doesn’t seem to be much respect for college education in the US like it used to be. People are getting degrees and are still without jobs. People are getting degrees and still don’t know anything.

I see the team focusing on something else personally.

College education is still a big thing, both in the US and worldwide. There are simply more options, especially for older students, the ones who might be going back to pick up new skills for a possible career change. You've got community colleges and online colleges, or if you go to a 4-year school you might commute instead of live on campus.
Autumn-Cat49
7 years ago
I feel like university should appear in some form... It would shake things up a bit to have Sims living on campus instead of at home. Lol. It's not necessarily the addition I'm anticipating the most, but it seems logical, and it was in previous games. And maybe players who go to college IRL would like to have a similar location in their game. I could go for other things before that, but yeah.
Christinajose
7 years ago
I would LOVE this!