"Simalleyaile;c-16803253" wrote:
@MadameLee - are we only supposed to give suggestions that Movoti approves of? Lovely life for him, plum for the rest of us. (It's not even Movotti's thread!)
Look at you! Sticking words in my mouth!
never heard of residential colleges?
Yeah, they're full of international students, plus a handful of rural students, almost all are first and second year students, cos they're bloody expensive, and no one wants to remain in them if they don't have to live in them.
They're all over the place, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns, Perth, even smaller country towns with Unis
I live in a small city that has one, for the rural students, and the international students, cos no one else wants to waste their money on paying for shoddy accommodation when they could go home to their own bedroom.
Most people I knew lived in residential colleges at least the first year, even ones that lived in the Uni town.
And that is the opposite to my experience.
I know of 5 people who lived in dorms. Three were from the country, and only lived in the college for as short a time as possible, and the other two were international students, one was on an exchange and so it was part of the exchange, the other moved out as soon as he found a friend to move in with, because sharehousing tends to be more cost effective.
It's pretty common for Aussies to leave their home town, even go interstate to get their tertiary education.
It's common for aussies to leave their home town for uni, if they live in a rural town, but if they live in a major city, most do not move interstate. A, its too expensive, and B, the majority of courses are already available in their home state. If they're moving out of state for uni, they're vastly more likely to be moving out of the country too.
I lived in QLD for high school, but went to NSW for Uni.
How lovely for you!
You must live in a town/city that has a Uni. Most Australians don't.
Wrong!
75% of Australians live in a city that has at least one university campus.
31% of Australians live in remote or rural areas, but of them 45% live in larger towns, regional centres, and smaller cities.
Sydney alone has 30+ campuses!
My point is, I'm not saying that residential colleges don't exist in Australia, just that it's not used by the majority of students. Living at home is far more common for at least the first year, and share housing is more common for the rest of their tertiary education.
Of course, everyones experience is different, which is why I don't want us to be
forced to have our sims live on campus, I never said I didn't want the
option of it. I'd really like the
option of having sims be able to raise a family, while attending uni. I'd like the
option of sims being able to attend uni, to up-skill, while still living at home, and working. I'd like the
option of a young adult to attend uni, while living at home, and raising a younger sibling. You can't do these things when you're forced to live on campus to attend uni.
Why are people getting so upset over someone asking for more
options? Do you really want the game to be so restrictive in what you can do in it?
