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Yuuko_Flowright
3 years ago
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Any Valedictorian Tips?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could maybe help me with how to get valedictorian I cant seem to figure it out. I have a straight A student but no matter what I try she always graduates with honours a...
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    EA_Solaire
    3 years ago

    Hey there @Yuuko_Flowright,

    Valedictorian can be a bit tricky to achieve and requires your Sim to do a lot of extra work. 

    You'll need to have your Sim do the following on a daily basis to get valedictorian:

    • Be a straight-A student
    • Study for exams
    • Complete all homework
    • Do homework for extra credit
    • Attend all classes

    Completing all of these activities each day should earn you that valedictorian spot! If you're having troubles getting those grades up, make sure your Sim goes to school with a focused moodlet every day. Make sure you also review your class schedule so you can check which skills your Sim needs to improve on.

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Yuuko_Flowright
8 months ago

So it's two years later: I still haven't gotten it. 

I am not sure it is possible to get this without using cheats. 

- I've done the obvious thing of having a straight A student, doing all homework, all extra credit and all school projects. Since you can buy school projects from BB I figured I'd buy one each day. 

- I became cheerleading captain

- I did the streamer career to max level 

- I studied for the exam each week

- I maxed all skills that get taught in classes to 10

- Not taken a day off high school ever 

And I still only graduate with honours.

Then I thought maybe it's my save, so I started a new one and went through the painstaking hassle of migrating all my buildings and redoing all my generations of sims. Ran into some game bugs where sims didn't graduate at all, so had to start a 3rd save. We can now graduate again - but still no valedictorian.

I've been keeping save files along this journey so I can go back each time the sim only graduates with honours. Maybe 20 odd attempts in... I keep getting that pop up saying student is well on their way to becoming valedictorian, but apparently that one is not indicative of getting it. 

Does anyone have any theory what actually drives this? I've experimented around with length of time student has been maintaining an A. But 1 or 10 ingame weeks don't make a difference. 

This has sorta become my white whale. I'd like to see it trigger just once without using cheats. 

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the_mikado
7 months ago

My experience closely matches this. I just posted the story of my teen on r/sims4.

Mercedes Faust completed all 8 child aspirations. She even maxed logic and piano and scouting as a child.

She was an a student at high school on day 1, and maxed the bar out the next day.

She did homework everyday, she did extra credit every day. She studied for exams, and aced them all.

She completed all 4 HSY teen aspirations. She completed two after school activities in three weeks (normal lifespan), chess and football. (She obviously reached the top of a side hustle for the Goal Oriented aspiration.)

She was prom royalty on week 1.

She maxed 18 10-level skills, and 7 5-level skills. She had 5 positive character traits. She was a global superstar. She earned so many satisfaction points she bought all the skill gain traits like Morning Sim, Night Owl (which she picked up as a child), and Savant. She even spent 8k on Brave. All on normal lifespan. Some of this is unrelated content from other packs that won't affect any Valedictorian tracker.

I almost never get Valedictorian. I did once, but with much less effort. Mercedes graduated with Honours.

Devs: is there an integer overflow? Is my sim over-qualifying?

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