I have no problems with University stuff. I have 2 sims that have reached rank 3 in all 4 school 'clubs' and one of those topped out in the e-Sports thing. It is all time management.
Tips & tricks
- Don't move to student housing. Sims are too stupid to get to class on their own from there and always show up late, if at all. Attending from home, your sim is generally on time, but if they have to stop doing something else before they go, they will be a few minutes late.
- Don't take a full load. 3 classes per term will let you get 2 'clubs' to rank 3. 2 per term you can cap 3. 6 terms with 1 class each and 3 terms with 2 classes you can cap all 4 and pull off the sports team also.
- Don't do elective classes. If you want the extra skills they offer, sit in on classes at $250 each (if you have the funds).
- Try to start your term on a Wednesday or Thursday. That will get you time on the weekends to do presentations and term papers.
- Pick a club as soon as you are accepted and do the first round of tasks as quick as you can.
- First night at Uni, run over and spy on the folks for the secret society. This is the quickest way to get their attention. Leaving offerings at the statue is a crap shoot at best and needs rare crystals or excellent/impeccable sweets. Have food, harvestables, crystals and metals handy in your inventory for offerings. Common and normal quality items are fine for this. The 'to go' foods from the street vendor outside the Foxbury student union also work for food offerings.
- Robotics Club at Foxbury is the hardest club to progress since the stupid robotics bench tries it best to kill you leaving you Dazed and pretty much useless for a few hours. Getting Robotics to 7+ before attending Uni helps with this.
- Never Weary trait is a godsend for Uni and it is highly recommended you get that before attending.
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- Due to a few odd bugs surrounding graduation, only deal with 1 student at a time in Uni.
- STAY on campus after your graduation ceremony. Your Diploma will be inserted into your inventory at, or shortly after, 6PM.
- When selecting new Career, DO NOT pick the basic Career. Look thru the list for the Careers that have a Rank Name as the career choice. i.e. 'The Boss' (rank 8 Criminal). IIRC the icon is a little different also.
Hope this helps.
@DMCain, those are all great tips! 🙌 The only problem is that even if we start mid-week for the school term, depending on how many consecutive school terms your Sim takes, this might not be possible for all school terms, depending on the situation.
But if people are having a hard time getting the hang of how college works in the game, it would be best for them to only take one or 2 classes until they get the hang of it! 😉
Thanks for all the tips! 😇
@DMCain, while that is what I have experienced so far, I've heard some You Tubers who played DU at Sims Camp before it was released as well as the weekend after its release say that start of term will slowly change each time, starting on Wednesday, then Thursday, etc. until your Sim graduates... which would mean eventually they would have a term that starts on a Monday, and if they take 4 or more terms. 🤔 I just believed them since I figured they had played more than I had , and also had access to ask SimGurus questions. 😉🤭
So even though I hadn't played through to graduation yet (because I keep making new Save Games to experience different aspects of the University experience) I thought I would mention it in case players who have their Sims take fewer courses each term ran into this problem, assuming that the YouTubers had been right as well. 😇
@EsmeraldaLima, @burin077 , @Polyxeniae , & @bohne006 , apparently the new Study Spot lot trait is your friend! 🤓🙌 If you live in the dorm and don't want to use the cheat to alter the dorms, you can go to the Library between the 2 schools, or I think even to the Student Commons. There are other things you can do to boost your performance, as told about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cBK8iHdbDM&feature=youtu.be 🥳
Hopefully that will help a lot of you! 🤞
Update: I checked each university's Student Commons, and neither had the Study Spot lot trait, but the Library in-between the 2 university's did have this lot trait. Also, if you use the Freebuild cheat, you can give any location this trait! 😉
These are some great tips! 🙂
