Tips to pass University Classes with A+

@Sid1701d9 These are all great tips! Thanks! I own the DU pack but I've been hesitant to enroll in University due to all the comments I read about players receiving failing grades despite putting in a lot of effort. I keep hoping there will be some tweaks to the system in a future game patch.

So how does this work? Do you have to do all 8 of these tips to get an A+ grade or just a combination of a few of them?

Thanks again!

@RandomBuzziness, I don't' think you have to get all of them done each time, but getting as many as you can should be your goal.  Every little bit helps!  So, if, for example you are late one time to class, you can always do a little extra studying on your exam to make up for it. 😉 

The Research and Debate skill is a skill that will help your study in all classes.  Some classes have that skill as the skill you learn by doing homework for that class, but even in classes that don't highlight that skill, knowing that skill will help you study overall.  😉

Also, if you go to the Library that is located between the 2 universities, and study there, you will get your homework, projects, papers, and studying for exams done at a faster rate! 🙌  This is because that library has the Study Spot lot trait! 🤓 You can also add this trait to the Student Commons if you want, or with the free build cheat you can add it to your dorm (If I'm not mistaken.... I have yet to change the dorms in this way, but it should be available in Build/Buy Mode). 

You can also make an offereing at the statue in the quad (the one that gets defaced often) for a boost with grades.  Crystals and excellent quality baked goods are preferred!  But 

@Sid1701d9  Tip 3.  I routinely get my term papers done,edited and submitted and the presentations done and presented before I ever get the start of term notices.  I have not seen any negative effects from doing it that way.  

@RandomBuzziness  Study as much as you can as well as get the term papers and presentations done!  That seems to be a key factor in your grade.  Also use the option to call your professors for a status report as often as you can.  That will give you a clue to which classes you need to work on.

@PugLove888  I missed that on the library.  Thanks.  I have put that trait on the residential lots in Brichester that I use though as well as the two on campus houses (which I converted to residential so I could have a cauldron).  Love those spellcasters and the Plentiful Needs potions!  😃

I'm completely confused how the grading system works. Or, maybe there is a bug in the game that causes failing grades?

I have a Sim who completes about 75% of his homework, goes to every class, submits excellent quality term paper, good quality presentations, attends class every time on normal setting, gets the pop-up that he squeezed out every bit of learning from the class, takes the final exam, and he FAILS the classes with an F!?!? Ok now I don't expect him to earn an A. But I also don't expect a failing grade, either. 

I've read all kinds of hypothesized reasons for failing grades on the forums. They don't make sense to me and I think there is another cause. Going to the library to study, or setting the attendance to active listening or take notes, shouldn't be the reason a Sim FAILS a class. Not being a level 10 in a related skill shouldn't be a reason to FAIL a class. If a term paper or presentation is submitted before the final day of term, that shouldn't be a reason to FAIL a class. For every post that claims these are reasons, there is another post who says they don't matter.

This is why I'm convinced there is a bug. If not a bug, I am thinking possibly that there might be a minimum skill level required for a class, and that minimum skill level rises for every subsequent class. That might explain why my Sim started with As, and then the last term of 4 classes he got C, D, F, and F. 

Or else, the SimGurus could explain how the grading system actually works, if there is some other unknown criteria for passing a class. I'm tired of reading posts where everyone is just guessing at all the reasons for Failing grades. 

Never go to class on "normal" !! Always take notes

Always complete 100% of homework after every class finishes immediately that day/night

Complete term papers or presentations the day/s before classes even start and then submit them asap when class does start

For reference, I've never had a sim achieve a grade below an A, I've never bought books to study, and I've never had to go anywhere to study (library)

Take only 2 classes at a time