2019 should be the year of University

"Cinebar;c-16103698" wrote:
What exactly is the point of TS4 Sims going to college? they do everything over the internet in this game and I can't really think of any careers that would require a degree they can't get on their handy dandy pc and so don't need an actual university building/world. If you think about it I don't know of many more careers since they are already doctors, (other than lawyer etc) police chief, astronauts, game designers, etc. Those careers seem like they might have needed a degree..but what do I know. Maybe game design doesn't these days, but it might help to get some sort of educaton about it before you start to design games, then again look at apps(and their creators),...maybe not.

I'd like something different than the traditional University "party hearty" scene. With the structure of the Sims 4 worlds, you could have Sims that "commute" to college rather than moving away. Or you could have a University world and entire families would be able to move there which would be good for Sims who are already married and want to go to University. I'd also like to see improvements in education for children and teens as well, such as adding homeschooling or other options. If some sort of semi-active education options were added, similar to the CL careers, that would give a lot of flexibility -- you could choose to send your Sim to the off-screen "school/univeristy" classes so you can focus on another Sim in the household for a few Sim hours, or you'd have the option of "study from home" where you'd have requirements to fulfill. Maybe your child would have to collect 3 frogs for Biology lab, or your teen could have to interview an Elder then write an essay about life in the old days. Then University students would have assignments related to their major -- if you're majoring in Culinary maybe you have to prepare a 3 course meal (appetizer, entree, dessert), or if you're majoring in Rocket Science you have to work on the campus rocket for a couple of hours, or if it's already completed go on a space adventure. If you get good enough grades in college, you'd be able to jump all the way to where you get to choose a career track.

If it was more of a general education-focused pack, I think it would have a lot more playability, and would provide more flexibility for players; keeping children/teens home a couple of days a week would give them more opportunity to work on skills/aspirations rather than having them stuck in school 7 Sim hours a day, then have to go home and get homework done.