A question about Discover University

You will have to put in a little work to create your own university townies because they won't automatically be enrolled. But you can do something much simpler, when you send your sim into the University, you can then edit in CAS from Manage World those students that the game creates. The game will create quite a few. Some of the game created university students just need a little work, mainly their outfits, and hair.

You don't have to worry about the dorms being empty, because when you move your sim into a dorm, the game will automatically create all the others. If you create the other students and move them in, you will have to control them, but if you just allow the game to create them, then you will only have your sim(s) to deal with.

If you don't mind using mods, there is one to choose your roommates. You need to follow a few steps to prepare them and then add them with the mod.
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