College is boring.. any ideas?

All I can say is that I feel your pain. The debate organization was more fun for me. Your Sim gets to do something and has goals to work on like convincing other Sims to do things. You can even get them to do your homework. (Maybe not the best way to do well on the final exam though.)

Be sure to spend some evenings at Pepper's Pub. I downloaded a better one from the gallery.

Maybe introduce some romance? Or make a homework club to make friends.

I haven't joined the secret society, but it might be especially fun to do with Cassandra. You can research it on those machines in the library.

If worse comes to worse install the shorter university mod and finish it early. (The one on patreon is the up to date one.)

My sim had a job in the trendsetter career while she attended college. She worked from home so she fit it in around classes. A lot of her job involved interviewing other students about fashion, and taking photos. I enjoyed that.

I used the calendar in Seasons to make custom holidays. She still had to go to class, but there were activities that she did to celebrate the holiday - like streaking. And some of the other students joined her.

She would go visit the other campus, or the bar, or library. I even took her snow skiing one weekend.

My sim went to art classes down by the river, attended the pep rallies, and watched the debates. I got her a bicycle and she would ride around pretending to go to class, but then would dart off somewhere else at the last minute. I had to get rid off the bicycle because she skipped too many classes.

I started using University in March, so I'm still learning how to handle it.

I sent my first few students to Uni and dealt with that grind on campus. The only way I could do it was to load up the dorm with all the skill building stuff, because they just waste so much time going from place to place. My dorms had 2 floors, one floor for the dorms and a lunchroom and a second floor that had every fun or skill building thing I could find, including yoga mats and treadmills. they only had to leave the dorm to go to class. Then the little idi-dots would wander off just before class started and be in trouble for being late all the time. Sometimes they missed class altogether - no surprise that this usually happened on exam day!

They also constantly lost their homework.

It's a lot easier dealing with Uni by living in a house and letting them go off to class on their own. But it's still a grind. I generally have them start class either Thursday or Friday night, that way I have the whole weekend to get their Presentations or Term papers written before they even have to start classes.

As for the social clubs, forget it. I found watching them dull and never bothered to sign them up.

OH I almost forgot - Super good beds are a must!

Uni in TS4 did not cut it for me. I think it's the worst version. I don't mind the classes too much, but the organizations are....okay at best (I'm sick and tired of the damn goals in this game), and they barely included the party aspects that Uni has. Uni parties were done much better in TS3 imo...there was so much to do there.

"imhappy;d-989293" wrote:
Cassandra Goth just started college. And it’s so boring. Tons of classes, homework, I’m having her stand in front of a mirror to practice debate. She went to a college organization, and it was 3 people jumping up and down in an empty field.

Any tips on how to make this expansion more fun?

Party like there is no tomorrow and drop out like my sim did????
Seriously though.. I couldn't tolerate it. My sim is degreeless and unemployed living her best life ?

Have your sim gain research and debate and the degree skills before going to college ( which also makes sense in real life) then you will have more free time to enjoy the different activities.

I tend to only take 2 classes these days, to give more time for my sims to have fun. And I also only play them for a few of their semesters, the rest of the time I leave them to it while I have rotated away to a different household. But they won't get an A or an A+ that way.

Uni is a great time to develop friendships and romance, and try out the keg parties :D

Yeah it tends to be the most social time any of my sims get, even with my usual 3-class workload. Mostly because it allows for at least activity within the local organizations and such. And you know, so many fellow Sims within close proxminty.

"elanorbreton;c-17869241" wrote:
I tend to only take 2 classes these days, to give more time for my sims to have fun. And I also only play them for a few of their semesters, the rest of the time I leave them to it while I have rotated away to a different household. But they won't get an A or an A+ that way.

Uni is a great time to develop friendships and romance, and try out the keg parties :D

Whenever I rotate away my sims will end up on probation. How do you have them finish without playing them?

College sucks, don't go. Education is very important and will broaden one's horizons.

My advice: don't try to make your sim perfect in all their classes. Stay out too late, do too much, miss assignments, get on probation, considering flunking out. If all you focus on is assignments, it WILL be a grind and may feel far too much like just...going to college and grinding away at coursework. Honestly, if your sim isn't staying up too late not doing homework, isn't exhausted all the time, and isn't late for/missing classes, I feel like you're doing it wrong. Or maybe I did it wrong.

I like to give my sims a massive workload max classes, and then flub it all by trying to do too much/getting distracted by fun things. Can attest, an upgraded Pepper's Pub and campus commons are GREAT for making the campus and city feel more alive. While DU has its societies, add in some clubs! Nerdy clubs or up-to-no-good clubs that meet on or near campus. Agree to what was said above also, add in some holidays with activities specific to a campus or college students. Polar bear club for the winter, streaking. All of the silly things that seem more absurd otherwise but would be good for students trying to experience life in potentially dangerous or ridiculous ways. Even if your sim doesn't join a club, having a club meet somewhere and get up to different activities while your sim is there can add a bit of life to the environment.

Honestly, DU is most fun for me when my sims are NOT doing well, or are having fun focusing on unrelated activities that make the actual schooling part more difficult. One of the biggest struggles of college can be trying to balance all of the coursework with just experiencing life and a new environment and new people, and having a sim struggle with that and possibly mess up a bunch seems great to me. But, I like imperfect playing.

Also...make them a vampire? Feeding on dorm mates at night??? Struggling with an umbrella so they don't die walking to class?