DU: How many classes is your sim taking?

First semester she took three classes and, while it was doable, I felt like there wasn't time to have any fun at all, so now she's taking two per term and it feels about right.

In an established household with a pet, a spouse, high quality furniture and decent skills 4 classes are perfectly doable. I wouldn't do that to beginner sims, least of all if they lived in the dorms.

"Cheekybits;c-17324052" wrote:
4 or it would take forever to graduate.

I just pause aging.

Three classes is what I can handle. Also, that is four "years", which at least over here is as long as it usually takes IRL.
My Sim changed major after the first year though, and lost two of three credits. So she's doing three classes a year and five years total.

I had a hard time deciding between 2 and 3 classes. I have tested having 2, 3 and 4 classes.

I hated 4 classes because my sims were too busy and really could not socialize. I guess if I wanted to rush a sim through University, I would choose 4.

Three classes felt like a good balance but I couldn't imagine adding anything else to the mix like an organization, secret society, soccer, etc. There would probably be no time to socialize.

I think I am going to stick with two classes. When I did it the first time, I almost felt like my sims had too much time. I have added an internet cafe\bowling alley\arcade to the town. Now they have more things to do and more places to hang out so I want them to enjoy Uni before they have to start working and be responsible...LOL

Edit: I also pause aging because I consider University like a different age stage.

"keekee53;c-17357184" wrote:
Three classes felt like a good balance but I couldn't imagine adding anything else to the mix like an organization, secret society, soccer, etc. There would probably be no time to socialize.
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Edit: I also pause aging because I consider University like a different age stage.

I find three classes + one (1) Society / Organization is very doable. My whole system would break down if I joined another one, tho. So I went for the Bot Savants and that's it.

And yeah... I can't imagine playing on Normal Lifespan without paused aging. That's like half of your YA period just... gone. On Long Lifespan, where you have 90+ days as YA, 28 of them is still a lot. So I pause it for just that reason; IRL four years in your 20's is hardly as impactful as four weeks in the Sims, even on Long Lifespan.

After playing DU for a month now, I realized that 3 classes per term is the ideal number for my style of gameplay. Usually 2 main ones and 1 elective, so they can work on some skills.

3 classes (either 2 core and 1 elective or 3 core) for most cases. This gives the proper pressure for my game style that's fun. Sometimes they fall behind and do badly but at 2 classes I'll have an A+ in every class with no real pressure.

Anything less would feel to easy

I do 4 Classes per Term for the first two Terms, then I do three per Term and then one or two and two or one Class per Term till it runs out; it depends on whether i'm ready to leave, what the GPA looks like and if I've finished everything I set out to do, lol.