Grades in University

"Lquinn;c-17405412" wrote:
I found If you do your homework, and you're required studies then you will get A's. I also found that if you miss a class or are late your grades we'll drop quickly.

Exactly. I have never gotten worse than a B+ if I am never late to a class and always do all required work as good as possible (edit term papers, refine presentations).

Also, the grades go up over time. This is important to remember. You do NOT need to do anything more than to the above to get an A at the end of the last term, if it is your major subject. You do NOT need to worry if you end up with a B+ in your Major in the first term. It WILL be an A in the end without putting anything extra in. To ensure an A+ however join a society relevant to your study and work your way up so you get credit for just being present during society events.

The problem is the extra studies. IF you chose an extra class that has a field that you have low skills and only is for a semester, you will probably end up with a C+ or B- that will lower your average unless you actively raise your skill while taking the class. That is when that matters. Basically if you Major in computers, and take Fishing as an extra class one semester and not having skillpoints in fishing already? You will probably end up with a C+ in it unless you manage to get it up to say level 5.


EDIT:

I think I figured out the problem here. IF you apply to university without any relevant skills, you have a harder time. If you apply to the university and pick a Major which you clearly have talent for (aka one of those you get distinguished qualifications for) you have a much easier way, since you already have skill points and the Uni is actively want you there.

IF I remember correctly raising a relevant skill or skills usable for the field of study you want up to 4 or above before applying will virtually guarantee you an A at the end of your last term. Even if you pick a non distinguished Major.

I suspect the difference between those struggling and those always getting As for their Sims has mostly to do with how much they grind skills before applying.

Huh, I remember the question came up right after Uni was released and I thought the answer was to have "low" skill in what you want to learn because that's why the sims goes to Uni, to "learn." :D

So, I have a sim who had A+ first semester and dropped to B+ (A D D+) in the second semester, doing almost the exact same thing both semesters and totally different grades. I had never had a problem before this. :|

Oh thank you for this informative thread! My sims usually get A+ even when I try to make them do less such as skip homework, not do all the homework or something small because I don't want them to completely fail anyway :D Just a little bit worse grade would be fine. Now I think they do so well because they probably have very high skill levels (born-in-game sims who usually go to study something they are already interested in). I could try skipping all the homework and see how that affects, or perhaps someone could skip a whole class next time >:)

One more thing: Workload matters * . If you have more than three classes and one Organisation membership you will struggle enormously to keep your Sim even remotely awake enough to have time to do everything.

Basically if you plan to join an Organisation:
Never take more than three classes total per semester.

If you plan to joint two:
you MIGHT be able to handle three classes.

If you plan to join a sports team?
You really should not take more than two classes per term. Sports Team counts as a part time job and demands as much work as a class per day to handle.

* Edit: What I mean is specifically targeted to those that have a related problem; they can't get good grades because they constantly run out of time to study. If your Sim is constantly smelly, exhausted and only have time to do 75% of their homework you have taken on too much work per semester.