I'm planning my routine, but not having the game yet. My understanding is that a sim needs to take 12 classes/subjects, and that it's very hard keeping up with 4 classes per term. So, perhaps 5 terms would work okay. But then I read that each term can last for 5 to 7 days, and that there might be some free time in between terms, too? Plus there might be a day or two before the first term(?) and for packing after the final term(?).Is there also a chance for needing to take one extra term? And does terms start on a given weekday, meaning I risk several days between terms?I'm playing rotationally on 14 days per season, making 1 calendar year 56 days. I think whenever I send a group of students to Uni, I'll just as well play them all the way to graduation. I just need to make sure that 56 simdays will be enough. I'd hate needing to start a full new year just because they need a couple more days to complete their study.

One semester is basically a week with weekends no classes. If you do 3 courses a semester that’s 4 weeks. Depends how many courses you decide to take a semester. I use short seasons so I experienced pretty much all the seasons during my sims time at Uni. Terms start on a Monday but you can apply during the middle of the week or end if you’d like. I started on Wednesday my sims semester ended next Wednesday. He immediately got an option to re enroll on the last day to avoid losing scholarships, so I re enrolled on Wednesday and again it ended Wednesday the next week and it repeated for two more semesters. I recommend Friday as well cause my sim had Saturday and Sunday to do their homework and research papers and prepare presentations if they had one. Each class if you pass gives you 1 credit. Each major needs 12 credits, so you can take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the major or a maximum of 12 weeks if you take 1 class each semester. It’s literally up to you how many weeks it’ll take your sim. 4 classes during a semester is very hard but I think 3 was much easier. Unless you have your sim take a sports or e sports scholarship cause they attend that every night except Sunday and it can cost sleep hours, to prepare for the next class(if class is in the early morning)

"SelinaKyles;c-17320715" wrote: Each class if you pass gives you 1 credit. Each major needs 12 credits, so you can take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the major or a maximum of 12 weeks if you take 1 class each semester. Do you also get a credit for an elective class? Sorry if this is a weird question but in my country there is no such thing as elective classes.

"Atreya33;c-17320728" wrote:"SelinaKyles;c-17320715" wrote: Each class if you pass gives you 1 credit. Each major needs 12 credits, so you can take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the major or a maximum of 12 weeks if you take 1 class each semester. Do you also get a credit for an elective class? Sorry if this is a weird question but in my country there is no such thing as elective classes. I haven’t taken one but I think so because when it told me I had 3 credits left to graduate, I chose 3 classes towards the major and I wasn’t allowed to choose a elective. Back when they began Uni and still needed 12 credits, I was allowed to choose 3 and an elective so I think it does count. I might be wrong though

Thanks all for valuable input! I think 56 days should be good then. It equals to 8 weeks.In real life, would 1 term be like 6 months? Would most students spend 2 or 3 years on getting their major?I plan to send a group of students when I do, and rather skip the routine some years. So, with 3-4 students in a residential household (I'll group them before they enroll) I might actually need 5 or 6 terms, but that should be fine, too, within 1 year.

I run two week seasons as well, and as I want to have all seasons/a full year for uni what I'm planning to do is take two classes a term (one sim week), then have two week breaks (one in summer, one in winter) to cover the full year. So start in the Autumn, do three terms, have a week off for WinterFest/Winter Break, go back for three more terms, graduate in summer and then a week off or go straight into a job.It's only two classes which may not be much, but I figure with organisations or with multiple sims that will be plenty. It was easy with my first sim as she was really high on skills, but others may not be, so I think it will be a good balance. Also this way if they fail a class they can do a busy term when they do an extra one, or are forced to do a make-up class over winter or summer break, which works well.

How many simdays from start to graduation?

11 Replies

CaptainMe120
6 years ago
One semester is basically a week with weekends no classes. If you do 3 courses a semester that’s 4 weeks. Depends how many courses you decide to take a semester. I use short seasons so I experienced pretty much all the seasons during my sims time at Uni. Terms start on a Monday but you can apply during the middle of the week or end if you’d like. I started on Wednesday my sims semester ended next Wednesday. He immediately got an option to re enroll on the last day to avoid losing scholarships, so I re enrolled on Wednesday and again it ended Wednesday the next week and it repeated for two more semesters. I recommend Friday as well cause my sim had Saturday and Sunday to do their homework and research papers and prepare presentations if they had one. Each class if you pass gives you 1 credit. Each major needs 12 credits, so you can take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the major or a maximum of 12 weeks if you take 1 class each semester. It’s literally up to you how many weeks it’ll take your sim. 4 classes during a semester is very hard but I think 3 was much easier. Unless you have your sim take a sports or e sports scholarship cause they attend that every night except Sunday and it can cost sleep hours, to prepare for the next class(if class is in the early morning)
atreya33
Legend
6 years ago
"SelinaKyles;c-17320715" wrote:
Each class if you pass gives you 1 credit. Each major needs 12 credits, so you can take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the major or a maximum of 12 weeks if you take 1 class each semester.

Do you also get a credit for an elective class? Sorry if this is a weird question but in my country there is no such thing as elective classes.
CaptainMe120
6 years ago
"Atreya33;c-17320728" wrote:
"SelinaKyles;c-17320715" wrote:
Each class if you pass gives you 1 credit. Each major needs 12 credits, so you can take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the major or a maximum of 12 weeks if you take 1 class each semester.

Do you also get a credit for an elective class? Sorry if this is a weird question but in my country there is no such thing as elective classes.

I haven’t taken one but I think so because when it told me I had 3 credits left to graduate, I chose 3 classes towards the major and I wasn’t allowed to choose a elective. Back when they began Uni and still needed 12 credits, I was allowed to choose 3 and an elective so I think it does count. I might be wrong though
Simmerville
Legend
6 years ago
Thanks all for valuable input! I think 56 days should be good then. It equals to 8 weeks.

In real life, would 1 term be like 6 months? Would most students spend 2 or 3 years on getting their major?

I plan to send a group of students when I do, and rather skip the routine some years. So, with 3-4 students in a residential household (I'll group them before they enroll) I might actually need 5 or 6 terms, but that should be fine, too, within 1 year.
JemmaTheSimmer
New Ace
6 years ago
I run two week seasons as well, and as I want to have all seasons/a full year for uni what I'm planning to do is take two classes a term (one sim week), then have two week breaks (one in summer, one in winter) to cover the full year. So start in the Autumn, do three terms, have a week off for WinterFest/Winter Break, go back for three more terms, graduate in summer and then a week off or go straight into a job.
It's only two classes which may not be much, but I figure with organisations or with multiple sims that will be plenty. It was easy with my first sim as she was really high on skills, but others may not be, so I think it will be a good balance. Also this way if they fail a class they can do a busy term when they do an extra one, or are forced to do a make-up class over winter or summer break, which works well.
Simmerville
Legend
6 years ago
If a sim fails a class, will they then take the same class over again, or must they find a different class?
Simmerville
Legend
6 years ago
Ah, one more question ... must all students of dorm be on the same term? Or can some be on their 1st term while others are on their 3rd? Perhaps I must move them into a residential lot in order to have different terms in same household?
atreya33
Legend
6 years ago
@SelinaKyles @kalaksed
thanks. I didn't expect electives to give credits but I like that they do. Now my physics student will definitely take the robotics class.
CaptainMe120
6 years ago
"Simmerville;c-17320912" wrote:
If a sim fails a class, will they then take the same class over again, or must they find a different class?

If they fail they take it again, and are on probation. My sim failed and he ended up getting one the classes he failed the next semester, but he got a notice saying if he doesn’t do well he’ll be kicked out of uni(don’t remember exactly what it said) but he failed and couldn’t enroll for 5 days.

As for the terms, you can live with roommates who are on different terms.
SennaWales
Rising Ace
6 years ago
"Atreya33;c-17320728" wrote:
"SelinaKyles;c-17320715" wrote:
Each class if you pass gives you 1 credit. Each major needs 12 credits, so you can take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the major or a maximum of 12 weeks if you take 1 class each semester.

Do you also get a credit for an elective class? Sorry if this is a weird question but in my country there is no such thing as elective classes.

Elective classes function the same as the core classes, with the only difference being that a different skill is used, so instead of logic or research or whatever, you are gaining and needing cooking or robotics or whatever skill you chose.