How should University work world wise?

I feel like I don’t play Uni even though I love the concept, for the simple fact that I get bored of the world. It’s so same same.

Having the ability to switch it up and build different buildings in different worlds would just provide variety for me.

Plus I can still build Dorms in the new world :)

The off-lot/public space needs to reflect that it’s a college campus, so option #2 makes very little sense. In fact, if rabbit hole academic buildings make a return (since both TS2 and TS3 use rabbit holes for classes) I’d expect them to be part of the world instead of being on a lot.

Option #1 is also a terrible idea. Commuter schools make sense in real life as some people only go to college for degrees. For a game it’s all about the fun part of being in college. Living in dorms and fraternity/sorority houses is a huge part of the traditional college experience and they are absolutely a must have.

"@elelunicy;c-16580890" wrote:
The off-lot/public space needs to reflect that it’s a college campus, so option #2 makes very little sense. In fact, if rabbit hole academic buildings make a return (since both TS2 and TS3 use rabbit holes for classes) I’d expect them to be part of the world instead of being on a lot.

Option #1 is also a terrible idea. Commuter schools make sense in real life as some people only go to college for degrees. For a game it’s all about the fun part of being in college. Living in dorms and fraternity/sorority houses is a huge part of the traditional college experience and they are absolutely a must have.

I hear you, which is why I said they could still provide a hood or two for a new place to build Dorms, but they could also build Dorms in any world. So it would still work like Uni.

In the real world, most people live in housing accommodation providing by Universities outside of the actual University. I know of of several where I live and the Uni is on the other side of town.

The first one, I would imagine they would also have a world that was very Uni focused.
For example, I wish that the Get To Work lots were available to residential as well, even though they are obviously designed for public buildings. I would build a group of shops or even a corporate building turned residential house (there’s alot of them where I am).

"jackjack_k;c-16580909" wrote:
In the real world, most people live in housing accommodation providing by Universities outside of the actual University. I know of of several where I live and the Uni is on the other side of town.

Where I’m from it’s very common for schools to require all underclassmen, or at least freshmen to live on campus. Some small liberal arts colleges literally require everyone to live on campus (exceptions are only made for married students, non-traditional students, etc.). Schools with little to no on-campus housing are known as commuter schools and they’re typically far less prestigious.

I like the fact that in Sims 2 your sim is shipped away to uni, moving out in the process and they're stuck there till they finish. Made me really explore what the campus had to offer, dorm-life, fraternities and sororities, secret societies, the school cheer, pranks. I think it should be in a separate world.

One of the major flaws with Sims 3’s university EP was the singular campus world. I did not like that no matter what there was only one campus to choose from. Sims 2, while retaining the same core gameplay, offered 3 different campus options (or the option to create your own). I think that in Sims 4 they should offer multiple campus locations, all being their own world. Each world could have a minimum of 3 districts (active class/dorms, off-campus housing, and entertainment). While offering a commuter type of college (where a sim remains living in their home world) would be interesting, I don’t feel a university EP would benefit from doing that unless it was included as an additional option to the traditional setup.

I reaaaaaallly want Sims not to have to move to go to university, and I feel like Sims 4 is set up to make that possible. In real life, people may go to university and live and live at home to save money. They may go to university later in life when they have their own family (<-- it me, next winter, if all goes well!). I've always been annoyed in previous university packs that the university experience was limited to living in a dorm or frat/sorority house. The option I picked felt the closest to what I want: A "university" town that my Sims might live in but could attend university while living in a different world too.

A separate world where they stay their entire run at Uni would be my preference - just gives it more of a feel of being away at Uni. Most people (unless they already live in town and/or are going to a tech school/community college) don't continue to live at home, they live in the dorms at the school, often not even in the same city/town they grew up in. Of course that's not necessarily the norm everywhere so really I'd be open to whatever they decide. I could work with anything. What I actually care about more than where they live is what the university itself would be like. I LOVED in TS2 how there were the 3 different types of schools. You had your more prestigious high end university, your basic state university and your community college/tech school. I want the various types of schools back so much. If they had those and treated them like GTW lots where you just go for class day and then come back, I'd be totally cool with that too.

I feel like Uni could probably work by using an edited system of the vacation worlds, where you essentially live there for the rest of your term and can still edit the world with whatever you like as you want. Though I'm not sure what might happen should you cancel your education there early; I presume you'd still be charged for the whole term.

The concept of having to live on campus is very strange and unrealistic to me.

I'd like to see an education pack that operates in a similar manner to Get to Work. Your sims attend their classes, and then they go home. It could operate slightly differently to GTW, in that it could include an education world, a town or suburb that has a primary school, a secondary school, a hands-on tertiary education facility, and a university. Perhaps it could have a lot containing a dorm, operating similar to CL apartments, but your sims shouldn't be required to live in the education world.

"elelunicy;c-16580993" wrote:
Where I’m from it’s very common for schools to require all underclassmen, or at least freshmen to live on campus.

It's very unusual to live in a dorm in Australia, unless you're an international or first year rural student.
Almost all students live at home, or in share houses, off campus.

Some small liberal arts colleges literally require everyone to live on campus

That is such a strange concept. Whats wrong with living at home, sleeping in your own bed, and not having to pay for an uncomfortable bed, in a strange place?

Schools with little to no on-campus housing are known as commuter schools and they’re typically far less prestigious.

They're standard for Australia. No lack of prestige here.

"jackjack_k;c-16580909" wrote:
In the real world, most people live in housing accommodation providing by Universities outside of the actual University. I know of of several where I live and the Uni is on the other side of town.

Some unis here own houses that they lease to students as student housing. Share housing is a better way for students to learn to live in the real world, dorms are terrible for it.