How should University work world wise?
Just to add, the Get To Work approach could also still provide a seperate neighbourhood for Dorms, like Get To Work provided as well. But we could build our own Dorms anywhere.
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"drake_mccarty;c-16590190" wrote:"jackjack_k;c-16580909" wrote:"@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.
That isn’t true, at least with regard to US universities. The majority of enrolled students are residential, which means they live on campus in university owned structures (dorms, apartments, in some cases houses, but that’s only for chartered fraternities/sororities).
Focusing on the commuter college experience really doesn’t do the whole college experience any justice at all, and it doesn’t translate into a fun experience for the player. I’d rather they keep it like they’ve done it in the past and have a dedicated university world (preferably several) where college students move to attend college. A rabbit hole school for commuter students could still be added, but I think in general it wouldn’t be nearly as entertaining.
Well, in europe it usually is totally the other way round.
Commuter universities are the norm and not the exception.
While there are students living in dormitories near the university, the majority travels to the university from outside
(which is why in many german universities, for example, the semester fee also includes a public transport fee for the public transport region of the cities around the city that has the university).
Therefore IMHO it would be a nice idea if a Sims 4 university would allow for both, gameplay of a commuter student as well as gameplay of someone living at the campus
What I especially want to see, however, is careers that only are available to people with university degrees ... or where, at least, the upper levels are reserved for people with university degrees (if the university EP is present).
Example:
If the university EP is present, the medical career would only let you rise till the highest nurse/paramedic rank.
If you wanted to rise further, to the level of physician (where you do the diagnostics alone and also do surgeries), you would first have to visit a university and successfully earned a degree in medicine
