@GalacticGal Yep, it does take a while, for sure. I really focused on getting my soon-to-be infamous Sims to just under level 2 in their childhoods. So now they're a little past level 2 in their teenage years with maxed out skills in violin to boot. They had to use all their vacation days and I even switched Love Day to be a day off just so they could work on building their fame up. (I do have a school building in my game, so usually on supposed days off, they went there to build their fame. Kind of a slapped-together active school career.)