Now I'm Angry!!!

Ok, I can’t find a proper save (maybe I just do not save it and leave without save) but I just wrote a term paper and turned it back in the first day of my course. And I have all oportunities on my computer now... so, maybe it is a bug.
Very sorry guys if my advice was useless. I just tried my best because since I started play this way (turn back my works just before end of the semester) my notes are excellent, so I realized, that this was a reason. :(

@Sunirose - I would definitely attribute the failure to the act of rotational play during the term. This is unfortunate because it sounds like they met all their obligations and the skill levels sound like they were more than high enough since they were maxed. Thank you for mentioning this because I did wonder what would happen during rotational play under the most perfect circumstances. I wish the developers would rethink this. It seems the only way around it, and still play rotationally, is to put sims through 1 term at a time and not enroll them immediately, then play a different household, then return and enroll the student again. That’s not very intuitive for the many players who love to play rotationally and a lot of time and effort will be wasted, with bitterness felt towards the heavy handedness of how this is dealt with. I don’t blame you for getting angry. Hopefully you can revert back to a previous version of your save and finish the term before you rotated away.

"babajayne;c-17327703" wrote:
@Sunirose - I would definitely attribute the failure to the act of rotational play during the term. This is unfortunate because it sounds like they met all their obligations and the skill levels sound like they were more than high enough since they were maxed. Thank you for mentioning this because I did wonder what would happen during rotational play under the most perfect circumstances. I wish the developers would rethink this. It seems the only way around it, and still play rotationally, is to put sims through 1 term at a time and not enroll them immediately, then play a different household, then return and enroll the student again. That’s not very intuitive for the many players who love to play rotationally and a lot of time and effort will be wasted, with bitterness felt towards the heavy handedness of how this is dealt with. I don’t blame you for getting angry. Hopefully you can revert back to a previous version of your save and finish the term before you rotated away.

I play rotationally and the only time my sim got bad grades was when I did not complete the homework and projects throughout the week. I've discovered that it's safe to switch to another family after all that is done and only the finals remain. I can also switch repeatedly between class time, coming back only to do the assignments.

I'm starting to wonder if some of those failing are only completing the homework once in each class? Homework resets and has to be completed again before each class session.

And everyone keeps mentioning skill levels, which may help performance, but your sim continuously learns these skills when going to class, studying and doing homework. So if you take a sim to Uni with zero skills, they will graduate with new skills.

My sims have only had problems with elective courses. They do all their homework and whatever associated stuff comes with it, upgrading their term papers and presentations until they are outstanding level and they only need to do this once. They hand the presentations in when ready and it usually involves a trip to campus. They press the submit button for the term paper and they don't rotate away during the term. They go to classes on time but they don't bother asking the profs or using the tool tips or doing extra studying. They get consistent A+ grades for all their courses except for the two sims that took elective classes they only got a C. I think the elective classes are bugged.

"rudolpha;c-17327761" wrote:
My sims have only had problems with elective courses. They do all their homework and whatever associated stuff comes with it, upgrading their term papers and presentations until they are outstanding level and they only need to do this once. They hand the presentations in when ready and it usually involves a trip to campus. They press the submit button for the term paper and they don't rotate away during the term. They go to classes on time but they don't bother asking the profs or using the tool tips or doing extra studying. They get consistent A+ grades for all their courses except for the two sims that took elective classes they only got a C. I think the elective classes are bugged.

I was referring specifically to the homework needing to be done more than once, not term papers or presentations. Do you also complete homework just once per class? It's probably still possible to pass even then.

I do feel like I've had more trouble with those electives classes. Though I still usually manage to get all As.

"IceyJ;c-17327767" wrote:

"rudolpha;c-17327761" wrote:
My sims have only had problems with elective courses. They do all their homework and whatever associated stuff comes with it, upgrading their term papers and presentations until they are outstanding level and they only need to do this once. They hand the presentations in when ready and it usually involves a trip to campus. They press the submit button for the term paper and they don't rotate away during the term. They go to classes on time but they don't bother asking the profs or using the tool tips or doing extra studying. They get consistent A+ grades for all their courses except for the two sims that took elective classes they only got a C. I think the elective classes are bugged.

I was referring specifically to the homework needing to be done more than once, not term papers or presentations. Do you also complete homework just once per class? It's probably still possible to pass even then.

I do feel like I've had more trouble with those electives classes. Though I still usually manage to get all As.

How tips because my sim failed baking she turned in everything. Then she had to take one more class to graduate because she failed baking. :joy:

"rudolpha;c-17327761" wrote:
My sims have only had problems with elective courses. They do all their homework and whatever associated stuff comes with it, upgrading their term papers and presentations until they are outstanding level and they only need to do this once. They hand the presentations in when ready and it usually involves a trip to campus. They press the submit button for the term paper and they don't rotate away during the term. They go to classes on time but they don't bother asking the profs or using the tool tips or doing extra studying. They get consistent A+ grades for all their courses except for the two sims that took elective classes they only got a C. I think the elective classes are bugged.

What are their skill levels with the electives? Similar or lower?

The skill levels are identical - it was the same two students who got the C's in the same term they got A+ for all the major classes. As far as homework goes since I play the full term, I always do homework more than once, because it seems you get homework to start off and after each class. Didn't count the times perhaps about 3?

@IceyJ - I’ve seen other simmers say they’ve done all the homework, classes, paper/presentation/final and still didn’t ace the class, and sometimes did poorly. It was found to be because the skills weren’t high enough. I’ve played through the same scenario and improving the skill related to that class gave me better results than relying on all the rest of the stuff (I had to quit without saving and redid the end part of the term to come to this conclusion). It’d be nice if the UI indicated what skill level they’re expecting for each course. It definitely matters less in the beginning classes, and the further they advance at uni, it’s a higher skill that will be required.
I also had similar (good) results that you describe when rotating sims at uni during their term, but after the first term I wasn’t so lucky. But I just feel better when I know I’m in control.

"babajayne;c-17327703" wrote:
@Sunirose - I would definitely attribute the failure to the act of rotational play during the term. This is unfortunate because it sounds like they met all their obligations and the skill levels sound like they were more than high enough since they were maxed. Thank you for mentioning this because I did wonder what would happen during rotational play under the most perfect circumstances. I wish the developers would rethink this. It seems the only way around it, and still play rotationally, is to put sims through 1 term at a time and not enroll them immediately, then play a different household, then return and enroll the student again. That’s not very intuitive for the many players who love to play rotationally and a lot of time and effort will be wasted, with bitterness felt towards the heavy handedness of how this is dealt with. I don’t blame you for getting angry. Hopefully you can revert back to a previous version of your save and finish the term before you rotated away.

It's interesting that you should mention putting sims through 1 term at a time. Because when I was playing one sim and enrolled him in one course at a time, and then rotated on weekends, I had no problems. It's when I had two sims and enrolled both of them in 4 courses in one week, then rotated to another household on the weekend, that this thing happened where they got F grades and put on probation.