Unless you want the campus life of the groups, parties etc I’d advise living in a residential lot as some other posters have said it’s so much easier. I’ve actually turned some of the city living apartments into a “student dorm” it seems to work well the sims go to classes on time, there is noise from neighbours although it’s annoying it gives it that more realistic student dorms vibe and you can place a cooker in the apartment too. I added random townies and enrolled them in a uni course and then ignore them so my sim has student flatmates or there is the roommate function you can use.
