University Still Worth It?

I play legacies so University is always worth it to me. If my next heir is going into a career that would traditionally require a degree, then I send them to Uni in my game. Also, if I'm playing around in a side save file, I usually start out as a college student before they find love and start a life. It's also one of the few packs that adds a new occult to the game (robots). So for me this isn't a "just play it once" type of pack, but other people with different play styles might not care for it.

I really love the University pack. You can either choose to live at home or on campus, I believe, and you would definitely be able to have multiple Sims at once. Especially if you don't mind it taking longer to get a degree, because you can choose between 1 and 4 classes at a time for each separately! It's quite different from the other university packs in the way it plays with the whole education system, I love it

There are issues to putting two sims at uni at the same time, as you can only play one if they live in a dorm. As you say, playing from home is a lot like sending your kids to school, although not all day, you send them to classes then you study at home, in a library or in the university commons. The same applies when you live in a dorm, but then you have to "run to class" and wait outside the right building before lesson to get on time.

The things I like with university is the dorm living, studying at the commons, throwing keg-parties (though I have a mod making sims less likely to ignore the keg), and going to university activities and spending time getting to know my dorm mates. I rarely take more than three classes at once, as I like my sim to have a life as well as studying. I also like to have adults who want to progress in their careers study on the side of their job from home - it's quite a challenge.

The things I wish were different are the studies themselves. You have three ways to finish a course (a final exam, a term paper or a presentation) and animations and actions looks the same regardless of your education. You can buy expensive books to study, but there is absolutely no need to do so as homework is enough to always get an A if you do the final project to an outstanding degree. If you go to uni a lot it gets repetitive after a while (all studies are the same). I wish there were more different task - like build a robot if your studying robotics, or paint a picture if you study art. Something to make each education feel unique and different from the others. I also wish it were possible to send several sims and still have them live on campus. I would also love for more university themed aspirations and skills, as well as skills to matter more in grades.

All in all, I am glad I have the pack, but there are definite improvements that could be made to it.

Oh and finally a tip, BEFORE your sim enroll, make sure you edit the dorms with the things you want there to be as you can't do that later. A thermostat is necessary if you have seasons, and I also like to put a dining table there so you can "call to meal" with all the food that your roomies bring in. That will greatly help with the socialisation of your sim.

"Dayvon64;c-18028733" wrote:

"JAL;c-18028703" wrote:
There are issues to putting two sims at uni at the same time, as you can only play one if they live in a dorm. As you say, playing from home is a lot like sending your kids to school, although not all day, you send them to classes then you study at home, in a library or in the university commons. The same applies when you live in a dorm, but then you have to "run to class" and wait outside the right building before lesson to get on time.

The things I like with university is the dorm living, studying at the commons, throwing keg-parties (though I have a mod making sims less likely to ignore the keg), and going to university activities and spending time getting to know my dorm mates. I rarely take more than three classes at once, as I like my sim to have a life as well as studying. I also like to have adults who want to progress in their careers study on the side of their job from home - it's quite a challenge.

The things I wish were different are the studies themselves. You have three ways to finish a course (a final exam, a term paper or a presentation) and animations and actions looks the same regardless of your education. You can buy expensive books to study, but there is absolutely no need to do so as homework is enough to always get an A if you do the final project to an outstanding degree. If you go to uni a lot it gets repetitive after a while (all studies are the same). I wish there were more different task - like build a robot if your studying robotics, or paint a picture if you study art. Something to make each education feel unique and different from the others. I also wish it were possible to send several sims and still have them live on campus. I would also love for more university themed aspirations and skills, as well as skills to matter more in grades.

All in all, I am glad I have the pack, but there are definite improvements that could be made to it.

Oh and finally a tip, BEFORE your sim enroll, make sure you edit the dorms with the things you want there to be as you can't do that later. A thermostat is necessary if you have seasons, and I also like to put a dining table there so you can "call to meal" with all the food that your roomies bring in. That will greatly help with the socialisation of your sim.

This answers a lot of my questions with a lot of great detail thank you! How is University outside of well, University? I don't expect much from the roommates feature, but is it nice? Also, is there much difference between the different schools? I'd imagine they are essentially the same thing but with a different coat of paint, but does it at least feel different?

How is University outside of well, University? I haven't played much with the roommate feature but have found other things in the EP that I like. Such as the 3 careers with work from home options, especially the fact that we finally got an education career. The robotics station allows you to build servos if you want to. I also enjoy the world that comes with the pack, including ponds your sims can swim. You can also live in the britechester world on a residential lot if you don't play a student. I find bikes useful as well.

As for the two universities : they basically function the same way but have different looks. The only differences are the versions of the degrees and the student organisations. Every degree has one normal version and a distinguished version that allows you to start even a little higher in the associated careers. Half of the distinguished careers are at britechester University, the other half at foxbury. So every degree has one normal version in one university and the distinguished one in the other. You need to apply and get accepted before you can take the distinguished degrees. The other difference between the two of them is the student organisations you can join. Each uni has their own three organisations. The secret organisation is the only one that can be joined from both universities.

I frequently play multiple sims at university in the same household and it's never a problem.

It's my favorite Sims University pack for the range of gameplay in it and not having to live at University but... it doesn't play nice with rotational play and NPC Sims who don't graduate with your own Sim seem to end up not graduating ever, just languishing as unenrolled and doing badly, not graduating and ending up in the Good Jobs. It really needs some fixes for rotational play and for NPCs to at least be average students and end up graduating someday. Oh. And to not enrol played Sims :(

I think I have taken a group of YAs through Uni at least three, or maybe it's four times now. I am up to taking seven Sims at a time. I have them live in the same dorm. They are two separate families, but this time one of the brothers is already married to one of the identical triplet girls. Although his older and younger brother are quickly falling for the other two trips. I'm having a blast. All of them have a GPA of A+, for the first two Terms. I load them down with four Core classes, each so they can be done with it and graduated in three Terms only. I like the challenge of Uni, still. Oh, did I mention the married Sim is also a Global Superstar, Rock Star? So, in between things he still holds (rabbit hole) concerts, photoshoots and acts in bit parts for a major movie. On Sundays, he heads off to the Starlight Accolades in the hopes of garnering yet another trophy for his shelf. He has six so far. Yay. At least it's now for his MUSIC. They just began their third term, too.

Yes, I would say it's still worth it.

@JAL I beg to differ with you. Play is basically the same as in town, inasmuch as you can only control one of your Sims in the household at a time. But I take SEVEN Sims to Uni to live in the same dorm. this allows me to control them. Now, I admit it can be tricky keeping up with the daily tasks but for me it's just a matter of getting my rhythm. In fact, I just learned a new trick I wasn't aware of in pervious go-arounds. I don't have to scroll down all four classes for each Sim to see what homework needs to be done. All I have to do is click on their homework notebook to see what they haven't finished. I like to get their presentation boards and those pesky Term Papers written, well-edited and submitted, too. For my young Rock Star, it's essential he gets ahead of the game, so to speak. In my mind taking two Sims through Uni would be a piece of cake.

My Sims use the research and debate skill, and frequent the Britechester library. But I don’t use the world as much because there isn’t much room for houses, and I rarely send my Sims to university because of the problems with rotational play. I’m glad I bought the pack, but it’s not what I was hoping for.

"Dayvon64;c-18028733" wrote:
This answers a lot of my questions with a lot of great detail thank you! How is University outside of well, University? I don't expect much from the roommates feature, but is it nice? Also, is there much difference between the different schools? I'd imagine they are essentially the same thing but with a different coat of paint, but does it at least feel different?

The roommate feature is fairly nice, and can add realism to things like semidetached houses or apartment buildings (without city living) as well as being used for uni. However, there are downsides. A roommate can never be married or in a family for one. But overall, they are fairly ok.

I do enjoy the careers a lot, especially the work from home feature which is added to some careers and which is great when you have toddlers in the household or when you're studying for an extra degree next to your average job.

"Stormkeep;c-18028799" wrote:
Can you not edit the dorms once occupied in build/buy even with the freebuild cheat? I'm asking so I know if I should head over and make some changes through manage worlds or if I'll be fine because the freebuild code still works.

I had actually never tried that before, so now I had to find out, and yes, with freebuild it works and you can edit your dorm.

"JAL;c-18029216" wrote:


I had actually never tried that before, so now I had to find out, and yes, with freebuild it works and you can edit your dorm.

Thank you for answering!
I'm glad to hear that, because no matter how well I plan ahead I always end up having something that needs "correcting" in build mode once I'm actually playing a Lot. I have MCCC set to always have free build on for that reason.... LOL