University too hard/no fun ?

I found this pack pretty boring too when I finished uninstall in The Sims 3 I got the same feeling I like I had when I finished uni IRL a kind of elation but also a since of loss. In The Sims4 it’s like ok I am done next.

Having said that I do not regret getting this pack. The CAS items are great. Also 3 new careers and robots skills are fun. The actual uni gameplay itself is meh.

"jimbbq;c-17527588" wrote:
Having said that I do not regret getting this pack. The CAS items are great. Also 3 new careers and robots skills are fun. The actual uni gameplay itself is meh.

Same. I love the robotics skill and the careers. Britechester world is very pretty too (Britechester Uni gives me St Andrews vibes) The actual study/uni living side is kinda boring. I feel its very repetitive.

This is how much I dislike it - last night for two hours before EL launch I pushed my sim to get through uni. It was a slog. Then my game crashed when he graduated. It took me ages to figure out how to play with him so I ended up starting a new save. He is now stuck with the 'microwave food' (or whatever it is called) moodlet and I cannot get rid of it. I have tried cheats, resets, moving him around....he is stuck like that. I was so angry :lol:

I feel like I did two hours of boring gameplay for nothing :lol: I'll try again later to see if I can get rid of it. He is so smart and talented and I'd hate for it all to go to waste. :neutral:

I can just about cope with my sim going to uni from home. But on campus especially Foxbury is a nightmare. Bicycle routing is a giant mess with all the stairs. When it rains it gets worse with sim opening and closing umbrella repeatedly while trying to ride the bike.

And the thing is, I have to make my sims take 4 courses each semester because otherwise, they'll never graduate on normal lifespan. They'll be elders by the time they graduate if they take 2 courses.

I find the system works weirdly depending on the day you start the semester, first semester my sim had 4 classes and she was permanently at classes, like 3 different classes every single day and she ended up failing them all and getting suspended and having no time for anything else.
Then for the second semester she started on a different day of the week doing 3 classes and for some reason 2/3 of the classes weren't happening until 5 days into the semester so it was a breeze to complete all the homework and projects in time

I had a sim complete every university course when it first came out and got honours right the way through (3 classes each time).
My sim was "from birth", full skills right the way through, top in school, etc.

About a month ago, I put another sim to university. This one was even better suited as she had been in scouts and was top there as well.
I have done everything the same, homework done, final done, attending classes, taking notes or actively listening. Literally, everything the same.
At the end of the first semester, I was on probation. After the second, I was kicked out.

Has there been an upgrade to make it more difficult?? Not complaining. Just curious
if something has changed.
:/

I don’t find the game too hard to play, although, the Sims have almost no social life if you want them to get good grades. I think it takes too long to graduate. The sims are almost adults when they leave. Maybe I should turn the aging off while they are in college to prevent this from happening? Nonetheless, it still takes too long for graduation to happen.

I have sent 1 sim to college so far, and it was a slog.

I liked living in the dorm but my sim was always late to class, so I moved him to a house off the side. After that he made it to class finally but then his social life was going down the drain because he ended up on probation after his first semester and I wanted to make sure he was OK. Luckily I had aging off because he would have been about to hit adult years by the time he graduated, which was ridiculous to me.

Worst part was his "student loans" were an absolute joke. He went to school for engineering and he paid off his loans with the extra money he made from having a roommate and writing 1 book during his time at college.

Mine took long too! But it's fun in my opinion!