What are you doing to prepare your game for High School Years?

I've been preparing for this pack since 2017. :p
Well, it's coincidental with my plans.

I have 24 sims that are going through university. 12 have graduated and have missed the high school pack. 12 are still teens and they will get to experience this pack. I am using a prep-school that serves as a bridge between high-school and University. However, the arrival of High School Years will turn my prep-school into more of a college prep program, seeing that the pack's school will now be my sims high school. I used to be able to pretend they were attending a private school, but now that high school is a location we can visit, that school is the school.

They live with their parents until they get an "A" average in high school.


They are then moved to my prep-school dorm. The school holds six students, one student counselor, and one school administrator.
They prepare for uni, learning degree related skills that will give them a boost in University, along with getting the research and debate skill to at least level 3. Once those goals are met, along with any scholarship goals, they graduate high school.




Students come to the school in groups of three, and they rotate to university and back in groups of three.
Once the university students graduate and leave, three new high school students take their place.

I have played 12 sims through this system and I have really enjoyed it.
It feels like the sims that go to high school and then Uni together feel like they have a bond.
High School Years should take this to another level.

Currently the dorm has three high school students and three Britechester students that are in their final term at my Britechester dorm.
I need to play the three shown here at the end of the table and graduate them out so I can have six high school students ready for the pack. Other than this, my sims are ready to go.


I will probably play the teens who are still with their parents first, just in case this establishes a presence in high school over any NPCs. Then I will switch to my college prep teens. I don't know how well the pack will mesh with my setup, but I can probably work around whatever we get.