Why is the University "year" so short?

"Beardedgeek;c-17424404" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-17424227" wrote:

"FlamingoKicker1;c-17424087" wrote:
well, my sim failed out again. She left campus one day to go visit a friend and when she returned it was the next day? And she missed her Final which just happened to be on the FIRST day of class? What?

Finals are normally on the last day of your term, the fifth weekday of the term. This depends on the day of the week you enrolled, for example my Sim started her term on Wednesday so her final is the next Tuesday. But a sim who starts on Friday will have exams on the following Thursday. In my experience if a class is scheduled on your last day of term, it will be a final. If the last class is scheduled for the second last day you get a presentation or paper to do.
Usually sims have the same class every other day, so you should have had one or two regular classes before the final on the last day.
That is how it works for me, unfortunately I have no idea why it seems to be going wrong in your game.

Btw, my sim also left campus to visit other lots but that did not affect her class schedule or exams.

This is not my experience at all. Terms always start on Monday, final day is always on Friday. Your final CLASS is whenever your final class is (Thursday or Friday) but the final score is not given to you until 6pm Friday that week.

However in the case of Atreya above, is it possible she only had ONE day of class? Then it is also the LAST day of class as well as the first.
Also, missing a full day is a very bad move in general, your grade is guaranteed to fall from an A to a B just by missing one class. If you leave campus you better keep track of your clock!

Term can start on monday but it doesn't have to. There is even a discussion on this forum about starting terms on different days. The day you enroll decides the day your term starts. If you immediately re-enroll for the next term after your current term ends, then you can easily have all your terms start the same day.

My theory of finals only happening if the class is schedules on the last day of you term, well that is just a theory. I have not yet had enough students to be absolutely sure.
edit : just realised this is not correct

But so far my students always had one or two regular classes before the final exam.