Why is University so wanted? Can someone tell me why? I've never played it myself so I'm interested.

I simply need drama in my game to spill more tea

It defines your whole life - one of lifes big turning points for most people I know. So to me it is very important of the transition between child and being your own adult person. Everyone in my family graduates high school and goes to college. It's just the way it is with most people I know.

When each of my babies were born the local banks send new parent a college account starter kit for your newborn - so parent plan their child future college - from day one. It is important to a lot of people. I cannot imagine never having gone to University - I even went back several times over the years to get more degrees and to update courses I had taken when I could.

"Irdiwen;c-17045322" wrote:
I’m a legacy player and I love having the option of giving my sims a higher education or have them carve out a different path. The option to choose is great, and Uni has always added a lot of fun extra options, a lot of new gameplay and cheaper, useful objects.
I went to Uni myself and loved that, so I love sharing that experience with my sims.

Same I remember the stress of exams pre gaming in the kitchen befor hitting the clubs and resins to party here were a few of my favourites.

1: It’s the weekend
2: it’s not the weekend
3:We won a game
4.we lost a game
5.I passed a test
6:I failed a test

Dam I loved uni and I want the same for my sims including finding out the lamb mince and teeca Masala sauce ( Do Not Mix)

I loved how it really separated my sims from the household to establish themselves as individuals. I always tried to adhere to longterm goals of my sims in S2, which meant adhering to their desired majors, greek life, etc. It always gave me a great structure to build their skills in line with their personality and wants, and when sending them back to the "real world" after graduating, generally gave me a great foundation for a generational subplot.

Honestly, after playing through generations of a specific family, I noticed my sims becoming smarter and more in tune with what was demanded of them coinciding with what they wanted. It made the game easier to play, but also more fun. It was hard to adjust to S4 without university, because it was such a rich character-building level of gameplay in S2 for me.

For many real world teens, uni is something they aspire to, for older people, it's something they reminisce about. It's a high point in the lives of many. It's an experience that defines the transition between being a dependant, and becoming independent. It's a far more fun transition than going from school straight into boring work.

Also, it gives a bit more logic to many of the careers. Who would trust a doctor who hadn't been to uni?

"Movotti;c-17087950" wrote:
For many real world teens, uni is something they aspire to, for older people, it's something they reminisce about. It's a high point in the lives of many. It's an experience that defines the transition between being a dependant, and becoming independent. It's a far more fun transition than going from school straight into boring work.

Also, it gives a bit more logic to many of the careers. Who would trust a doctor who hadn't been to uni?

This in a nutshell. I liked TS3 Uni for the new career, CAS/objects, traits, career boosts, the social groups, etc. So while Uni isn't at the top of my want list, I won't say no to it either.
I'd rather have a romance pack, fairies/witches, and a dedicated teen pack, in that order.

imo, TS2 university was just amazing... the first few times. it was a great way to get my sims to develop more skills before adulthood, which was way too short to begin with (29 days to reach the top of career, max skills AND build a family???) so the university path was rly just a way for me to "buy time" for my sims. then theres also the bonus careers and the career boosts. i didnt get to play with TS3 uni much, and for some reason TS2 had me burned out. but yeah, it does get old eventually. by the third generation, i just left my game on 3x speed til midterms and finals exams.

As someone who has not played university in other versions of Sims, I want it just for that experience. I'm also excited about expanding on my storytelling and having that milestone in my Sims' lives. I'd really love to see more of a fleshing out of the whole education system though... not just adding university.

"Dannydanbo;c-17045632" wrote:

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17045574" wrote:
I've played University in 2/3, but the thing about those iterations vs TS4 is that they made teens different, and had a lot of them to do without making them look like adults.

I know we aren't going to get shorter teens, but what I'd like is more stuff for teens to do besides part time jobs and two clubs. I'd love for a university pack to add just... more for teens as they prep for college.

I'd rather have a dedicated TEEN pack than it be shoe horned into a Uni pack. A uni pack should be about YA's since they are who college is meant for.

Now I'm wondering if they'll try to define expectations by coming out with an Elder stuff pack.

Knitting. "Shout at kids to get off lawn" social. Historical Knowledge skill. Prunes as a new harvestable. The possibilities are endless.

"suzyl3;d-958723" wrote:
Hi guys! I was just wondering, why does everyone seem to want a University Pack so much? I just wanna know about how great the previous university packs were since I didn't get to play them for myself and I wanna get hyped about it. Thanks!

For many people, going to University is a rite of passage -- it symbolizes a transition from teendom to the ranks of The Adult Conspiracy (to use a term from a favorite fantasy series). In Sims 2, the Young Adult life stage was only for University students; once you graduated or if you chose not to go to University you immediately became an adult. In Sims 3, anyone from YA+ could attend, and you could go back multiple times which enabled the potential of the "professional student" who never wants to fully leave the campus and just keeps studying year after year as long as s/he has the money.

Going to University can also offer some advantages, whether it's a higher rate of pay depending on your final GPA, or careers that are only available if you have a University degree. And for some it's a chance to party, or maybe meet Mr./Ms. Right (or at the very least Mr./Ms. Right Now).

For me, University gives more options to tell my stories. Maybe I want to do the "professional student" bit, or maybe I have an overachiever who wants to get top grades so they can start their career on a strong note, or maybe I'll have an older Sim go back to college for a new career after they get burned out with their old one. That's the value a University pack provides to me.