About DU?
The Secret Society? Once you learn to use the sprites, they're cool for a focus boost. You can get a 4-hour focus boost at the statue by making a offering for academic success, and you can get a 12-hour boost (random: Energy, Flirty or Focus) at the Order of Enchantment alter by "Checking in with the sprites", And at Senior Level, you can summon sprites to give you a selected additional boost. They're all stackable. But if you push your luck, and ask for too much, the sprites turn and torment you for 4 hours.
Be sure to "Go to class early" with High needs and check in with the sprites while you wait for class to begin for that 4 hour focus boost. While in class, set your character to Take Notes.
Something that really "comes in handy" is a "Book of Life" bound to your Sim that he keeps in his inventory to boost his needs on a whim. Careful where you read it though 'cause sims can get careless and leave it unattended where it might get put away on a random book case.
I discovered that going to OOE meetings is a whole lot more fun when you drop all the "Society" talk and go straight to mischievous interactions. It's like a Three Stooges episode. Makes me chuckle every time. And the sprites love it.
If you read any the Sims 4 Guide books, they'll tell you that it's difficult to cook in a dorm. It's not "difficult," but it's not straight forward either. Prepare the dorm by visiting the lot in Build mode. You can't place a stove in a dorm, but you can place an appliance, like a microwave... but then not all appliances are microwaves. I placed the Baking Station in my dorm, and I have access to all the doughnuts & cookies on the menu. So, baking cookies for the Order of Enchantment wasn't a problem after all.
Oh, and you can always keep a barbeque in your personal inventory that you can place in the world at any place / time. But don't leave it at your dorm on Friday when grades come out, or you'll be kicked out of that dorm and forced to live elsewhere; the barbeque will be confiscated and you can return to that dorm at the beginning of next semester.
What else I did was to add an upgraded refrigerator and a full dining table. I don't know how it became possible, but the counters in the bathroom at Tidal Towers became selectable for "Cook With..." meaning that you're going to pair up with a dorm mate and make some food. I don't understand the restrictions (whether it's me or my selected cooking partner) but the highest-level food I can prepare on the bathroom counter is a Poke Bowl. But the food quality is excellent, and it also gives you a focus brain boost. So it must be the bathroom counter that's the secret. Oh, and the other trick is to Grab a portion and immediately put the platter in the refrigerator for left overs that last for days.
I had played another sim at another residence, and I don't remember having this same issue, but in the Tidal Towers there were constantly roasted chickens, Lobster Thermador and omelets lying around waiting to be consumed and going to waste. In Tidal Towers my dorm mates by the end of my stay the whole lot of room-mates looked like Boltero sculptures.
In a previous post someone wrote: "If you send a sim to Foxbury, do not have a bike in their personal inventory, with all the stairs the routing issues will be a total nightmare. Britechester is not an issue."
My suggestion would be, to put the bicycle in your inventory for use off campus, but build Wellness trait (using a yoga mat / meditation stool) to the point that you can teleport across campus when you have to.
Cheers!
