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Sims 4: Get to School, Campus Living, or Free University Patch
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Sims 4: Get to School, Campus Living, or Free University Patch 194 votes
Get to School
42%
82 votes
Campus Living-
47%
93 votes
University Patch-
9%
19 votes
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These are three ideas I came up with for bringing University into the Sims 4:
Get to School would be a pack like "Get to Work" or "Get Famous" where we track the progress of these university student sims. They go to school, complete assignments/experiments/write papers, and we watch them receive bronze, silver or gold on what they completed
Campus Living would be a pack that focuses more on the student life of University. Partying, socializing, and even studying. Dorm life would be front and center. *edit* like City and Island Living, there might be a location-based aspiration (maybe like Super Senior/Renaissance Sim or something--where a sim keeps taking classes and never leaves school)
Free University Patch would be a super simplified higher-ed experience. In the patch, Sims (teens through elders) would use their computer or phone to enroll in college courses (in perhaps to learn skills, or career preparation, which would then boost their career level or their salary). Sims who are college students would leave home for a few hours while they're at class and then return. They could probably do this in addition to having a part-time (or maybe full-time) job. And that's all that comes with the free university for all patch... No lots, no objects, just this simple addition.
Also, what ideas do you have to bring University into the sims?
Otherwise, I think university could just be put in as a new feature for another pack. Like if they did a Generations, life stages-based pack, university would be fitting as the new gameplay for young adults.
I don't see university happening in a patch. A patch would be to watered down. It would not be immersive enough to enjoy properly.
Perhaps it would be possible to add roommates with the patch for this EP. I would like my sim students to share their apartment or room. And this could be a useful addition for everyone, even outside the pack.
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I just want to put my sims through the pain of grad school
mind you, i am in uni right now so im a little over university in real life i dont really wanna play university itself lol
In coming up with my EP poll options I was following TS4's trends in naming expansion packs: either Get [Something], [Something] Living, or a Part of Nature (like Cats & Dogs/Seasons--though I couldn't come up with a Nature version of University, haha, maybe "Coming of Age"...)
Edit: I changed my mind, I want all three
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I am bit of both as on Get To School and Campus Living
University I want to it to be like having fun like Sims 2 with parties but the realism like Sims 3 not just YA going but all ages and not just four year but a two and four year also get certs. and degrees. Hopefully there's a ton of majors to choose from.
It would be nice to have a remote degree option that can be done as a rabbit hole/work from home option as well, but I care more about having a proper campus with all the facilities and housing available than the remote option.
Also, yes, more than YA sims in higher ed. It's realistic and more inclusive.
I wish I could foresee them adding tons of majors and careers, but the most careers we've ever gotten with an EP were four with Get to Work. But if I think of majors like Clubs from Get Together--there could be more variety. We got 11 clubs with that pack, plus infinite custom clubs. So It would be very cool if the college major system worked kind of like clubs (but also was completely different).
I'm not that studious student myself so I'd get bored in seconds if it was just about studying
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I wouldn't want the pack to be focused on partying, that sort of thing, and we already have Get Together for that side of things anyway, for the most part. But campus events and activities would be good, and the actual ability to living in a handful of different dorm environments and the shenanigans that happen when a bunch of poorly-rested and unsupervised youths get bored or need a break.
Though, I also think that almost more than that, I'd want education as a career. I don't care so much if it would be active or rabbithole, I just would like to have teachers and professors as career options. Also, perhaps alternate methods to get educated. Something so you could stay at home with kids and a part-time job or two and schooling on top of everything. Vocational training as well as degree training. That sort of thing would be absolutely excellent.
TS3's University Life wasn't really party based if you didn't want it to be. My sims only went to parties on the weekends. I had them turn down party invites during the week so they can study (at the dorm, library or java cafes). I actually preferred that they study at the bowling alley or cafes because they can meet new people and also do other stuff there when on break from studying and also is a nice change of scenery from the dorm.
You can also build colleges and community colleges in your own home world if you didn't want your sims going away for university.
For TS4, I picked Campus Living because that would seem to me to have more features than the other two. I had done both myself in real life - both commuting and dorm living. Dorm life is so different from the normal life you get with commuting! It was exciting and felt like an adventure in itself. I got that feeling too having my sims go to uni in TS3, so I think it will be that way too in TS4.