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Dorms are co-ed and massive, with roommates coming and going at all hours of the night, chatting loudly while you're trying to do your homework, or streaking across the living room for no reason. But, all the action is on campus in the dorms, which is the main ingredient to the quintessential (American) college experience: dorm-life. This is a little disappointing, as it's still in-line with how small a lot of the towns are with few open or buildable lots. Speaking of living options, there is only one off-campus housing option in Britechester, as the other few that are available are filled up. The all-night ragers were standard across the board, though, and while snooker was absent in the commons, I could easily buy a juice keg and bring it up to my dorm-and play juice pong. The dorm life felt very American, while the lack of fraternities and sororities reminded me of my time in Ireland. Having studied at both American and Irish universities myself, I instantly saw the similarities between my college experiences in two different countries. "We tried to talk to a lot of different people about their experiences at universities around the world and say, okay, how do we make this more recognizable or relatable," said Pearson. The developers were conscious of not making University Life feel like an American-specific university. You'll get your degree faster, but miss out on exploring the organizations each college offers, which, aside from being able to choose between two colleges, is a massive change from Sims 3 University Life. Taking that many classes leaves your sim little time for social activities. (Hey, name-brand schools aren't always what they're cracked-up to be.) But being the overachieving goth that she is, I enrolled her in a full-load of classes-four-quit her jobs, and sent her off for some book learnin'.
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I guess I was feeling bitter that my sim didn't have the skills to get into Foxbury Institute's distinguished computer science program, so she went to University of Britechester to study that instead. "It offers a really good balance to introduce a little bit a potential conflict, and the question, 'What does it mean to be at one of either of those schools?'" While I'm not sure of the extent of the rivalry, I was able to play some harmless pranks on Foxbury's gymnasium by hanging Britechester's banners on the outside. Let's go all in on that."Ĭreating two schools rather than one or three meant that the developers could focus on giving each a distinct personality, while injecting some rivalry into the mix. "It felt like this was a good time to go back through your sim's life and say hey, this is an important state that a lot of people go through, so let's do that. Discover University was designed to reflect those changes. Going to college today is different than five or ten years ago, The Sims general manager Lyndsay Pearson tells me. Okay, so that's the complete opposite of my college experience, but that's the point of the Sims 4 Discover University it's one part real college experience and one part fantasy. Tuition and room and board 100 percent covered. I got all of them, which gave me a free-ride to college. I ended up applying to three: a low-income scholarship, an esports scholarship, and a residency grant. I also made her study computer, videogame, and other scientific-related skills so she could apply to as many scholarships as possible. My girl had some big academic ambitions though, so I got enough money for her to apply to college.