it keeps surprising me how realistic the sims university experience is. staying in the library until 1am, the mess of finding the right buildings, being happy you're only 20 minutes late to a 1 hour class, working on your presentation last minute and forgetting to eat, constantly doing homework on the floor, the cram sessions with a single person just moving the materials around, being constantly angry at everything, neglecting all your needs and relationships... it's too realistic if you ask me.

Maybe April should try saving up her satisfaction points for retraiting potion. Maybe she could take like a wellness class and when finishs when she gets to re-trait because she’s learn to handle her emotions or something

between bowling and rock climbing, it could be interesting to see Dory go down the path of sports writing/sports journalism (and would distinguish her gameplay from Anna's a bit more)

Sims 3 university was janky but fun, sims 4 university is like pushing an angry heavy cow up a hill

April needs to start the wellness skill the high maintenance trait came with the spa day refresh for a reason

university is soooo time consuming even in sims

University is fun if you use the mod that speeds up homework and turn off aging. Otherwise, it's simply too time consuming and you have no free time to experience the funner aspects.

the private journal from parenthood is usually my go to for managing sims that are gloomy or always angry!

I love that April has both Carefree and Emotional Control reward traits, but High Maintenance just completely takes over. Poor April. I don't think anyone would mind if April had a 'self discovery' and swapped it for another trait

If you want more sims to come to the student union, you can create a club that has that lot as their set hangout spot. You don't need to add your own sims to the club, just make a random townie or classmate the head of it and add some other students. That way, whenever you visit the lot, a club gathering will start and the members will hang out there. You could even add studying, ping-pong playing, and robot building to the activities so that the club members do student-related stuff. That would make the lot feel more alive and popping.

ITS LILSIMSIE TIME

It really is crazy how quickly you can level skills in university. I had my Sim take an elective in Horseback Riding for a single semester, and by the end she was over halfway through level 4 without ever having laid eyes on a real horse XD

University is one of my favorite expansions, I don't even mod the dorms to have kitchens or food. I DO however pause aging, so I can stick to only taking three courses a year without feeling stressed.

The best part of this is April, literally drowning in homework whilst Dory already completed everything and casually gains 2 more video gaming levels. Also, thanks for another great video. Enjoyable as always!

Realistically I think April should be a little bit jealous, Dory's experience has been so much better 😂

simsie being upset her sims don’t have time for hobbies,,,but that’s a real college experience. you don’t have time for anything but school or work 😩

You should have them live together in an apartment next semester!!! And get a cat...or have a baby :)

I’m playing with University right now & the social bunny has made it so much more fun for me. 😂 My sim joined a club, where she met her woohoo partner. Social bunny had other plans.😂 So that made things awkward. But my sim graduated university, now lives in an apartment with her athlete FIANCÉ. My sim asked univiserty friends to be in the wedding. I’m having fun!!

Perfect timing! I just moved into my freshman college dorm a few hours ago and i don't feel like exploring so I'm laying in bed watching simsie University videos bahaha

this series screams "omg they were roommates"

the fact that no matter what i’m doing, if lil simsie posts a video, i will watch it on the spot

Dory’s skills are going up go quick because she has the over achiever trait. That’s why she doesn’t mind doing all the stuff without getting stressed. 😂

Been playing the sims 4 for literal years but I still get whiplash every time I see Travis Scott’s name

To get rid of April's bad moods caused by the high maintenance trait have her do yoga

Kayla you should lock the bedroom doors for Dory and April.. they would still be able to access each others rooms via the balcony.

“Sims University is a miserable experience”? JUST LIKE REAL UNIVERSITY 😁

I love the lifeguard. Dude was swinging fire and then started to flex out and do push ups. I feel like he was trying to show off instead of do his duty. It’s giving Ken…his job is beach..

as a stem major that was roommates with my liberal arts major best friend at a competitive university… this series is so accurate.

Sims University is miserable and stressful, like University IRL

I love this series Kayla. Being in University brings back memories of going there and experiencing a lot of what's going on in your game. I can't wait to see the next episode.

The reason your Sims couldn't put books away in the library is because of a bug with the new backpack functionality from the SDX drop. For some reason if you have a backpack anywhere on a library lot, Sims cannot put library books away. I think it affects home lots, too, but that I can't confirm because the bug report on the EA forums specifically mentions library books. But I have some backpacks in my teens' room on their home lot and since the drop, my Sims haven't been able to put books away.

I don't understand why they have bills? I thought housing costs was included in term fees. her Uni EP must be very bugged.

i loveee the idea of the mt komorebi ski trip/climbing hobby! I feel like rock climbing is such a recent college grad hobby to pick up

you know it’s a good day when you see lil Simsie post

"I THINK I HAVE A CRUSH ON TRAVIS SCOTT" the sims is definitely unique

I've been playing university with my heir alongside this series and omg it may be the most challenging expansion pack in the entire game? Even though my sim has a TON of bonus traits from growing up he still struggles to get all of his homework and projects done (in addition to the esports team which takes up his entire evening). If I had the realistic student loan mod it might be too much, lol. Thank you for suffering with us, Kayla!

April needs yoga to help with her anger issues! Loving the series!! ❤

watching this two weeks before i start my second year of university is an unfortunate glimpse into the future lol

i'm so glad you're doing this let's play, because I still get SO TENSE when I think about my own university experience, I can't being myself to play this pack 😅

i moved into college two weeks ago and this series is the only thing keeping me sane

this lets play has made me really want to get the pack i love how accurate it is with the amount of studying you have to do lol

I love that you are doing the university lets play so much more🥰

I've been thinking of a different reno challenge... take any EA house, keep all the furniture & walls. You can repaint 2 rooms, no flooring, you can move & recolor existing furniture (paint/reupholster/stain). You can buy no more than 10 items for the house, all must be under $100 - like plants, rug, paintings, curtains. I thought it's pretty easy to do an amazing renovation when you've got lots of money... what if you are on a fixed income? Can you make it at least a little better... I'm gonna try it.

I always use a mod to lower the amount of credits needed to graduate, otherwise it takes forever 😭

University is so like going to college! You're constantly neglecting some kind of need just to survive.

Oh my gosh, Mt. Komorebi ski trip in memory of long lost Gerald!

University literally takes all your Sims time and even your real time. It's the toughest pack as far as getting your Sims to succeed but worth it in the end because they end up earning more once they graduate and get a job.

Watching this while making my birthday cake! Love your content btw!❤

It's so interesting to me to listen to or read someone telling their experiences with American universities, cause in Brazil, it's completely different. It's not common (it happens, ofc) to move out of the parents house to go to college, dorms aren't really a thing, just in cases where people are from others cities or states, and it's more like university housing instead of dorms. And the majority of people will go to Public Universities, and the public ones are like Ivy League, not private ones (that are exceptions, obviously). Me, for example, I went to a private university that only give degrees in Health related courses (that sentence came out weird 😂), I lived in my parents house until graduation And fraternities and sororities are not a thing around here

Yoga might help with her high maintenance trait, it calms them down quickly

I love the idea of them being into rock climbing. I’ve never seen game play with it!

Love the ski trip idea lol they should totally be into hiking and camping

I love watching you play old packs, so many I still haven't got. I'm torn between high school, uni or magic next. I just love some of the build mode stuff in realm of magic. Maybe when this pair get old April will be the cranky mad scientist and Dory could find a spell book and become a Spellcaster, so they can live in peace in a beautiful cabin/witchy/rustic/off the grid house

I feel like I’m following a tv show w these Let’s play eps! I’m soooo invested in April and Dory 💕😭

Love the uni episodes and the new building!!!! you are the best!!!

i still haven't gotten used to the new house. it's so pretty and such an upgrade to the one they were living in before😭

I love this series ❤

You could take these sims and keep playing with them more generations and their children and everything!! Maybe they have a daughter who wants to be a spellcaster and marries a vampire and their kid wants to grow up and explore strangerville, it would be so fun to watch you play with a bunch of packs and jobs and different things with these sims generations!

Yes to that trip! For Gerald!❤

OMG it'd be so cute to do a snowy escape vacation after college and maybe April proposes on the summit

Your playlists are saving my sanity! My laptop crashed and I can't play the Sims anymore! 😭

Loved your effort to make those sims have fun

This series is so fun, I loveee seeing characters from your two other series interact haha

I love this series so much!

New simsie video time to leave my anxiety somewhere else for 30 minutes

Love your videos i watch them from the morning until i fall asleep

“Big summer blowout” All I can think of is Frozen 😂😂😂

Stop I just passed out from finishing my first week of college the timing is impeccable.

you know if she does wellness when she has a negative moodlet from the high maintenance trait it gets rid of the moodlet.

First week of school for me and I am definitely feeling the same stresses.

I love this series!

I love how your shirt matches the lights🩵💚

Love you’re vids such an inspiration ❤

I love watching your videos and it’s inspired me to play the sims again! I just did your fixxer upper yesterday and it was so fun!

I’m waiting for you every dayyyy I so love your videosssss❤️❤️❤️

watching this series as someone who is abt to start college is definetly interesting loll

Loving this lets play so much!

Who else loves lilsimsie

i've heard yoga helps with the high maintenance anger really well!

Girl this is making me stressed about my actual classes and term only just started

University is my favorite pack!! I love it so much

I love the idea of a ski trip!!!

Lilsimsie timeee🎉🎉🎉🎉 My Phone Just disturbed me with a notifacation fron lilsimsie😍

Not me feeling jealous of Dorie and relating wayyy too much with April and barely keeping up with homework.

I'm loving the apartment 😍

simsie i had a video idea where you take one sim and try to max like every skill before they die. like get rich quick but get skilled quick ? idk lol

Wellness fixes the high maintenance buffs... My NSB Gen 4 and 5 did rock climbing together as a Father/Daughter activity from the time 5 was a teen. It was a grind to get high enough to make it to the summit and 4 was an elder by the time they made it, but it was so worth it.

omg once they go on the ski trip one of them could propose on top of the mountain!! 🗻❤

I loveee the new lights

I wonder if you do some self care stuff from the spa pack if she will be less angry! Like have her go get her nails done!

hi Kayla I love your videos. You make my day so so much better when you post videos they are always so funny. ❤❤

honestly, discover university is my favourite pack🤭

I hope that she is still planning to add a servo to the family. I never make servo in my saves so it would be cool to see some of the gameplay with them.

The only thing that will help April calm down is yoga or meditation.

You could take an extra class in wellness for the high maintenance one so they can cooldown or get the calm trait with points

I've had a sim die from rock climbing when I was playing with a different household. I was so pissed lol she had no skill and probs tried to climb my komorebi without any skill, but I never found her urn, luckily I was able to add her back to the household so I can hang with her ghost for spooky story reasons 😂

I think you supposed to give high maintenance sims days at the spa, yoga/mediation, and baths. I said I was had a journal to but that doesn’t work as much.

I noticed a glitched with university that while staying in dorms or university housing it will charge you bills from the household your sim came from. You pay for housing when you sign up for term so you shouldn’t be paying bills on top of that

Doing Wellness activities helps out with the high maintenance trait. :)

i truly enjoy university in ts4 BUT i do have a mod that makes sims run to class and move faster so they aren't always late LOL