University Mini Challenge
I play a Generational, Wants-Based, Rotational style Hood. I find that sending all the appropriate Teen Sims to University at once, and having to play them all through half their university career, can end up being a little boring. I believe I am not alone in finding the college years not as much fun sometimes.
As such, I have created a list of Mini Challenges for my sims. If I find I am not interested or committed, I will either roll the dice or pick from the list.
These are designed to work with a pre-existing hood, where sims were teens and are going to become adults. Which means they work for almost any Hood.
I have every expansion pack and stuff pack. Many of these challenges require more than the base game + university, although there are definitely a good number that only require those two.
The rules of the challenge are to accomplish the suggested task. Ideally, with your sim passing their classes.
You can use whatever mods & rules already exist in your game. Some of these require mods (like getting married or having kids at university). Try not to violate the intention of a challenge - for instance, using a mod that improves sims ability to play as a band are find for trying to earn $5000, but constantly boosting your energy motive with cheats when your sim is staying awake for 72 hours straight isn't.
Time limits can be: The entire 4 years of uni; two years; one year; one semester. You can decide which works best, or escalate if you are repeating a challenge. You can also escalate in terms of accomplishments - for instance, instead of $5000, try for $10 000.
Please let me know how these work out for you, if you are successful, and if you have any suggestions to add to the list.
University Mini Challenges
1 - Join Secret Society
2 - Seduce all applicable dormies in your dorm (based on your sim and on the dormies' sexual orientations)
3 - Befriend all dormies in your dorm
4 - Max 2 hobbies.
5 - Paint portraits of all YA friends
6 - Make $5000 from being in a band
7 - Live in a house with two graves/ghosts, and graduate
8 - Max 1 skill
9 - Makeover 6 YA sims (clothes and appearance)
10 - Get a gold badge
11 - Join a Greek House.
12 - Start a Greek House.
13 - Friend all living members of your Greek House. Invite them for a party. (Intended for Generational play were adults and elders were in the Greek House when they were YAs)
14 - Make $5000 catching fish
15 - Fall in Love/Go steady/Get Engaged with as many sims as possible until someone gets jealous.
16 - Pass without attending a single class
17 - Seduce the cow, llama, cheerleader, cafeteria worker and streaker
18 - Friend the cow, llama, cheerleader, cafeteria worker and streaker
19 - Use aspiration reward to steal all needed skill points
20 - Make $5000 selling date reward objects
21 - Make $5000 selling date reward objects; cannot go on second dates
22 - Free will only! No controlling sim at all.
23 - Make 5 enemies
24 - Prank 10 different sims
25 - Find all the bugs
26 - Get abducted by aliens
27 - Make Greek House members from two different houses enemies
28 - Set relationship with Greek House members to 0, then try to join (mini game) - a challenging mini game if not already friends.
29 - Woohoo in a bed, hot tub, elevator, change room, car, closet, sauna, hammock, photo booth, tent, and helicopter (well maybe helicopter is not realistic for University Goals)
30 - Fulfill as many fears as possible in one term (10 minimum)
31 - Put Sim in aspiration failure. Don't intentionally fulfill any wants (autonomous allowed). Try to pass the term.
32 - Get a pet and teach them all commands
33 - Make $5000 as a DJ
34 - Make $5000 from working in the cafeteria
35 - Make $5000 from working as barista
36 - Make $5000 from working as bartender
37 - Make $5000 from selling Outing Rewards
38 - Never sleep. Only use the Eclectic and Enigmatic Energizer to replenish motives
39 - Make $5000 hustling pool
40 - Befriend the bartender, waiters, coffee barista and DJ
41 - No preparing food - only delivery (for sims not living in dorms)
42 - Get a gardening award
43 - Have 8 playables in the same household. Make sure they all live. If ideally they also graduate.
44 - Befriend or seduce college professor
45 - Have sim stay awake for full term (72) hours - no sleeping or napping. Coffee, aspiration rewards, boost from dream date, etc., only.
46 - Have sim gaze at clouds/stars daily
47 - Get all hobby cards
48 - Make 30 best friends
49 - Photo shoot - create a photo album representing ideal university life
50 - Have a log rolling competition between your Greek House sims.
51 - Have a cooking contest or dancing contest - for Greek House, between Greek Houses, for dormies or roommates.
52 - Only increase grade by influencing others to do school work
53 - Have a disaster couple - break up and reconcile at least once a year
54 - Have 6 sims of different aspiration move into one house.
55 - Have 4 romance sims move into one house
56 - Have 5 terrible dates
57 - Have an outstanding outing with every member of your family
58 - Become estranged from entire family (make relationship with all relatives 20 or less through negative interactions)
59 - Have high school sweethearts throw a huge wedding spending all their college savings. Have them divorce before graduation
60 - Take a spring break and send your YA on vacation for a week.
61 - Send 8 single sims on vacation together
62 - Have a baby; have twins; have triplets; have quads
63 - Dig up buried treasure
Good luck!