Knowledge

The Knowledge aspiration causes Sims to want to know everything there is to know about anything. It is in The Sims 2; The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Pets (console) for consoles; The Sims 2 for PlayStation Portable; and The Sims Stories.

Version comparison
In the Windows and Mac OS X versions, the Sim will fear losing their creature status. Mac OS X has the same Wants and Fears as Windows with the exception of Wants and Fears introduced in FreeTime and Apartment Life since the 2 EPs are only released on Windows.

The Sims Stories has the same Wants as The Sims 2 except that Fears are not included.

Unlike their Windows/Mac counterparts, Knowledge Sims in The Sims 2 console versions don't fear losing their creature status, but the wants and fears are similar.

In The Sims 2 for PlayStation Portable, having the Knowledge aspiration gives Sims Knowledge-only Perks and Knowledge Goals.

Wants

 * Get A+ on report card
 * Get into private school
 * Go to college
 * Get scholarship
 * Make Dean's List
 * Graduate with honors
 * Do assignment
 * Go to class
 * Write term paper


 * Buy telescope
 * Buy a bookcase
 * Buy a telescope costing at least 2,500
 * Buy a bookcase costing...
 * Get abducted by aliens
 * Sim meets aliens
 * Gain a skill point
 * Reach skill level...
 * Gain a ... skill point


 * Become a ...
 * Maximize all skill points
 * Buy a ... station
 * See a ghost
 * Be saved from death
 * Get a job in the ... career
 * Reach talent badge level ...
 * Meet Bigfoot
 * Be Struck by Lightning

Fears

 * Don't go to college
 * Get rejected from private school
 * Get D on report card
 * Miss the school bus


 * Get on academic probation
 * Get kicked out of college
 * Lose a skill point
 * Get cured from...

Lifetime Wants

 * Become Chief of Staff
 * Become Criminal Mastermind
 * Become Mad Scientist
 * Max out 7 Skills


 * Become Education Minister
 * Become Game Designer
 * Become Space Pirate
 * Become Media Magnate


 * Become City Planner
 * Become Hand of Poseidon
 * Become Prestidigitator
 * Become World Class Ballet Dancer

Aspiration Desperation
When the aspiration bar is at high red for a long time, the Sim will pull out and talk to a volleyball with a face and mortarboard on it, which according to the interaction is named "Professor von Ball".

FreeTime Aspiration Benefits

 * Level 1 - Slower Social and Fun Motive Decay
 * Level 2 - Impart Knowledge
 * Level 3 - Eureka!
 * Level 4 - Summon Aliens

Career Paths

 * Science
 * Medicine
 * Criminal
 * Education


 * Gamer
 * Journalism
 * Adventurer
 * Dance


 * Entertainment
 * Intelligence
 * Architecture
 * Oceanography

Tips & Tricks

 * Knowledge Sims make good love matches for Family Sims, as they will usually want to get married and have at least one child.
 * Knowledge Sims are also the only Sims who do not fear becoming a special being (Vampire, Werewolf, etc). In fact, it can be used to boost their aspiration, curing it when it is no longer a fear to be cured. The want to become a special being is probably due to the fact that they want to know more about them, and what better way to learn about them than by being one?