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'''Graduation''' is a game event that occurs when completing university{{Vgversion|TS2:U}}{{Vgversion|TS3:UL}}{{Vgversion|TS4:DU}} or high school.{{Vgversion|TS3:G}}
'''[[College]]''' is completed after passing the final exam for the second semester of the fourth year.
 
==CompletingThe Sims 2: University==
===Completing university===
[[File:Graduation.jpg|thumb|A simSim graduating.]]
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▲Hopefully your Sim will graduate. Graduating is as simple as passing every semester, and perhaps you have a Sim that wants to do nothing more than the bare minimum to get by. Either way, once you finish your last final exam, you'll be told if you graduated with any honors, and you'll be given 72 hours to pack up and leave.
 
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▲During that 72-hour period, you can throw a special party via any phone called a graduation party. Your Sim and anyone else you invite will be decked out in graduation caps and gowns, but the party itself will be normal. Once the party concludes, or if you wait out all three days, you'll be ejected from the campus. Those university presidents just don't know how to have fun.
 
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▲There are less prestigious ways of leaving college, though. At any time you want, you can call the registrar and select to drop out. Also, if you fail any semester, you'll be placed on academic probation. This forces you to repeat the semester (effectively extending your Sim's life span by another three days), and if you fail again, you'll be expelled.
be prevented from going to college again. Unlike real life, Sims only get one shot at college, so make sure it counts.
 
===="Save the Sheep" Faux Sheepskin Diploma====▼
▲Once out of college, your Sim will immediately become an adult, and will be prevented from going to college again. Unlike real life, Sims only get one shot, so make sure it counts.
A Sim who has graduated will receive a diploma. If ''[[Nightlife]]'' or later is installed, the diploma will be in the Sim's [[inventory]], otherwise, it will be in his or her aspiration rewards panel. This is a decorative object that can be hung on any wall, and which shows the Sim's major, and any honors he or she received at graduation. Once on a wall, the Sim can "re-pack" it, placing it back in his or her inventory or aspiration rewards panel. This allows Sims to take their diplomas with them if they move, even if the inventory feature is not available.
 
If your Sim graduated, they'll have a diploma in his aspiration rewards panel. This can be hung on any wall, and it can be read for the details of his graduations (such as honors, if they had any). Once on a wall, the Sim can "re-pack" it. Basically, it's removed from the game but placed back in the Sim's aspiration rewards panel. That way, a Sim can take it with him if he moves.
 
<blockquote class="note">If [[Nightlife]] or later is installed, the diploma will be in the Sim's [[inventory]].</blockquote>
 
▲==="Save the Sheep" Faux Sheepskin Diploma===
 
Received by finishing University. It is a decorative object showing your achievements at university placed in your inventory automatically. Upon installation of the University Expansion, all Adult and Elder Sims automatically are given this{{confirm}}, however they do not receive the benefits given to graduated Sims (Lock 2 wants, 6 Want slot, Unlockable careers, etc.).
 
<blockquote>''"This prestigious diploma bestowed by your Sim's University at graduation gives one more sheep another chance at life. Made of the finest faux sheepskin, this diploma tells the world that your Sim is educated, employable, and concerned about sheep conservation."''</blockquote>
 
====Honors====
#Summa cum Laude - 4.0 GPA
#Magna cum Laude - 3.9 GPA
#Cum Laude - 3.7~3.8 GPA
 
===Graduation Partyparty===
[[Image:Graduating_simsGraduating sims.jpg‎|thumb|300px|Two Sims hugging each other when graduating.]]
After the last exam your Sim is given another 72 hours to say goodbye and have a Graduation [[Party]], complete with cap and gown. After the party, with the special event camera on, the graduated Sim will grab a close friend to take a picture with followed by the throwing of the caps in the air and the transition to an Adult. Without the special event camera, the Sim will just transition to an adult and go in the taxi cab back home.
 
===Post-Graduationgraduation Jobsjobs===
Prior to the ''University'' [[expansion pack]], getting jobsa job from newspapersthe [[newspaper]] always put a Sim at level 1 of the career track. Getting a job from a [[computer]], conversely, put a Sim at histhe appropriate level of the career track based on his or her job-related skills and number of friends, but not higher than level 6.
 
That''University'' stillrelaxes holdsthat partlysomewhat true,for butcollege graduates. The level 6 cap does not apply to college grads, and they can now get very high and well-paying jobs through the newspaper. SimCityHonors seemsgraduates toget favora anybonus degreewhen overapplying nofor degree,a socareer atrack graduatealigned maywith eventheir [[Majors|major]]. A Sim who graduates Magna Cum Laude or Summa Cum Laude will get a joblarger atbonus, aand highwill leveleven inget a bonus for career hetracks that aren'st technicallyaligned notwith suitedtheir formajor. A highly skilled Summa Cum Laude graduate can start as high as level 9.
 
Being a college graduate also allows a Sim to enter the high-paying [[Artist]], [[Natural Science]], [[Paranormal#The Sims 2|Paranormal]], and [[Show Business]] career tracks.
If you wondered what the point of college was, just look at the paychecks your Sim gets. You'll be earning several hundred per day pretty much from the beginning, which leads to speedy home expansion.
 
==The Sims 3: Generations==
Graduation returns in ''[[The Sims 3: Generations]]''. There is no specific graduation party as there is in ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'', however. Teen Sims can graduate either from Community High School or [[Boarding School]] if they are enrolled in either one.
===Community High School Graduationgraduation===
[[File:Graduationrobe.jpg|thumb|Community High School Graduate's Robe.]]
Teens' regular activity of going to school every morning in the school bus or doing homework as they arrive at home will end as soon they receive a graduation notification, which will happen approximately 4 days before their birthday. This notification is intended to make sure that teens have prepared as well as they can for those last days of school.
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The grads will wait for all Sims in their household to get ready, then they will go to City Hall together. The player should wait until the graduation ceremony is over.
 
Grads can graduate either as a valedictorian or simply as a graduate, depending on their grades and achievement during school. If the Sim graduated with an A, they'd graduate with highest honor, B honor, C merit, D pass, and F fail. Valedictorian grads will receive the Valedictorian medal in their inventory and[[File:Graduation&protest.jpg|thumb|A Sim is going to graduate while there's a [[City Hall#Protest|protest]] held at [[City Hall]].]] also the Valedictorian [[moodlet]], which lasts 10 days. Regular grads will receive the I Graduated moodlet, which also lasts 10 days. In addition, all grads have the chance to get another medal, as they're nominated for things, such as "Most Likely to Take Over the World" or, "Most Likely to Write Best-Selling Novels", "Most Popular" or "Class Valedictorian". Grads also get a framed graduation diploma and have the option to "Toss Diploma", which later can be found in their [[inventory]].
 
After the graduation, grads' relatives will have option to "Give Graduation Gift". They will also receive graduation moodlets depending on their relation to the grads.
{{See also}}[[|List of Moodlets#Learning /(The SchoolSims / Children / Teens|Graduation Moodlets]]3)}}
 
===Boarding School Graduationgraduation===
{{See also}}[[|Boarding School]]}}
Teen Sims enrolled in [[Boarding School]] will also graduate right after they age up. [[File:Graduateanddiploma.jpg|thumb|A Sim graduated from [[Boarding School]]: Smuggsworth Prep School.]]They will go back home, wearing special graduation robes and a diploma to display in their [[inventory]]. The graduation robes they wear is determined by the types of [[Boarding School]] they're enrolled in.
 
===Graduation Bugsbugs===
Some bugs with graduation have been reported.<ref>Graduation bugs confirmed here [http://forums.techarena.in/video-games/1414069.htm Graduation bugs confirmed here]</ref> :
 
* Sims won't have graduation ceremony after they age up.
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* Sims enrolled in [[Boarding School]] come back home before their graduation, and never graduate or they graduate from Community High School, not from the [[Boarding School|boarding school]] they were once enrolled in.
 
==The Sims 3: University Life==
== Disclaimer ==
Graduation ceremonies in ''University Life'' take place on the Saturday after the graduating Sim's finals. After the Sim finishes their finals they'll receive their diploma on that same Friday or Saturday. If they receive their diploma on Friday, they'll be able to invite fellow Sims to the graduation ceremony. They will still be able to invite Sims if they receive their diploma on a Saturday, but the invited guests may not arrive on time.
 
On graduation day, Sims should arrive early outside the school's Annex and successfully attend the ceremony - failure to do so may result in them being unable to obtain the extra trait. Unlike ''The Sims 2'', graduates are only given a few hours to say their goodbyes before being sent home.
 
Upon arrival back to their home neighborhoods, the Sims will have higher salaries in jobs that pertain to their degrees.
 
Sims who have already attended the University can enroll again from their phones.
 
Due to a path-finding bug, having too many Sims crowding the door may prevent a graduating Sim from attending the ceremony. This is partly due to the lack of entrances into the graduation ceremony, resulting in traffic jams.
 
Occasionally, due to a bug, a Sim attending the graduation ceremony may come out without actually having graduated, or are missing their diploma.
 
===Trivia===
* On normal speed, if you move the camera close to City Hall or the Annex, you can hear "Pomp and Circumstance", a common graduation song. Additionally, the names read out over the song are those of the developers.
 
==The Sims 4: Discover University==
Graduation ceremonies take place the morning after a student gets notified that they have passed their remaining courses. Attendance is optional, but should the player choose to go, their Sim will be taken to their university's stadium, dress in graduation robes and join other graduates. The ceremony takes place inside the stadium, so it is not visible to the player. When the graduates emerge, they will toss their graduation caps up in the air and every graduate in the current household will be given a graduation photo.
 
A few hours after the ceremony, the player's household will be transported back to their home (or [[university housing]]) and diplomas will be placed in their inventories. If they live in university housing, they will have to move out to a residential lot.
 
===Gallery===
<gallery>
Siobhan Graduated.png|Graduation robe for University of Britechester
01-14-20 3-34-58 PM.png|Graduation robe for Foxbury Institute
</gallery>
 
==External links==
* Copied from [http://guides.ign.com/guides/716133/page_5.html Guides IGN:The Sims 2 University].
* Some contents copied from [http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/articles/119665.aspx Bright Hub].
 
== References ==
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[[es:Graduación]]
[[Category:University]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:University Life]]
[[Category:Discover University]]
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