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When in a college sub-neighborhood, the Specialty Lots section of the [[Lots and Houses Bin]] will contain pre-made dormitories of various sizes and designs. The pre-made dormitories in this section range in size from as few as 5 rooms to as many as 16. Also, each pre-made college has three or four dormitories of various sizes. Players should keep in mind that larger dorms with more residents will use more computer resources, and will be harder for the playable Sims to keep tidy.
===Dorm life===
Even though only playable Sims receive [[bill]]s, it is assumed that all students in the dorm are billed the same, so the Dormies reduce the amount of the playable household's bills.<ref group="n">Each dorm resident's share of the bills is determined by dividing the dorm's total bills by the number of Myne Doors. If a custom dorm does not have any Myne Doors, the game will generate a divide-by-zero error. The [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,2689.0.html DormBillFix] mod from MATY fixes this.</ref><ref group="n">Delivery of bills to dorms has been observed to be haphazard. For any given dorm, they may arrive normally, or stop arriving after having come for a while, or resume after having stopped for a while, or never start arriving at all. The mail carrier has also been seen to arrive, look at the mailbox, then leave without putting anything into, or taking anything out of, the mailbox.</ref>
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Dorms may be visited by [[mascot]]s, [[cheerleader]]s, or [[coach]]es from time to time. Professors and [[streaker]]s may also pay a visit.
There are two main advantages to dorm life. One is that it's cheap. There is no cost to move into a dorm, and bills are generally low once the objects in the dorm have had time to depreciate. While the cafeteria has a limited selection, the food is free, plentiful, and available at almost all hours. Of course, Sims can still cook their own food in the kitchen whenever they wish, as long as there is a refrigerator.▼
The other is social. The Dormies are a ready-made pool of Sims for the playable Sims in the dorm to interact with and make friends with. Of course, the player has no control over which Dormies will be in the dorm at any given time, but there will always be some. It's also likely that some of the Dormies will be members of the [[secret society]].▼
Plumbing, appliances, and electronics never break on dormitory lots, even if heavily used. Also, even if a dorm has communal toilets with stalls, Sims will not [[Wants and Fears|fear]] using them, even if they usually roll a fear of using a public toilet when on a community lot.▼
====Disadvantages of dorm life====
Dorm life does have its disadvantages, which mostly center around the Dormies.▼
Dormies will do assignments very often, and frequently leave unfinished [[Class performance#Assignments and term papers|assignments]] on desks and cafeteria tables. They may come back to finish them, but have been known to start new ones even if they have unfinished ones lying around<ref group="n">The [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,2765.0.html DormieAssignmentFix] mod at MATY fixes this.</ref> (Unfinished assignments can be moved or deleted in Buy mode). They may have a tendency to do [[Class performance#Research|research]], and do not always put the books away. If a bookcase is near a television set, chess table, computer, etc., seats in front of those items may be monopolized by Dormies doing research. Dormies will not always shower when they need to, and will rarely, if ever, clean a toilet stall, shower, or bathroom sink without being [[influence]]d to clean, regardless of how high their [[Personality#Qualities|Neatness]] score is. If a dorm household has some spare cash, hiring a [[Maid#The Sims 2|maid]] may be worth their while.▼
Another disadvantage is that when a Sim throws a party or invites other Sims over, the guests often disappear into Dormies' rooms for hours at a time, even if they have no relationships with the Dormies. Guests cannot be interacted with while in Dormies' rooms, nor can they be stopped from going there (as soon as they start walking toward a dorm room, there are no options to interact with them). This can make it difficult to throw a successful party at a dorm. It may also make joining a [[Greek house]] while on a dorm lot a challenge, since the members of the Greek house who arrive to "check out" the prospective member need to be socialized with, but often make themselves totally unavailable.▼
Another issue is that the Dormies consider items such as desks, computers, etc. in a playable Sim's room to be publicly available, unless the door is locked. This also applies to other Dormies' rooms that have been entered by playable Sims.▼
Also, tables in dorms with high traffic may occasionally get "stuck", so that they're considered to be in use even though they're not being used, which can be annoying if a Sim is very hungry.<ref group="n">This can be fixed by pressing <code>Ctrl+Shift+C</code>, typing in <code>boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true</code>, Shift+Clicking the stuck tables, Force Error, and then Reset.</ref>▼
===Dormies===
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If a Dormie is moved into a playable household, either on or off campus, his or her room will become unclaimed, and the game will generate a new one to take his or her place, unless an "unassociated" Dormie is available. However, the former Dormie may still remain in the dorm for a while, unless a playable Sim says goodbye to them.
▲There are two main advantages to dorm life. One is that it's cheap. There is no cost to move into a dorm, and bills are generally low once the objects in the dorm have had time to depreciate. While the cafeteria has a limited selection, the food is free, plentiful, and available at almost all hours. Of course, Sims can still cook their own food in the kitchen whenever they wish, as long as there is a refrigerator.
▲The other is social. The Dormies are a ready-made pool of Sims for the playable Sims in the dorm to interact with and make friends with. Of course, the player has no control over which Dormies will be in the dorm at any given time, but there will always be some. It's also likely that some of the Dormies will be members of the [[secret society]].
▲Plumbing, appliances, and electronics never break on dormitory lots, even if heavily used. Also, even if a dorm has communal toilets with stalls, Sims will not [[Wants and Fears|fear]] using them, even if they usually roll a fear of using a public toilet when on a community lot.
▲====Disadvantages of dorm life====
▲Dorm life does have its disadvantages, which mostly center around the Dormies.
▲Dormies will do assignments very often, and frequently leave unfinished [[Class performance#Assignments and term papers|assignments]] on desks and cafeteria tables. They may come back to finish them, but have been known to start new ones even if they have unfinished ones lying around<ref group="n">The [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,2765.0.html DormieAssignmentFix] mod at MATY fixes this.</ref> (Unfinished assignments can be moved or deleted in Buy mode). They may have a tendency to do [[Class performance#Research|research]], and do not always put the books away. If a bookcase is near a television set, chess table, computer, etc., seats in front of those items may be monopolized by Dormies doing research. Dormies will not always shower when they need to, and will rarely, if ever, clean a toilet stall, shower, or bathroom sink without being [[influence]]d to clean, regardless of how high their [[Personality#Qualities|Neatness]] score is. If a dorm household has some spare cash, hiring a [[Maid#The Sims 2|maid]] may be worth their while.
▲Another disadvantage is that when a Sim throws a party or invites other Sims over, the guests often disappear into Dormies' rooms for hours at a time, even if they have no relationships with the Dormies. Guests cannot be interacted with while in Dormies' rooms, nor can they be stopped from going there (as soon as they start walking toward a dorm room, there are no options to interact with them). This can make it difficult to throw a successful party at a dorm. It may also make joining a [[Greek house]] while on a dorm lot a challenge, since the members of the Greek house who arrive to "check out" the prospective member need to be socialized with, but often make themselves totally unavailable.
▲Another issue is that the Dormies consider items such as desks, computers, etc. in a playable Sim's room to be publicly available, unless the door is locked. This also applies to other Dormies' rooms that have been entered by playable Sims.
▲Also, tables in dorms with high traffic may occasionally get "stuck", so that they're considered to be in use even though they're not being used, which can be annoying if a Sim is very hungry.<ref group="n">This can be fixed by pressing <code>Ctrl+Shift+C</code>, typing in <code>boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true</code>, Shift+Clicking the stuck tables, Force Error, and then Reset.</ref>
===Premade dorms===
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