I recreated a perfect high school experience in The Sims 4

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Some of my favorite Sims 4 expansion packs like City Living and Snowy Escape expand on gameplay elements and add in new features that make playing more fun — like the ability to take your Sims to karaoke, live in apartments, and even take a snowboarding excursion. And the Sims 4’s newest expansion pack, High School Years, brings a bunch of new features into the game that are as refreshing as a glass of prom punch.

High School Years gives players a new world, Copperdale, that is home to a fully functioning high school, new pre-designed families, and new areas that were ripe for exploration such as the dockside amusement park and the combination boba tea and thrift store.

To really test out all of these new elements in the pack, I took the opportunity to put my Sim through the full high school experience — drama, selfies, existential crisis, and prom included.

Starting my new Sim family off on Sunday in Copperdale, I immediately wanted to check out one of the new side hustles for my teen. Teens and up can take on two new side hustles: Sim-fluencer and Video Game Streamer. The working hours for both are available early in the morning or later on at night — perfectly mimicking when IRL teens might actually be able to stream or pursue side gigs while attending school.

The Sim-fluencer side hustle paired with one of the new Teen Aspirations, Admired Icon, immediately had me leaving the house to go out and meet people in town. One new location I love is ThrifTea, the boba and thrift shop where Sims can style new outfits to sell on Trendi (i.e.,  the Depop of the The Sims 4). The thrift shop has a rotating inventory of clothing to choose from, some even designed by Depop sellers themselves who worked in collaboration with the