I would love to see a more grungy high school, like maybe it’s under funded, it’s ‘on the wrong side of the tracks’ and isn’t as clean as the schools I’ve seen being built so far. I feel like the graffiti from city living would be so fun to use in a build like that ✨
I'm from the states and my high school wasn't as grand as this, but there were other high schools in my city that were like this. My elementary school did have the stage in the gym and converted whenever we needed it. However my high school we had a separate theater auditorium and a gymnasium for Basketball and volleyball. My only suggestion is to enclose the pool was so it could be used with seasons. This is awesome build. I plan to use it in my game. Thank you!
@@Ashley-cr4ow Or maybe a few more interesting ones. Like, a Chef, Photography, or Fashion model club. We had those in high school. Otherwise, I guess you can create an independent one with get to work pack.
Here in California a large portion of our schools are actually open campus which means that the hallways were outdoors. We had long blocks of classrooms with covered hallways connecting the blocks. Most had the courtyard in the middle of the school. We also had a separate theater for drama classes and plays. We had a pool as well. We also had two gyms. One we called the small gym which was used for sports practices mostly but sometimes for events such as career day. And we had the large gym for larger events, sports, school dances, and pep rallies.
It’s the same in South Florida, almost all schools are open campus, so I never related to those one giant building schools you’d see in movies and tv shows, we also had the path coverings and two gyms, although my school was too publicly funded to have a pool lol. I’m probably going to build a high school in the sims 4 that not only is open campus but also more realistic and not one of the bougie schools literally everyone has been building, I’m being honest, Fake gamer girl is the only person I’ve seen actually make a realistic public American High School. So I might upload a speed build to my second channel of this high school but im not entirely sure if I am yet, regardless I will for sure build one at very least.
As a Californian, I love that about our schools but I’ve always wanted to go to an indoor high school that are shown in movies 😭😭I spent most of my childhood waiting to go to high school thinking it would be like high school musical and mean girls ☠️
Yeah that sound exactly like the high school I attended! My middle school was like that as well since it used to be a high school. And even my elementary school had the open hallways and courtyard just without the theatre or pool
Before I even finished the video I already knew this would be the school I put in my game to play with. Your builds are always amazing and this is by far the best highschool I’ve seen! I only wish the game wasn’t so broken so I could actually play with it :/
This looks incredible! unfortunately i can't comment on if it's realistic enough because i'm european and can't relate to the american high school experience in general
For me secondary school has always been a campus sort of thing. With a main building and then smaller buildings scattered around for various things. I also went to a morning school for senior secondary school so there was also dorm rooms(hostels) in different buildings.
That 64x64 blank lot was quite an undertaking, and it’s so well thought out….you did such a beautiful job! The whole build is so atmospheric and the detail is amazing👏👏
Great build. The gym is awesome! I suck at building and was hoping someone would make one with a basketball court so I wouldn't suffer through making one lol.
so glad i stayed all the way through this was beautiful! i'm not sure how functional it will be since things seem to far away and sims walk slow but it looks so good
I grew up in a suburb outside of NYC and graduated in 2015 and honestly the exterior looks EXACTLY like my high school. The placement of the lockers overlooking the entrance brought me back right away
this is definitely my favorite high school build ive seen yet! always impressed with you, ashley!! as someone who owns all the packs i understand why a lot of creators limit pack usage but sometimes i feel a lil sad cuz im not an amazing builder but i know that the build could be more fleshed out if they didnt have to limit themselves so im very happy you used more than just the high school pack and basegame! i also LOVE the gymnasium with the overlook bleachers, as well as the platform classrooms. this is the highschool im putting in my save ❤️😊
bless you for limiting the packs. i’ve actually found that I prefer it because it makes me get more creative and try styles I don’t usually use. plus it’s more accessible!
Really nice build. The entire lot is quite amazing, The gym and pool work, as does the rooms on the top floor. I'm from the States and what the average high school looks like sometimes depends on whether you go to a private or public school, live in a big city, a suburban neighborhood, small town or rural village along with whether those areas are wealthy, middle-class, working-class or living below the poverty line. The Sims and this pack specifically gives you the opportunity to build the high school that you experienced, just as you remembered it or you can build the high school of your imagination. Really fun (and sometimes not so fun) stuff. I look forward to seeing my Sims attend your school.
another amazing build! I loved seeing the end result everything was so pretty and cohesive! For me, my high school looked more vintage and Dutchish because I went to school in South Africa. My school has an outdoor pool and a diving pool with locker rooms btw💗
I absolutely love this build, omg how did I just find it???!! I’m so glad you used other packs, imo we have enough sim youtubers that have made it using just base game and high school years- It’s really nice to have something with an actual working basketball court! I also love the fact that your builds are typically on the fancier side…I love playing sims to indulge in the more expensive stuff that isn’t realistic for everyone, but can be in my games. I found you through shorts and not only are your builds amazing, I absolutely love just listening to your voice, it’s so lovely! I could watch your videos for hours (and I do now!) Much love and great work! 💙
I love this build. I'm originally from Massachusetts but had to move to Canada for 3 years bc of parents jobs, I ended up entering high school for 1 year in Toronto before moving to California, and I will say the buildings in Canada are really like industrial looking type high schools, flat and very singular with not a lot of outdoor space and when I moved to Cali the school was so grand looking collegiate style buildings just like your build. They are more spacious with such a big campuses and grounds, it was a big culture shock.
I did it and I put it in my Gallery. I redid only your exterior but it was WAYYYYY easier to follow you video than any other videos I've tried to recreate. Thank you!
The pool! Girl, I went to public school in Chicago K-12. I went to a high school with over 2,000 kids (I think that's common/a bit more populated than normal but still not unusual). When I was a sophomore, I took gym, which included swimming. Firstly, our pool was indoors, but by the smell of the room alone, chlorine and body odor and hormones. Like literally walk into the pool room and you were basically hit by the stench. I swear they probably rarely ever cleaned that pool. Or at least didn't clean it as often. NASTY. Even 10 years later I can barely breathe thinking about that atrocity. Lol I am dramatic by nature, but this was horrific
I’m getting the new pack today and HAVE to download this. I love how much detail you put into everything and still kept it within a few packs. Thank you for this amazing build!
This is stunning! The only piece I longed for as the video went on was another set of restrooms on the second or third floor, but wow! This is just incredible. Now, if only I could convince myself that I could do this, but if it took you 10 hours, its for sure going to take me weeks. 😂
Omg thank you so much!! I am so glad you liked it ☺️ I didn’t include the footage, but I actually did put another restroom on the 2nd floor next to the west classroom :) I probably should have put one on the 3rd floor but I couldn’t find a good spot 😅
My school definitely did not look like this lol, 1 story, gym, cafeteria but I loved high school! We def had sports day, pep rallies and all that! This build is BEAUTIFUL! Our colors were blue and gold so this brought back a few memories!
Girl you're literally one of 2 or 3 to this day in 2024 that used less than 10 packs in a believable build. What I WISH you did was the auditoriums. Lol but I found Simproved made some that perfectly matches your build. Thank you! I do not download builds on the gallery BC I do not trust everybody, your build is literally the first I didn't need to really touch....(there was missing tile on the roof 1.5 tiles, that was it) Love it!
I stayed all the way through and wowww was it worth it this is such a great build!! I think you really encapsulated the vibe of tv all american suburban high schools with one bc those are the kind of schools with the giant pool and gyms and stuff. I lived in a major city so my high school was a museum that got repurposed into a school so there were a lot of odd architectural choices that made my school very unique
Man, I just renovated/res watched the OG high school and added more stuff to it to make it feel more like a high school. It took a long time mostly because of the floor pattern and redesigning most of the rooms but now I want to bulldoze and and add yours! It has so much dimension!
This is so much like my highschool in so many ways I went to school in a fairly small town in the USA, it was by no means fancy but the inside of this is so spot on just organized differently! Mine had multiple gyms though and no pool but the upstairs hallways were all open to the floor below.
grew up in southern california, we had a pool at our school! coming from a swim & waterpolo kid 🤙 this is definitely giving me private school vibes forsure but i like it!
I've been binge watching your builds today and I LOVE THIS SCHOOL. Catch me putting it in my William & Catherine/BRF save file ASAP! I can already see teen George, Charlotte, and Louis walking the halls. ❤😁
I think it would be cool if the sims added a band. Choosing an instrument, practicing, finishing assignments, having concerts, bringing your instrument different places
This by far is one of the best builds I've seen for this pack!!! love!!! you're like the first and only to actually use the basketball court in the gym lol. i love that!!! i was dying watching some of the others skip this??!! you have a new subscriber!!! loving the videos
I think you did an amazing job on this high school, very nostalgic!😍 Functional for gameplay and aesthetics on point!👏 The gym is very necessary imo, sims can still play basketball & challenge each other to tournaments so it does add options for more gameplay🙌 I went to an american high school, it had a huge indoor track on the main level with a sunken basketball court in the middle and bleachers going all the way around leading down to the court🏀 it was also used for cheer, gymnastics, volleyball & wrestling tournaments 🏟 as well as special events like graduation ceremonies 🧑🏼🎓
My high school was built in 1963, and it was a hodge-podge of different looking buildings from different eras. And it was really close to the road, only separated by a sidewalk, 3 ft of shrub space, and a small front parking lot where only important faculty parked. My favorite building was the main building, because it was easy to get lost in it cause that’s where the main offices were, library, cafeteria, and various classrooms. I rarely ever had classes in that building, sadly. It had a very chill vibe, especially in the afternoon when the sun hit the windows juuust right, and the windows were bigger and higher than the other buildings in the school. The other buildings had very tiny windows in the classrooms or no windows at all, giving a very isolated feeling.
I love this build so much. I am from the Netherlands so my highschool looks nothing like this but I can imagine myself walking in this school. When I can buy the pack I wil definitely play with you're highschool.❤️ Have a good day 😘
seriously the best highschool i’ve ever seen. You’re an amazing builder and once I get paid and actually get high school years, I’m DEFINITELY downloading this lot!
Definitely stayed to the end you’re my absolute favorite builder I love all your builds and thank you so much for taking your time to make us homes and other content
I looooove all of the skill building areas you set up! The entire build and the unique layout is so cool and interesting. Having everything my sim could need the best bonus! Thank you for sharing this
I watched the whole video, I'm not the type of person who watches a full speed build but I loved this video! it's fun to hear people talk about their high school experience. Personally I am Mexican so I went to a Mexican school, and I have always found the experience of an American high school to be very different. I honestly love that with this pack they focused on American high schools, I find them more fun and with more activities. Thank you for this construction, I think it's awesome! my sims are going to love it! :D
Such a great build! Definitely reminds me of the bougie schools around where I lived! My friends and I would go to some on the weekends because they would open them for public swimming or the basketball courts as well! Also great idea for a end of summer picnic everyone could use the calendar system in game to create! I think I will!
Little bit looks like my old high school! Our high school had a pool so I love that you added a pool. Can't wait to download!!! 🤩🤩🤩 Also love all the skill building activities like if the sims will be there all day there's plenty to do. AWESOME!!!
Stayed until the end! It really looks amazing and I'm so glad you actually made that third floor. I've seen a lot of people creating high schools with more than one floor but then decorating just the first floor because it takes so much time to go from one place to another and blah blah. However, you managed to create a stunningly looking high school, that is very grant, while also being completely decorated and functional. I think the third floor is a win as it'd be only accessible for those that want to do after class activities. I can't wait to have the EP and download it into my game! 🥰
This was such an amazing high school build. It was realistic in some places but not all. I thought the pool’s in high schools are always indoors. Cool 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫰🏾🫰🏾❤️😊🤗
Loved it! Definitely nicer than my high school. I think it’s great! Maybe the pool should be indoors tho, and have diving platforms. You could put it in the basement maybe, under the basketball court. And maybe give more space to the music and art rooms. But altogether I loved it
i love watching highschool build especially if its creators from diff country..and see how different school enviroment/builds in different countries also the stories
I am a HIgh School student and Im on the cheer team and I've been to like many schools.. this looks more like a Private school more than a public but you really hit the nail on an American styled school. I love that you put the lockers on the second floor so they could peer down! It's giving mean girl moment. 🤪
🤩 Definitely the best one so far. It’ll be tough for anyone to build better than this one. No one has actually put in a science room, maybe in your next build you could add one. Love this build though. Thank you!!!!
This is an incredible build. I only suggest maybe a clinic or nurse station for the "realistic" university idea, not that necessary tho for the gameplay but yeah. All in all, you are so amazing and putting the 10 hours hard-work and your creativity building in a 40mins vid, Bravooo!👏👏👏 Can't relate tho, especially I'm studying in a public school in the Philippines
The school is so bright love it. Keep it up!!!!!!! This actually so pretty I tried to rebuild the school but it looked pretty bad. I will take inspiration from yours and see If I can do better than before.😊
Stayed til the end! My school definitely did not look like this 😂 We had broken ceiling tiles, exit signs dangling by the wires, windows that didn't open, and ugly stained carpet from water; from when our school flooded, when it rained too hard 🤣 Great build Ashley! I WISH my school looked like this !!
Stayed to the end!! Can’t wait to use this. Aspects of this remind me of my high school. We had three levels and the entry was open so you could see all the way down from the third floor. All the lockers were in the main area on each floor and the classrooms down the hallways. We didn’t have a pool but we did have the gymnasium so I like that being included. Also, we had an auditorium for plays and choir concerts too. But you had me at that guitar room because we had that as an option too though I was in choir instead 😊😊
I stayed til the end! ❤️ And Doctor Ashley does not disappoint because this is such an amazing build! I love the locker area with the balcony. Love the gymnasium too! In my opinion tho, the pool would look better on the inside of the gymnasium, maybe like adjacent to the the basketball court. But overall, this really is such a great build! 😭 So meticulous and the details are superb. Even if this was a long video, right from the start i knew I was going to enjoy this and i did! Looking forward to your next high school build ❤️❤️
I just can’t wait to buy this pack as the build and cas is amazing and the gameplay is even better. I would love to see a little mini series of teens going to high school and you exploring the pack more. :)
I’d love to see your take on the Art Deco style on a new high school Also my highschool didn’t have a pool attached to our campus but there was a community pool (open to public in summer) that shared the same block as the back entrance and the swim/dive team uses that
Hi Dr. Ashley. This is such a beautiful high school. It's certainly much nicer than the one I went to. One thing that wouldn't make sense in this build is outdoor pools. My high school didn't have one, but I've been to other schools that had them indoors. And it makes sense if school runs through winter. The gym looks nice but mine didn't have a balcony seating area and I think it would be a viewing as well as liability for the school if someone fell over it. I may get it, and I'm sure I'll make some changes. Thanks for sharing this build.
This does remind me a lot of my high school 😭 Only difference was everything was broken down into separate buildings! We had the high school, then the auditorium, then the gym! I loved hs and I LOVE this build!!
It would be cool to see a school nurse’s office and a kitchen for the cafeteria! Being European, idk how common it would be around there, but we always have seperate locker rooms, bathrooms and shower areas for boys and girls next to the school gym. Ours had an removable stage that was assembled for big events instead of a proper stage. I would love to see some more/bigger bathrooms tho, since at least girls tend to use them as hangout spots irl. The ping pong table from university would also be a cool object to include, we had one in our school hallway. Awesome build! Edit: One more thing that came to mind, we have these TV-like electric boards that teachers connect to their computers in most schools. Then most classes have chalkboards and whiteboards on the sides for added space. Those could look pretty nice too
You are a master builder, and it shows! All the little extra details, I mean just how much of a difference the little pieces of walls you extended, really blew my mind lol .. I of course stayed til the end! ♡♡ No, the gym is PERFECT, thank you, at this point I could never build like this, so I really appreciate you! This is my favorite high school build so far. I am from America, my high school was kind of grand, separate gym and huge theater auditorium. But my elementary had a combo gym, stage, cafeteria lol. I personally can't wait to see what you do next! I don't know how you will top it, but judging by this I am 100% sure you will! Just make sure to wait until inspiration strikes :) The only thing I would add, is: 1) I wish you used all the packs you had! Might have had more choices so everything wasn't so matchy. (Do not get me wrong, the entire build is perfect) 2) I think it'd be so neat if you had added a false door on the roof, maybe on the back of a turret. Then on the second floor one of those escape windows, and 'maintenance' ladders leading down to the ground (& up to the top just for looks), for rebel kids to sneak out of school! That window is probably the EP's main selling point for me haha
