To graduate early in The Sims 4, your teen needs top grades and a few key skills, and then you accept an offer from the principal that pops up once they qualify. This feature is part of the High School system, especially if you have the High School Years pack installed.

How early graduation works

  • Early graduation is only available to teen Sims, not children or young adults.
  • Your Sim must reach an overall A grade in high school to trigger the early graduation option.
  • In many guides and fan documentation, teens also need at least some skills around level 4 (often two skills) to be solid candidates for early graduation.

Steps to graduate early (no cheats)

  1. Get to an A student
    • Send your teen to school every weekday and avoid skipping.
 * Complete daily homework and extra credit to push grade performance up.

 * While at school, complete the event goals (listen to teacher, do homework in class, socialize appropriately) to earn better medals and faster grade progress.
  1. Build a couple of skills
    • Focus on teen‑friendly skills (e.g., logic, fitness, charisma, writing, video gaming) and raise at least two of them to about level 4.
 * Use objects like computers, bookshelves, chess tables, and workout equipment to train efficiently.
  1. Maintain good behavior
    • Avoid detentions and negative school interactions; good behavior supports eligibility for early graduation in some descriptions of the system.
  1. Accept the principal’s offer
    • Once your teen hits an A and meets the hidden requirements, you’ll get a phone call from the principal offering early graduation.
 * Choose the option to **graduate early** ; your Sim will immediately stop attending high school and be flagged as an early graduate.

 * If you say no, you can later use a **computer** or talk to the **principal** to accept early graduation, as long as their grade stays high enough.

What happens after early graduation

  • Your Sim skips the official graduation ceremony , so you won’t see them at the standard event, though you can still throw your own party.
  • A high school diploma is delivered to the mailbox after a couple of in‑game days and added to household inventory.
  • The teen no longer has to attend school and can:
    • Take a full‑time job just like a young adult, with better career performance thanks to graduating early.
* Start the **university application** process right away if you have Discover University, including applying for scholarships and degrees while still technically a teen.

Using cheats and mods (optional shortcuts)

If you are more interested in speed than gameplay, some players use cheat‑based and mod‑based shortcuts to “graduate” or finish education faster.

  • University progression can be sped up with term completion and GPA cheats (for example, commands that instantly complete terms or boost skills and GPA), which effectively make university graduation much faster.
  • Some mods offer education‑focused commands like instantly completing terms or triggering graduation based on current grades.
  • Cheats and mods vary by version and creator, so check the description of the specific mod or guide you are using to ensure it matches your current game version.

Tips and small storytelling tricks

  • Many players let their Sims reach an A, wait a few days for storytelling, and only then accept the early graduation offer so they can finish aspirations or teen‑only events first.
  • If you accidentally graduate early and regret it, forum users have documented workarounds (using household management, age changes, or mods) to put a teen “back” in high school for story reasons, though these methods can be a bit fiddly.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.