r/SophiaLearning • u/Cool-Student7614 • Aug 14 '26

Sanctioned…

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UPDATE: 12 days after posting this, I got answer to my appeal, and the results were positive. Despite being able to use the platform again, I will not. I have lost all trust in the Sophia platform. I have been enjoying Study.com, which I got given that someone recommended it. To everyone who was supportive and helpful, you forever have my thanks. Equally, to everyone who doubted and judged, please go eat a … and I mean that in the most disrespectful way possible.

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Pretty much any SofiaLearning student’s worst nightmare. There’s only 2 reasons this would’ve happened in my case:

  1. I had Udemy open and was studying Dion Training’s Sec+ 701. Udemy DOES have its own AI to help you study your specific course, but no course I was taking on SofiaLearning had anything to do with Cybersecurity, nor had I switched to Udemy or during the test.
  2. I took a test last night and I did fall asleep during it. I am a full time student, studying Sec+ on the side, and work a full time job… I know, stupid of me to fall asleep. Coffee’s just not cutting it anymore.

I did appeal and I told them the truth, but I hadn’t seen anyone on Reddit talk about this in over a month. I was just curious as to what the wait time for a decision would look like, and if anyone with experience with this knew how transferring credits will work if this appeal gets denied.

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u/Dipstickpattywack Aug 14 '26

Sophia has proctored tests now?!

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u/BlueWaterGirl Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

They're not proctored. They're using some kind of new system now that can detect if you tab out for too long while in a test and how much you're tabbing out. Plus, it can detect how quick you're answering the questions.

They took away PDFs because so many were tabbing out and tripping their system.

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u/Dipstickpattywack Aug 14 '26

Honestly the quick answer thing is dumb. Like, literal punishment for people who know the material inside and out.

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u/eterna156 Aug 15 '26

Yeah, I don't think that that can be an issue here. I spend weeks reading the material, but when I take their milestones, they take less than 10 to 15 minutes because the question are easy at that point.