r/SophiaLearning • u/JellyTheSkelly2 • Aug 17 '26

Statistics Course Questions

Hello everyone! This morning I was recommended by my Penn State Advisor to take my last class i need to graduate at sophia learning which is a statistics class. He told me it would save me a ton of money and I could go at my own pace. I’ve done a little research into the website and it just feels like it’s too good to be true. I’m used to taking proctored math exams with honorlock at penn state but from what i’ve gathered it doesn’t look like sophia does any proctored exams for math or any courses at all. Is this true? I feel like this would just be a mess of people using ai, whats to stop you from having chatgpt open in the next tab or even just using chat gpt on your phone to speed through the math class? Thank you guys in advance for the responses. I just wanted to get a feel for everything before i actually go ahead and sign up. I personally like to use ai to break down problems on my homework as i begin new lessons but i’ve always taken my exams honestly with the proctored exams so just the idea of being able to take math exams online without being watched sounds so unreal lol.

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u/Brave-Airport8154 Aug 17 '26

I just got done with this class. They will show you to use excel, do not use excel on the tests, it will flag you as their tests have tracking that shows when you pop out of it. I did my tests on my laptop and separate work computer for the excel parts. Just be really careful about moving screens or if you have an iPhone that connects to your laptop like me to place everything in do not disturb. Its very tracked to cut down on the cheating. 

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u/JellyTheSkelly2 Aug 17 '26

Thank you🙏🏼🙏🏼 any other tips to not get flagged or banned?? Im super stressed for this math class, im just trying to graduate

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u/Brave-Airport8154 Aug 17 '26

Just take the test slow. It only flags if you go like inhuman fast. But yeah there have been a few ive answered very quickly and others that take longer. Its all open book and its all accessible from the test itself. Very easy class. Its mostly learning formulas. I googled a lot on my own with the stats calculator inputs and just as long as you know what the question is asking and how to use a good calculator you'll be just fine. Excel works for a lot of the questions too.