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We recently tried Afficient for our child, and so far it has been a great experience. The platform first uses AI to assess the child’s current level, then provides personalized lessons and practice... See more
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We started learning about six months ago when we first arrived from China. The children have made significant progress, going from making many mistakes to getting everything right. This institution i... See more
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Afficient has been wonderful for my kids! The program is engaging, easy to follow, and helps them stay motivated. I’ve noticed real progress in both their skills and confidence. It makes learning fun... See more
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Afficient Academy, a leading provider of AI-based K-12 learning programs, offers computerized Math and English programs that greatly improve learning efficiency and quality. Founded in 2014 to help students “Achieve ‘A’ Efficiently,” Silicon Valley-based Afficient Academy has helped over 15,000 students with its market-proven, self-paced learning programs powered by its patented “Afficient Methodology.” After completing a complimentary online diagnostic test, students receive individualized AI-based programs that adapt to their academic level. Intelligent algorithms guide students through learning paths that are highly efficient and optimized to help students reach A/A+. Teachers provide support to help students in their self-learning process. Interactive, fun, and rewarding, Afficient programs motivate students to make persistent progress and achieve excellence. Over 90 percent of Afficient students complete one grade level with an A or A+ in two to four months. Students are empowered to enroll in advanced courses and achieve better grades in school – all with less time and stress. https://afficienta.com.
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I rated Afficient math 2 stars because…
I rated Afficient math 2 stars because first of all, the demos were bad at explaining because sometimes they say an equation equals a number without explaining how they got to that number. As a result, I did not do that well in Proficiency or Afficiency. Also, in Afficiency I got 1 question wrong, but I changed it to right quickly, and it made me go down a lot. That's what happened to me when I went down 1.0 percent which is actually going down quite a lot in Afficiency. So, based on my recent experiences, I firmly believe that Afficient Math isn't teaching us to their full potential and that many changes could be useful, especially in the demos for the different skills.
10 August 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hi XChinn! Thanks for your review. If you couldn't follow a demo, did you take the help of an instructor? We have Q&A sessions available to receive help from instructors. After the demo, we also have Assisted Exercises where answers are partially filled. This helps understand the concepts better.
It does not teach anything
It does not teach anything, the demos have nothing to do with the questions.
9 August 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello Lemon Cursed! More than 15,000 students have learned and benefitted using Afficient Academy's AI-driven programs so far, so it's a little hard to believe that it doesn't teach anything. If for any reason you didn't understand the demo, did you reach out to your instructor and asked for help?
THIS IS PAIN
THIS IS PAIN. I have to do this every day. Sometimes I get everything right for an hour and my percentage barely goes up. I sometimes punch the computer just because I get so mad.
4 August 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello Jia! We can understand your pain but you must remember the old adage 'if there is no pain, there is no gain'. Whether it's sports, music or academic skills, one has to practice daily to master the skills. If a student spares 30 minutes a day in our programs, he/she can complete a grade level material in a few month and advance beyond the school grade level.
WHAT THE FLIP
When you do afficeincy if you get 1 problem wrong then
you get a new high score but if you do everything perfectly then it doesn't are they promoting wrong answers WHAT THE FLIP
28 June 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello Tony Liao! In Afficiency session, there are always 6 problems. Based on the answers you provided, the correct answer will most likely increase the accuracy rate of the skill, and the incorrect answers will most likely decrease the accuracy rate of that skill. The change in score after the Afficiency session depends on the change in the overall accuracy rate. If you get all the 6 problems correct, your score after completing the Afficiency session will definitely go up. If you have only one mistake in the session, the score may not necessarily go down. Hope this explains.
Honestly the 1st month was going well…
Honestly the 1st month was going well and I met the words in books. Everything was great until I got to the next grade session, for some reasons the percentage wouldn't go up higher at all! My parents requires 60 percent each day and Afficient is not helping with that. I hate this app but I have to use it.
15 June 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hi Alexandra Lin! Since you advanced to a higher grade the work might be a little more difficult but if you keep patience, work hard and seek help from your instructors when you need it, you will realize the benefits of the fruits of your labor. Best wishes!
building collapesd!
My son started in 4th Grade. He reached 6th grade by now, and his teacher said that he was "accused of skipping questions leading to "learning loss"." He was kicked back to 4th grade, and has to start over. "It's like building a 100 floor building, and I'm building the 51st floor, then teacher finds out and teacher becomes an earthquake and shakes so hard that the building collapses back down to the 1st floor and he has a pile of rubble, and start over." my son said.
19 May 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Dear Henry Wang! If the teacher suggested your child to start at 4th grade, it's because he didn't master the skills required for the grade and possibly skipping questions, he had some skill gaps. The advise was to improve your son's skills, bridge the skill gaps, build a stronger foundation and move forward. This can be achieved in a few weeks or in a few months at the most. In the grand scheme of things, it wouldn't be a huge loss to start over for a 4th Grader. Your son's 100 floor building and earthquake example seems to be an exaggeration. Best wishes!
Students Prespective
I believe that as a student doing this program that it does help but, it does not help much. The program doesn't help teach new skills. It just asked for the answer for the problem. I have read a lot of the other comments and I noticed that all of the 5 star reviews are from parents while the 1 star is all students. Knowing that most parents are just trying to help their kids this is definitely not the best way to do it. There are many other options that are better.
18 March 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello Vicky Huang! Thanks for your 'students perspective,' and you are right; most 1-star reviews are by students, and 5-star reviews are by the parents. I'm sure you know that all parents try to help their children in their studies, wish them excellent academic results, and wish them grand success. Before they choose a learning program for their child, they evaluate many options, and if they give a 5-star review, they must have benefitted or considered its value worth their money.
Whether the program is helping much or not, our students' results would speak louder than ours. I'm sure you know that thousands of students in our programs have earned Honors and High-Honors status and are currently one or two grades, even three grades above their school grade level. Thank you, and best wishes to you!
Five Stars Program
I found Afficient Academy to be extremely helpful in meeting the needs of my 10 yeas old daughter for improving her English and Math skills. The program is excellent and the team support and responses are great. I definitely recommend the Afficient Academy program to everyone.
19 February 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello Joyce Lei! Thank you very much for your 5-star review. We really appreciate you recommending it.
Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello SeongNam Ku!We understand that math can be a difficult subject for many students. We developed this program to help students fill in their skill gaps, build a strong foundation and excel in math. To achieve this a student needs to be disciplined, spend time in the program every day, learn and master the skills and must take the help of instructors whenever they need to understand a concept or clarify their doubts. Best wishes!
This website sucks!
I hate this website. The instruction are unclear and they give you questions that they never teach you how to solve. Ever since my mom sign me up all I heard from her is how much percent you did today. I rather have a real teacher teaching me math instead of this program. Those people who give this a 5 star review probably never even know how frustrating it is to do math on this website. Doing math on this website is the worst and the most stressful experience of my life.
13 February 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello AW! We are really sorry your frustration and stress. Our programs have clear instructions to first learn from the demo exercises, followed by assisted exercises before a student works on the problems in the exercise. The demos are relate to the questions in the exercises. If a student skips the demo and assisted exercises, it is difficult to complete the exercises without making mistakes. Also, we strongly recommend taking the help of an instructor hen you need. Best wishes.
Worth to Try
My son started using Afficienta math at the beginning of COVID pandemic. We are very pleased with this program! It fits perfectly for a flexible, in home study plan. He has completed 5.5 grade levels math in the past 2.5 years and is well advanced in math at school. More importantly, he has learned how to learn something new without formal teaching environment, what is discipline and best time management. All of these further boosted his confidence in math and other areas.
8 February 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello Theresa! Thank you very much for the five-star review; we really appreciate it. We are so glad to note all the valuable skills your son developed in the last 2.5 years using Afficient Math. We wish your son the best for his academic career.
it sucks i hate it it should be tooken…
it sucks i hate it it should be tooken down i tried to kill my computer because of it and when you get a right answer its wrong because the want you to do it their way
12 January 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Dear Brady Zheng! We understand your frustration. Our math program is aligned with US Common Core, so when you solve a problem you must follow the method taught in the lesson. Just finding the right answer is not enough if you don't follow the process. Your school math teacher will also mark it wrong if you don't follow the process correctly. Wish you all the best!
Not worth it
I thought it was decent at first, but then I realized that you have to write certain answers in a certain form, otherwise the program will mark your answer as incorrect. I didn't know this and got many questions wrong. It's extremely frustrating when a correct answer is marked as incorrect. Furthermore, the questions are repeated and you can just memorize the answers. The site is glitchy and sometimes it causes all my tabs to stop functioning. For $180 a month, it's definitely not worth it.
9 January 2023
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Reply from Afficient Academy
Hello Sophia! Our program is aligned to US Common Core and it requires you to write the answers in a certain format as taught in the demo lessons. If you follow the process of going through the demos and assisted exercises, you could have avoided all the mistakes. There are enough questions to practice for each skill and it's not possible to memorize all the answers. Best wishes!
worst math program out there
This math program made me hate math and despise it. IM only writing this review because I hate efficient math and I wanna inform everyone of how bad it is. First of all, the website is super glitchy and sometimes you get a question wrong even though its right. Secondly, the answers are repetitive and are not randomized. The questions are given in an order which tells me that they are too lazy to even create new answers. Thirdly, once you get one question wrong, you can be held back tremendously which makes me and probably everyone hate the afficienta. Fourthly, the math tutors are absolutely garbage. Fifth, the tutorial is super confusing and hard to learn. It would probably take me 30 minutes to understand a concept which my math teacher explained it to me in under 15 minutes. I wish I found another math program, this program literally made me despise math.
19 November 2022
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I don't like it so much
I don't like it so much, because it's just making me do those boring math questions again and again, I need to spend 2 hours on it per day.
14 November 2022
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WHY CAN'T CHOOSE 0 STARS THIS MADE ME…
WHY CAN'T CHOOSE 0 STARS THIS MADE ME HAT MULTIPLICATION i guess it's ok tho
18 September 2022
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this is the worst website that you can…
this is the worst website that you can use. I hate afficienta
4 September 2022
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Take down this site
This place is trash, i have been doing the classes for 2 months now and its torture and bull crap.All the teachers in the online support are unqualified and ass.
29 August 2022
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