Conley Readiness Index Essay

Recently I had taken a test called the Conley Readiness Index. I remember the first question it asked me was how I schedule my day. I thought about that for a long, and I mean a long time. All because my days differentiate. I usually don’t work on a school day. So I kind of had been confused. So I just put it together. Surprisingly I scored pretty high on all aspects of the quiz. I didn’t score anything lower than a four. Learning skills was the very first section I looked at. I scored a 4.5 on learning strategies and a 4.8 on self-monitoring. I completely agree with these scores. It is not that hard for me to teach myself something. I had learned to that my sophomore year in high school. I hadn’t learned a thing in world history class. It was almost time for the end of course exam so I did what I had to do. I took that book and basically taught myself world history in less than a month. I ended up getting a low B on that exam. Sure it would’ve been better if I had a proper instructor but I did what I had to do. Although I am an extrovert, I am self-monitoring. My parents raised me that way. They always told me “You can’t depend on people all the time, you have to make things happen yourself.” …show more content…
I scored a 4 on academic awareness. I scored a 4.2 on career and college culture. I scored a 5 on financial aid; which wasn’t a surprise to me. The section I thought I should’ve scored much lower would’ve been college and career culture. I know absolutely nothing about my college. I have no idea what’s going on around me. And yes It is true I need to be more involved with this institution. Another section I scored low on was communication in key cognitive strategies. That’s is utterly true. I will communicate with every other person before the teacher. I know it’s strange but it’s the one of the risks I have to learn to