ITE exam scores

[Icandoit_7]

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Hello everyone
I am PGY 2 internal medicine
I did my ITE exam this year and I scored 61% correct answer but placed me on 16 percentile
How is that possible?
Last year I scored 62% correct answers and I was on 47 percentile

My colleges got less correct answers than mine but higher percentile

Can anyone please explain how the percentile system work in my case

Thank you


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[Raryn]

The percentiles are based on comparing you to *people of your PGY year* that specific test.

If the average intern gets 61% and the average PGY2 gets 67%, a 61% correct could be the 50th percentile for an intern and 16th percent for a PGY2 (just as examples).

In addition, the percentile:correct changes year to year.