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[Innocent resident]

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I was shocked to see my PGY2 ITE results, showing Correct Percentage of 60 %(which I can understand), but a percentile rank of 13!! this percentile rank is scaring me! That means 87%of exam takers did better than me even though I scored 60%correct which is not a bad number, I guess.

Is there something wrong here or what should I do, please help!

 

[deleted392989]

I was shocked to see my PGY2 ITE results, showing Correct Percentage of 60 %(which I can understand), but a percentile rank of 13!! this percentile rank is scaring me! That means 87%of exam takers did better than me even though I scored 60%correct which is not a bad number, I guess.

Is there something wrong here or what should I do, please help!

I'm not surprised. Last year as pgy1, 60% questions correct was about high 30s percentile-wise. As pgy2, they expect the questions correct to scale upwards, so if you scored 60% questions correct again, your percentile is definitely lower than high 30s. Hope that makes sense. Also assuming this is the IM ITE.

 

[FutureInternist]

I compared all my ITEs to some of my smarter co-residents and found out that a relatively snall number of questions answered correctly changed the percentile by 20-30.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

About 12% of first time takers fail the ABIM exam. Being in the 15th percentile greatly increases your chance of failing. 60% is a bad number for a PGY-2. You need to work on a study plan.

 

[hamstergang]

Is there something wrong here or what should I do, please help!

Are you still on probation? Did you have a formalized study plan? Does your program care about your ITE score?

 

[you.old]

Do all the programs get result at the same time? Is the result already out for this year?

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Yes, but don't forget that the IM PD fall meeting is in TX and just finished today. Chances are, we'll get the scores out next week.

 

[agranulocytosis]

In my residency program, a few of the staff would take the exam to keep up on their medical knowledge. Their scores would default into the PGY-2 category. I'm not sure if this is true nation-wide, but it could play a large part into the percentile dip. Moreover, I studied the same amount as during my 2nd year (i.e. NONE), got a similar percentage correct in my 3rd year ITE compared to my 2nd year which corresponded to a significantly higher percentile rank.