Did a full timed practice test today and ran out of time with 5 questions left. Definitely have a time management problem.
The ITE - Internal Medicine In-Training Exam exam has 129 questions and the time limit is 135 minutes by my understanding. That works out to roughly 60 seconds per question — which should be doable except I keep stopping on "ITE exam" type questions.
My bad habit: I over-analyze questions I'm unsure about rather than making a best guess and moving on.
Any strategies that worked for you? Specifically:
- Do you go through once and skip hard questions to come back to?
- How many questions on "ITE" should I expect — is it worth the time investment?
- Is the real exam usually easier to pace than practice tests, or harder?
I'm good enough on the content, I think — it's purely pacing that's failing me.
The honest answer is: it depends a lot on your background.
If you're already working in this field, the ITE exam is testing knowledge you probably use daily. The "ITE" sections will feel familiar.
If you're coming in from outside, give yourself an extra 2 weeks and really focus on the practical application questions.
The practice tests here are worth doing repeatedly — I did the same test bank multiple times and found new questions I'd missed each time.
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