# \#act-handscoring **URL:** https://experthub.prepscholar.com/tag/act-handscoring/86.md [Latest](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/tags.md) --- ## [Surprisingly low ACT English score - Should I get hand scoring?](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/surprisingly-low-act-english-score-should-i-get-hand-scoring/7456)
**Author:** [@Laura\_PrepScholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/u/Laura_PrepScholar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/surprisingly-low-act-english-score-should-i-get-hand-scoring/7456 "2016-01-07T04:29:57Z")
When I got my ACT scores back, I was fine with how I did in all the sections except English. I’m completely shocked by how poorly I did in that section, considering I was getting raw scores of 71-75 on all of my practice…