Could I have totally screwed my essay?

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<p>May 7th SAT essay.. Prompt was "Do people work so hard in school and at work that they don't have enough energy to be creative during their free time?"</p>

<p>I wrote at a very high level, used a few big words, made a clear point, and argued it..</p>

<p>The only concern I have is that I only wrote about 1 1/3 page, and that I only had 2 small examples :(</p>

<p>I said that Einstein worked extremely hard in school yet he was creative enough to derive the Mass-Energy equivalence theorem, and that JFK worked his *** off to graduate from harvard and was creative enough to come up with responses to communism and segregation..</p>

<p>Does my lack of examples/length totally disqualify me for a chance at a 10+, or could I still be ok as long as I addressed the prompt, argued a clear position, used those two examples, and backed it up with some more logic?</p>

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<p>Honestly, the grading is just nonsensical sometimes. I’ve heard of crap essays getting 11s and good essays getting 7s. If you argued it well, then it’s definitely possible for you to get a 10+ since that’s what it they look for generally…but who knows.</p>

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<p>the length is taken account but the quality far outweighs the amount
some people can get 10 or even 11 with a short, nicely layed out intro,2body,and conclusion which is about 1 page</p>

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<p>I used a lot of sophisticated words such as “pernicious, egregious, innocuous” and some others. Does that help?</p>