While ETS say it takes 10 business days (14 regular/Calendar days) some times the scores come out faster like within a week. Of course this is for U.S. only if you took your test in other country it will take longer.
As long as you don't copy what was on the reading section the number of words should not matter as long as you have written the minimum and since you wrote more than the required, it should not hurt your score.
First of all "Go For It!" after all it is a person (two people) who is scoring you. Before I used to say don't bother unless you received 24, but I changed my mind, good luck and let us know what happened good or bad.
Over all you should be fine, it is OK for you to write more, it is problem if you write less than the minimum. Only exception will be the first essay, did you just copy the words or used your own words in the first essay.
Before you buy it, double check when it was printed. Usually they don't update that quickly, it might be better to contact ETS and try the online questions, again make sure the changes were made within the last few months or less.
There is one more thing ETS make changes or adjust the questions and see how testers reacts. Based on that some times they go back to their old format or change something else on the test. So keep in mind ETS make minor chances and go back and forth. Good luck!
It has been little pass 2 weeks and I am reading your message. I do hope that you will get a good company to work with. I know with the economy as it is it is hard. But with all the suffering you had to face in passing iBT, anything else should be easy (or easy as it can be compare to iBT:p). Happy Thanksgiving and I will keep in touch.
Hey Tino
I have known you for a long time so I will ask a silly question: are you related or work with jason renshaw? Again I was just wondering and either way I always felt you were a nice guy so I don't care :-)