<p>Basically when I completed the application I left the work experience part blank. And at that time I did not think much of it, but now I think that it might have been better to include an explanation. </p>
<p>Basically I am a year younger than everyone in my grade so I just turned 16 this summer and all employers in my area only accept people over 16. So I was only able to start applying this summer. However, during the summer I had governor's school for a month and then vacation for two weeks, which pretty much took up the entire summer vacation. </p>
<p>The reason why I have not applied for a job during the start of senior year is because I cannot drive, which basically eliminates all jobs that are not on weekends since my parents work full time and without a car you can't go anywhere in suburbia. But weekends were also not so good because my dad works and lives in Pennsylvania, which leaves my family with one car and there are quite alot of places that my family has to go to during the weekend, like shopping, my brother's soccer games, etc, so it's difficult to add work to that schedule, not to mention there were not alot of stores hiring just for the weekend. </p>
<p>I really don't mean for this to sound like one big sob story, and I hope it doesn't come out like that. I just don't want the admissions officers to think that I had every opportunity to choose employment and just didn't get a job because I was too lazy to do it. </p>
<p>I don't know how much of a factor this is in admissions and I realize that it is a little late to be worrying about this, since I applied early decision. But I was wondering if I should send admissions a email explaining this or should I just let it go.</p>
<p>Are you sure? What if I have been working for 2.5 years, and have been sales manager for the past 1 year. Won't that help me more than "volunteer work and stuff like that," oh won't it??? Pretty please, with a cherry on top, please.</p>
<p>Well, I'm not an idi...okay, maybe I am. But the other dude scared me for a second, he said that thing, and it made me panic, and, well you see, with that, and the november, and this java code loophole, and I couldn't make it work, and the collegeboard, so I don't know, and so I'm nervous, that's all, you see?</p>
<p>You don't need to have cursory involvement in every possible EC (work, volunteering, sports, music, clubs, etc.). You just have to have significant involvement in a handful of things.</p>
<p>The reason why I was worried was because It looked strange to have one area completely blank but I guess everyone's advice is to leave things the way they are.</p>
<p>All colleges want to see is that you're doing something with your time. If you had no work experience, no summer activities, no ECs... etc., then that would look bad. The fact that you haven't had a job won't hurt you as long as they see that you're not just sitting at home all day.</p>
<p>To gametheory, dedication to work will impress them, especially if you were able to keep up with schoolwork as well.</p>
<p>However, I was just saying to the OP that not working isn't going to make him look worse if he had dedication and involvement in some other area.</p>