<p>The best topic is the one that allows you to write your most specific, detailed, personal essay. The one that is your you that only you could write it.</p>
<p>Only you can know which topic that might be.</p>
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<p>It doesn’t matter if the essay ties into your proposed major or not. </p>
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<p>For purposes of the essay, it doesn’t matter how long you have done something. What matters is revealing something of the sort of presence that you would bring to the campus, to the classroom, to the dormitory. </p>
<p>Reflect regularly on your experiences and feelings at the hospice. I wouldn’t be surprised if you could find a lot to write about (keeping the main focus on you and your experiences).</p>
<p>There is excellent advice here:</p>
<p>[University</a> of Virginia Piece on College Essays | Fredrik deBoer](<a href=“http://fredrikdeboer.com/2012/07/25/university-of-virginia-piece-on-college-essays/]University”>http://fredrikdeboer.com/2012/07/25/university-of-virginia-piece-on-college-essays/)</p>