<p>The best topic is the one that allows you to be the most personal, detailed, honest and revealing. </p>
<p>My concern about this particular topic is that the acupuncturist is not applying to college, you are. Is the essay going to come across as making you look good, or is it going to make acupuncture look good?</p>
<p>For good advice on essays, see</p>
<p>[Essays</a>, Admission Information, Undergraduate Admission, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html]Essays”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html)</p>