<p>floridastudent --</p>
<p>anything that could be related to science -- if you wanted to write about baking, that could qualify. Write about thing important to you. </p>
<p>Here's a helpful link from Parke Muth (I've heard him speak a couple times at different events about 'writing the college essay'). <a href="http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html</a></p>