Overly personal and awesomely strange essay topic?

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<p>One can write about death. Preferably not one's own. </p>

<p>The UVa website suggested previously gives examples of both "good" and "bad" writing about death:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>A few of the best essays that I read last year pertained to death. The writers all got into their first choice, top 10 schools. </p>

<p>It can be done successfully, but one has to be personal, specific, precise, detailed--just like in any good essay.</p>