<p>This link might help. It has an example of a good death essay and a bad death essay.</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>
<p>Basically, I think it will turn out well if you describe in it a unique, detailed way that focuses on description, not generic sentences that don’t add much. Remember that the essay should be something personal, something that only you would write, so it has the potential to turn out very nicely if you make it fresh enough - try to add your own personal touch or twist to it.</p>
<p>The lessons you said you would talk about drawing from the death are nice and all, and I’m sure the experienced mean a lot to you, but I feel like a lot of death essays would bring up that same theme of not taking life for granted. Maybe you could come up with something more personal and less grand, just because realizations like that don’t typically happen overnight in a way that’s life-altering. </p>
<p>Anyways, I think you can do a really good job with it as long as you approach it carefully. Best of luck!</p>