<p>i am also writing about the death of my grandma. Initially, I was afraid that admission officers will just flag it as another “dead grandma” essay. After I wrote it, I ask my teacher what she thought. She said that I stop talking about my grandma at the right time. About 1 paragraph. </p>
<p>My essay discussed her death and disease, the impact it had on me both immediately and over the long run, then how I used this motivation to create an fundraiser in my community and the skills that I learned from it, finally I tied it all together. </p>
<p>So i would recommend that you don’t talk about your grandma for more than a paragraph nd then focus on specific ways it impacted you because colleges want to know about you and not your grandma. I know it’s hard because you want everyone to know how close you were but unfortunately colleges don’t care about that.</p>