Here are some open lines used by students who applied to Standford University. The admission counselors where intrigued and it caught their eye. Don’t make you essay boring and drowning, try something new. Here is a list of some first lines:
1.While traveling through the daily path of life, have you ever stumbled upon a hidden pocket of the universe?
2.The spaghetti burbled and slushed around the pan, and as I stirred it, the noises it gave off began to sound increasingly like bodily functions.
3.I had never seen anyone get so excited about mitochondria.
4.When I was in eighth grade I couldn’t read.
5.My younger sister, Jessica, arrived home one day reeling about the shirt that her friend had worn to school. It had simply read, “Genocide, Homicide, Suicide, Riverside.”
6.Some fathers might disapprove of their children handling noxious chemicals in the garage.
7.As an Indian-American, I am forever bound to the hyphen.
8.I have been surfing Lake Michigan since I was 3 years old.
9.On a hot Hollywood evening, I sat on a bike, sweltering in a winter coat and furry boots.
10.I change my name each time I place an order at Starbucks.
I hope this helps in getting your creative juices flowing.