<p>I agree about the essay not being about height and how she has "made it after all". However, I agree with Frazzled above, that depending on whatever topic or "selling point" about herself that she DOES focus on in the essay, she might be able to tie in something about her stature in the opening line, even though THAT ITSELF is NOT the topic. I'd have to hear about what her essay was going to focus on and how to tie that in would depend on the substance of the essay. </p>
<p>For instance, my younger child had an essay (wrote MANY) for college apps, that started with the line....I have a loud voice (frankly she does...she belts a song out in a very large theater, no mic needed)...but her essay had nothing truly to do with her voice (she is a singer). It opened with "I have a loud voice. All my life I have been told this. I take it as a compliment not to my volume, but to my power to be heard and to move people with what I have to say." The essay went on to describe examples of things/activities she had done where she was a leader and a creator of ideas that impacted and moved various people. So, like her opening that brought up her very loud voice, your D MIGHT be able to tie in her stature into an opening to an essay that really had to do with a different message about herself. </p>
<p>Before a kid writes these essays, he/she needs to brainstorm what characteristics or what attributes about themselves that he/she wants admissions to know. Each essay then should focus on one or two of these "points". The essay should be a narrative and when the reader is done reading the narrative, he/she should be able to infer or describe these attributes about the candidate. Your child needs to figure out just what she wants to sell about herself. She sounds accomplished. I would not focus on the height thing. But if it humorously or figuratively ties in with the theme of the essay, she could weave it in. </p>
<p>Susan</p>