Essays / Assignment to write a practice college "describe myself" essay - I need help starting out [3]

I'm very horrible at starting out any type of formal writing myself, because I'm not very interesting, nor do I know how to hook people into my writing. But, I'll have to be applying for colleges soon, so i was given an assignment to write a practice college essay that is between 500 and 600 words. I chose the topic to describe myself, and I'm not sure how to start out my essay.

Can someone provide me with an example of an introduction to an essay of this sort?