"Tell Me About Yourself" - A Simple Interview Question?

Your college interviewer wants to have a pleasant and meaningful conversation with you, so she or he is going to ask you some softball questions to get the dialogue rolling. One of the most common?--"Tell me about yourself." This question is not one that should raise your blood pressure. After all, if there's one topic you know something about, hopefully it's yourself. That said, you want to make sure you're prepared to talk about yourself. Some responses are much better than others. You don't want to list the accomplishments on your resume (let your resume do that), and you don't want to come across as a braggart. You will also want to steer away from predictable and generic answers like "I'm a hard worker" and "I'm very responsible." Is the most interesting thing your friends would say about you that you're a hard worker? Let's hope not. If asked to tell your interviewer about ...