Undergraduate / 'degree in business management' - Essay describing long-term career goals [5]

Hello I really need some help on writing this essay for college. I haven't been in school in 6 years and I'm lost at the moment. All help will be very much appreciated. Here is the first paragraph to the essay.

Some of my long-term goals is to attain a degree in business management. In doing so I wish to start my own company and better myself and those around me. To acquire my first goal I would need to study hard and work harder to achieve my goal, and become very successful. I have heard that Virginia College has the programs I need to get my career started on the right path.I hope to get the skills and gudience while at Virginia College, so when I graducate I could pay it forward with the community around me; by becoming successful and a hard worker.

If you have any ideas on how to make this paragraph better please let me know..

Thanks

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