Peter McGinley » Life http://www.petermcginley.com Geek ... radio presenter ... media student ... motorsport enthusiast Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:17:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Back to school! http://www.petermcginley.com/2011/back-to-school/ http://www.petermcginley.com/2011/back-to-school/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:48:29 +0000 Peter http://www.petermcginley.com/?p=156

(Read More...)]]> …Well not quite “school”, but university. Having given up on the Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems at Monash University which I started in 2009 straight out of high school, I took off 2010 and executive produced Get Cereal TV for SYN and C31 Melbourne and Geelong.

I came to the realisation that I did not want to follow IT as a career path (frankly, the Monash degree was boring me to buggery…it was all theory) so I’m now going to study something I’m truly passionate in…the media.

I recently received two offers to study a Bachelor of Media and Communications through VTAC; an early offer from Swinburne University in Hawthorn, and a 1st round offer from Deakin University. I now have to decide which offer to take…and soon.

The Swinburne course seems to offer a good general grounding in the media industry, however is fairly limited. Meanwhile, the Deakin course seems to be really flexible and allows me to specialise in the section of the media I’m most passionate about, television. Plus Deakin has a TV studio on campus, and is closer to where I live (Burwood, compared to Hawthorn).

I would be interested to hear of any opinions people have, whether you do one of the courses, or about the universities in general. Hit me up!

]]> http://www.petermcginley.com/2011/back-to-school/feed/ 1 My VCE results http://www.petermcginley.com/2008/my-vce-results/ http://www.petermcginley.com/2008/my-vce-results/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:32:30 +0000 Peter http://www.petermcginley.com/?p=110

(Read More...)]]> December 15, 2008 is the day that I will remember that the pain and anguish of VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) went away when one SMS message was received on my phone with a simple score there on the screen…it read 83.40, meaning that I had obtained the VCE and officially passed secondary education. It also means that I’m in the top 16.6% of students in the state, and beat 83.4% of students. The breakdown of my results is as follows, ranked in best to worst.

ENTER SCORE: 83.40

IT Software Development
Unit 3 SACs: A+
Unit 4 SACs: A+
Exam: A+
Study score: 41

Further Mathematics
Unit 3 SACs: A
Unit 4 SACs: A+
Exam: A
Study score: 39

IT Applications
Unit 3 SACs: A
Unit 4 SACs: A
Exam: A+
Study score: 38

Accounting
Unit 3 SACs: A
Unit 4 SACs: A+
Exams: B+
Study score: 36

English Literature
Unit 3 SACs: B+
Unit 4 SACs: B+
Exam: B
Study score: 29

In 2007 as a Year 11, I also did:

Religion & Society
Study score: 33

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