Okay first off - I have concerns with your preferences due to this statement you've made:
I put teaching at fed uni as my first preference because I know I am most likely to get into it
You should
NEVER arrange your preferences in the order that you are "likely" to get into. Your ordering should be in order of desire (regardless of required ATAR/other considerations). A clearly-in score is
indicative only and changes every year as a result of student demand. You will still be considered according to middle band + SEAS.
You will only get
one offer per round at most, which will be the
highest preference that has accepted you. This is why it is
super important to order based on your desire, rather than play the probability game. You could
still get into Deakin - so if this is the course you
really want to do (even more than Fed Uni), switch these preferences around.
Like I said - you will only get
one offer per round: Say if you put down 5 preferences, and all 5 accepted you... you will
only be able to accept preference #1 because this was your
highest preference. You get this opportunity each round - you can reorder them etc. as well during change of preference periods.
I would look at this video as it will help explain further:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MRbS1Om4OcVTAC Media also has many different videos which explain each process:
https://www.youtube.com/user/vtacmediaI was wondering say I get an offer from fed uni for my teaching course, but I want to wait till I get an offer from Deakin to do its health sciences degree or the bachelor of primary which I put as my third preference. But don't I have to wait for 2nd round offers? And won't I miss out at doing teaching at fed uni?
If you don't change your preferences and you get #1 (Fed Uni teaching), I would highly recommend that you
accept that offer and then rearrange your preferences between rounds 1 and 2 so that the ordering reflects what one you want the most in the 2nd round. You are able to withdraw from an accepted course in round 1 if you get offered something in round 2. If you don't accept that round 1 course offering, you run the risk of not being offered anything at all. Most course places are offered in the first round - hence why its important to get it right the first time.
Thanks