School Of The Arts, Singapore

[ch.020145arlatte]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1933059\" time=\"1567354517\" user_id=\"35251:

for Theatre drama domain @ SOTA, how many CO / Wait-list, were offered last year (2018) batch ?

hi! just saw this question haHA

i'm not sure about the numbers but from what i know through my classmates only a handful of us were on waitlist, but as told to us by the head of faculty there is a high chance you will get in anyway even if you are on waitlist! hope this helps!

[ch.020145arlatte]

jajnj\" post_id=\"1932526\" time=\"1567136022\" user_id=\"2751:

DSA Results is out. My boy will be so overjoyed to know that he can join the SOTA family. Thanks to the seniors & parents who had shared with us on the infor & tips.

congratulations to him! this is weird but what artform is he in hAHA!

[hpsbpt]

ch.arlatte\" post_id=\"1934154\" time=\"1567833110\" user_id=\"180741:

hpsbpt\" post_id=\"1932832\" time=\"1567227074\" user_id=\"6806:

Congrats to all CO/WL receivers. For those who did not get , hang in there. Psle coming up and you will hv more choices 👌

My Daughter Recieved WL for dance. May I know WL holders will be invited for the parent engagement session in October?

hi! yes waitlist holders will still be invited for the parent engagement session! there is a chance that your daughter can get in to sota, so they will invite anyway. hope your daughter gets in!

Thank you ch.arlatte !!

Yes we will put sota as our first choice.. and then fingers crossed. Thanks for your wishes

[Candance]

NikkiRGPS\" post_id=\"1798759\" time=\"1504269732\" user_id=\"155665:

Oldgal:

Sota students and parents - appreciate your feedback on the iB program. I know the A levels can be very intensive towards year 5 to 6 and many attend tuition for their subjects. How about the IB? Does it mean that since the exams hold only 60 to 70% of the final score, it is not as detailed and intensive compared to A levels? Do most students go for tuition? How about SOTA - do the Teachers follow up closely on students and offer help or hold extra classes for the weaker ones? Thanks.

tuition?? tuition is unheard of in SOTA leh.

Hi im from sota and i have 4 tuitions so yes, many of my classmates have them too and it is not unheard of. I have siblings who are in the singaporean education system and we take the exact same subjects. I am able to do their exam papers as the standard is about the same. Sota is just a normal school with an added subject which is our art form. We don't do less than other schools academically. Due to our art forms, we usually end school daily around 7 to 9pm, depending on the day. Thus, we don't miss out or have a lower standard academically. (If there was, why did sota produce 2 president scholars so far??) The syllabus is the exact same from year 1 to 3 but is more IB based from year 4 to year 6. So yes many people on this forum say that sota is an arts school and the academics is easier but no, i have siblings to compare to and I can say that the standard is the exact same as \"top tier O level schools\". (my siblings are from these schools).

[phtthp]

Timmy21\" post_id=\"1933156\" time=\"1567401499\" user_id=\"122721:

FantasyLandDreams\" post_id=\"1933044\" time=\"1567345671\" user_id=\"105816:

Coincidentally, both president scholars from SOTA were from dance. Just curious, is dance the biggest faculty in SOTA And has the most number of students? How about facilities and teaching resources wise, as compared to other art forms?

biggest domain in SOTA is visual arts, about 70-80 of the 200 per intake. not sure about dance, but probably 30-40 at most?

Inside SOTA, which is the smallest domain intake ?

Is it Theatre drama filming study or creative writing authorship domain or music composer ?

[taurbear]

Dance, Literary Arts, Theatre and Music average have 30ish students.


Music has two tracks performance and creating. 3/4 of the music students are doing performance.

[Timmy21]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1935901\" time=\"1568820570\" user_id=\"35251:

Timmy21\" post_id=\"1933156\" time=\"1567401499\" user_id=\"122721:

[quote=FantasyLandDreams post_id=1933044 time=1567345671 user_id=105816]Coincidentally, both president scholars from SOTA were from dance. Just curious, is dance the biggest faculty in SOTA And has the most number of students? How about facilities and teaching resources wise, as compared to other art forms?

biggest domain in SOTA is visual arts, about 70-80 of the 200 per intake. not sure about dance, but probably 30-40 at most?

Inside SOTA, which is the smallest domain intake ?

Is it Theatre drama filming study or creative writing authorship domain or music composer ?[/quote]judging fr the number of shortlisted students who attended the auditions in june, my guess is literary arts might be the smallest domain...

[phtthp]

Timmy21\" post_id=\"1933156\" time=\"1567401499\" user_id=\"122721:

judging fr the number of shortlisted students who attended the auditions in june, my guess is literary arts might be the smallest domain...

by the time students reach end of Year 4 or end of Year 6, those who DSA into SOTA under \"literary Arts\" : are they expected to complete writing a novel on their own ?

Eg

Those script-writer got to write a script or a story plot for a drama series or a movie, like in Mediacorp channel 8 drama

[Timmy21]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1940135\" time=\"1570432782\" user_id=\"35251:

Timmy21\" post_id=\"1933156\" time=\"1567401499\" user_id=\"122721:

judging fr the number of shortlisted students who attended the auditions in june, my guess is literary arts might be the smallest domain...

by the time students reach end of Year 4 or end of Year 6, those who DSA into SOTA under \"literary Arts\" : are they expected to complete writing a novel on their own ?

Eg

Those script-writer got to write a script or a story plot for a drama series or a movie, like in Mediacorp channel 8 drama

good questions....but i have no answers (becos my DD only went for audition & interview, so we dun know wat happens in yr 4 or yr 6....sorry

[mommyfrances]

My DS has received CO from SOTA and a WL from his dream boys’ school and although SOTA seems to be the best choice to pursue his passion in art, he is still not sure which school to decide… One of the setbacks he has been saying is that there are too few boys in SOTA. He goes to boys primary school and his elder brother went to all boys secondary schools so he cannot really imagine what it’s like to be surrounded by so many girls I guess… lol .


I am wondering if any parent here with a boy in SOTA has any advice or insights to share in terms of his school life, pros and cons of being the minority gender in the school…