School Of The Arts, Singapore

[popkorn]

Hi

This chat is kinda of quiet. My daughter has got CO for SOTA visual art too. And will like to find out more about the school too. Positive and negative points.

[SM14]

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[quote=\"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).[/quote]Thank you for your valuable overview on the SOTA curriculum.
Could you please share the contacts of the tutions centres you go to. We would like to consider it as well.
Thanks

[popkorn]

Hi

Maybe this link helps
https://www.sota.edu.sg/news#campus-buzz

[Notabene]

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Hi, My DD has a CO from SOTA (theater DSA). She has been invited for a \"scholarship interview\".
Any idea what this is about? What will she be tested on?

Firstly congratualions - its based on their performance during TA. The type of scholarship is determined after the interview. It was a group interview during my child’s year, and questions can’t really be predicted. Kids were expected to be themselves, answer spontaeously and truthfully. There is no other “testing”. Hope that helps

[HomerRocks]

Notabene\" post_id=\"2038326\" time=\"1631799843\" user_id=\"36517:

HomerRocks\" post_id=\"2037972\" time=\"1631606640\" user_id=\"193658:

Hi, My DD has a CO from SOTA (theater DSA). She has been invited for a \"scholarship interview\".
Any idea what this is about? What will she be tested on?

Firstly congratualions - its based on their performance during TA. The type of scholarship is determined after the interview. It was a group interview during my child’s year, and questions can’t really be predicted. Kids were expected to be themselves, answer spontaeously and truthfully. There is no other “testing”. Hope that helps

Oh this helps immensely @Notabene. Thanks. Is your child enjoying SOTA? Any inputs or tips based on your child's interview?

[Newmummy2021]

Hello, I am new to here. My DD has received a confirmed (CO) for dance domain.


My DD has been dancing for many years and she is very passion about it. At first we thought it is quite easy to get into SOTA but when several of her friends (very strong dancers also) received rejection, we realized we were wrong in our perception. I am guessing the selection criteria include dance passion, academic capability and TA/audition performance. My DD did had a lot of fun in the TA audition/interview and we were glad to be offered a CO. Hope these give some insight to future DSA applicants.

There are 2 main reasons that we will take up the offer
1. She wants to be a better dancer and we know that SOTA will be able to nurture her further. Note that DD is also a competitive dancer in an external dance school.
2. The 6 years IB Program which lead to a diploma cert. My DS is currently in another IB school (Year 5) and I really like the many other skills (beside the extensive knowledges) that he has acquired at this young age thru this program. You can read this recent article )https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/ib-diploma-and-a-levels-how-the-two-routes-differ-0

I will be happy to hear from any SOTA students/parents their experience so far.

[taurbear]

:congrats: to those who have accepted SOTA! Do pm me should you like to form a parents only WhatsApp group.

[Tinkabel]

I think SOTA will set up both a formal (school) and informal parents chat group.

[ChiefKiasu]

Yes. The parents in SOTA are very helpful and they set up a pretty noisy chat group which I had to set to silent on my phone Not sure about the \"formal\" chat group.

[SG_KP1]

For the Literary Arts domain, are the following still true (was the case based on prior posts)?


#1. Literary Arts students do not have a dedicated IB(DP) Category 6 ("Arts") subject in Years 5-6. They will take either Theater or Film if they stick with Category 6.

#2. If don’t want to take Category 6*, the options are:
a) Take Literature and Performance (SL only) from Category 1 ("Studies in Language and Literature").
b) Take another class from one of Categories 2-4 ("Language Acquisition," "Individuals and Societies," or "Sciences").
*Not sure if this is still allowed, as the Curriculum booklet says "Arts" is one of the three HL subjects.

Also,

#3. Can students take 4 subjects at HL or is it strictly 3 HL / 3 SL?

#4. Roughly speaking, how many students enter Literary Arts each year?

Seems like the IB(DP) scores have gone up the last few years (believe most SG schools had good results in 2021).
2021: Average = 41.4, more than 1 in 2 scoring 42+
2020: Average = 38.7, more than half scoring 39+
2019: Average = 38.5, half scoring 39+