School Of The Arts, Singapore

[limws1]

My DD also did not get in…so sad. Well, back to the PSLE grinding.

[blitz]

My dd got the CO, but she has to study real hard to cross that PSLE hurdle.

[carmen21]

My DD never get in. We are really disappointed but come to think of it, my dd's ballet skills may not be up to standard after all. So have to work really work to get to another better school. Sad is, she don't even qualify to be on waiting list. :frustrated:

[Maisu]

carmen21:

My DD never get in. We are really disappointed but come to think of it, my dd's ballet skills may not be up to standard after all. So have to work really work to get to another better school. Sad is, she don't even qualify to be on waiting list. :frustrated:

Hi Carmen,
Hv not receive yet, am I still hopeful?

[carmen21]

Maisu:

carmen21:

My DD never get in. We are really disappointed but come to think of it, my dd's ballet skills may not be up to standard after all. So have to work really work to get to another better school. Sad is, she don't even qualify to be on waiting list. :frustrated:

Hi Carmen,
Hv not receive yet, am I still hopeful?

Maybe you should call them to check tomorrow to clear your doubt.

[babylion]

My daughter is also unsuccessful for Music - piano. I am kind of dissapointed but I guess all is not lost. The focus now is to do well in PSLE and get her into a good secondary school. There’s no turning back for piano (which she picked up recently for this audition) and we will support her all the way, as far as she is willing to go.

[jtoh]

babylion:

My daughter is also unsuccessful for Music - piano. I am kind of dissapointed but I guess all is not lost. The focus now is to do well in PSLE and get her into a good secondary school. There's no turning back for piano (which she picked up recently for this audition) and we will support her all the way, as far as she is willing to go.

Your dd picked up piano just for this audition? She must be pretty good.

[babylion]

She has been learning the electone for the past 5.5 years , since P1. We thought she could play the electone for the audition but was told they don't accept that during the Symposium early this year. We were eager to gain entry so made an attempt to pick up piano and started her first lesson in March. In 3 months she learnt 3 songs with the guidance of a good teacher. Alas, her performance was not good enough.

jtoh:

Your dd picked up piano just for this audition? She must be pretty good.

[dovetail]

As far as I can see, I find SOTA is quite confused about it’s mission. On one hand it calls itself an ART school, on the other hand it ties itself down with above average academic requirements whiche pushes out the really passionate and talented ones who are not academically inclined. If SOTA is truly set up by MICA to nurture artistic talents, it needs to be more inclusive just like the sports school.


Is it really necessary to get 230 to do IB. Look at the International schools, do you think all the kid’s there can score 230 if they sit for PSLE?

It appears to me SOTA is trying to be a scale down ACSI with a lower COP for their IB. This is their way to ensure beautiful results for the IBDP results. So what is the talent development all about here? What is SOTA achievement wrt to it’s artistic development after 6 years?

I’ve thought of letting my dd go there but I feel that SOTA is really more of an academic ground than a talent development one. For it to develope well as an art school, it needs to seriously open up multi-track academic programme to cater for those who are truly talented, passionate but have diverse academic background.

[blitz]

Dovetail, if there was a LIKE button, I'd choose that. :salute:


Perhaps you might want to send a similiar email to SOTA, and see what is their response.