School Of The Arts, Singapore

[Mrs Cheng]

wow! $800. I must change my mentality - everything costs more in sec sch. All along I thought the boys in lower years wear shorts/bermudas cos’ I don’t recall seeing anyone in long pants in the couple of times i was there. I doubt the long pants will last long since they will be growing taller in the next few years.

[kaka]

May I know if rental of locker is neccessary? I thought locker are normally given free to students, but SOTA charges rental.

TIA

[JenniferSmith]

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[melissalina123]

Hey everybody I’m new to this forum and also a new member. Anyways I need to ask (hopefully) parents of girls or the girls in sota dance, esp if they are a transfer student via ballet not ballroom Chinese dance etc. I am going to audition next march cos I’m yr 2, which means that I’ll wish to transfer to sota in year 3. Ok I’ve got a few questions here and whoever can answer them thanks in advance!!

1. What is the success rate in general for transfer students via ballet?
2.what is Sota looking for in a potential ballet student? Is the body shape taken into consideration and technique?etc
3.ive heard that some transfer cases have to repeat a year or two. Is it possible not to in yr 3?
4. Idk but I’m only grade 6/ interfound standard. During the audition will my standards be pitted against the p6s since I’ll be auditioning with them or will I be taken aside for a private audition and given a different set of more difficult exercises?
5. Is It true only the very strong dance students get loads of opportunities like performing of stage and going overseas for exchange programmes while the average dancer does not?
6. How long will the audition be(30min-1hr? Excluding modern) and what should I expect- barre/ centre?

[lyhparent]

kaka:

May I know if rental of locker is neccessary? I thought locker are normally given free to students, but SOTA charges rental.

TIA

Hi!
Sota sub out the lockers to a private company, therefore we have to rent from them. I think it is necessary to rent a locker as our child can keep some of the heavy books/files in school (no need to bring everyday to and from home), to lessen the weight of the bag.
There are few locker sizes (think 3 types).. so u can rent a smaller 1 if you think your child does not need a big space..

Hope it helps.

[lyhparent]

melissalina123:

Hey everybody I'm new to this forum and also a new member. Anyways I need to ask (hopefully) parents of girls or the girls in sota dance, esp if they are a transfer student via ballet not ballroom Chinese dance etc. I am going to audition next march cos I'm yr 2, which means that I'll wish to transfer to sota in year 3. Ok I've got a few questions here and whoever can answer them thanks in advance!!

1. What is the success rate in general for transfer students via ballet?
2.what is Sota looking for in a potential ballet student? Is the body shape taken into consideration and technique?etc
3.ive heard that some transfer cases have to repeat a year or two. Is it possible not to in yr 3?
4. Idk but I'm only grade 6/ interfound standard. During the audition will my standards be pitted against the p6s since I'll be auditioning with them or will I be taken aside for a private audition and given a different set of more difficult exercises?
5. Is It true only the very strong dance students get loads of opportunities like performing of stage and going overseas for exchange programmes while the average dancer does not?
6. How long will the audition be(30min-1hr? Excluding modern) and what should I expect- barre/ centre?

Hi Melissa,
Although I cannt help much on your questions (as my son is in music faculty), I think you should try your best for the audition. Dont worry too much on what the examiners will test on you, just focus, be yourself and do your best!
Maybe there is some Dance Faculty parents can advise here..

[Mrs Cheng]

Those who have bought the uniform, pls ask your child to try again before washing. My son tried the long pants yesterday and found that they’re too tight. The pair he tried at the fitting session was ok. I think those at the fitting session have expanded or the cutting/sizing could vary from the ones we bought. Now got to make a trip down again on 27 Dec to change.

[chocolate97]

Hi,I’m in sec 3 now and I wish to audition in visual arts for year 5 next year.I actually wanted to audition this for year 3 but there were no vacancies available.Are the chances of me successfully transferring into sota lower and harder since I’m auditioning for year 5?Also,are there cases of students successfully transferring into year 5?Thanks:)

[dasalo]

chocolate97:

Hi,I'm in sec 3 now and I wish to audition in visual arts for year 5 next year.I actually wanted to audition this for year 3 but there were no vacancies available.Are the chances of me successfully transferring into sota lower and harder since I'm auditioning for year 5?Also,are there cases of students successfully transferring into year 5?Thanks:)

You have better chances of getting transferred in yr 3 instead of yr5. To date, none transferred in yr5 to my knowledge.

[chocolate97]

dasalo:

chocolate97:

Hi,I'm in sec 3 now and I wish to audition in visual arts for year 5 next year.I actually wanted to audition this for year 3 but there were no vacancies available.Are the chances of me successfully transferring into sota lower and harder since I'm auditioning for year 5?Also,are there cases of students successfully transferring into year 5?Thanks:)

You have better chances of getting transferred in yr 3 instead of yr5. To date, none transferred in yr5 to my knowledge.

Oh,so I guess that you must have exceptional talent and grades to get into year 5 :lightrod: Sad that there werent any vacancies this year.I'm still going to audition anyway By the way,do you know roughly how long does the audition last for visual arts?I really want to get into SOTA as I really like the IB Curicullum.