School Of The Arts, Singapore

[fushiavl]

ChiefKiasu:

fushiavl:

results are out on the portal (see under application status)- DS has a confirmed offer (visual arts)- so pleased!!

Congrats, fushiav! My little Ms CKS also got a CO for theatre. Looks like they'll be schoolmates.

Awesome, congrats ChiefKiasu!

[Peaceto]

"-taurbear » Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:44 am


Peaceto wrote:taurbear wrote:Parents with kids in SOTA, would like to have your advise about SOTA students progressing to local universities. What is the trend in the school? Is it true that most of SOTA graduates goes overseas?

Is it a trend for SOTA student to go overseas? I need your advise. Please help… Thx.






Base on some conversations, students who choose to develop their art form would go overseas while general studies will choose local

Hello… taurbear,
Thx for the info. Btw my DD got CO for VA. Saw from DSA 2017 you child got CO too. Maybe they will be classmate. Congrats to you.

[taurbear]

Peaceto:

\"-taurbear » Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:44 am


Peaceto wrote:taurbear wrote:Parents with kids in SOTA, would like to have your advise about SOTA students progressing to local universities. What is the trend in the school? Is it true that most of SOTA graduates goes overseas?

Is it a trend for SOTA student to go overseas? I need your advise. Please help.. Thx.






Base on some conversations, students who choose to develop their art form would go overseas while general studies will choose local

Hello... taurbear,
Thx for the info. Btw my DD got CO for VA. Saw from DSA 2017 you child got CO too. Maybe they will be classmate. Congrats to you.

Hi Peaceto

yes.. looks like he will be schoolmate with several here. At least one of the friends he is performing with is also accepted...

[Rivervalekid]

ChiefKiasu:

fushiavl:

results are out on the portal (see under application status)- DS has a confirmed offer (visual arts)- so pleased!!

Congrats, fushiav! My little Ms CKS also got a CO for theatre. Looks like they'll be schoolmates.

:congrats: Chief!

[Rivervalekid]

taurbear:

smurfalone:

[quote=\"taurbear\"]Parents with kids in SOTA, would like to have your advise about SOTA students progressing to local universities. What is the trend in the school? Is it true that most of SOTA graduates goes overseas?

Hope DD can go local Uni, can't afford overseas tuition fees unless can get scholarship.

I sent you a pm[/quote]Taurbear, now I noe y you rather send infor via PM. *shake head* BTW :congrats:

[Rivervalekid]

Peaceto:

taurbear wrote:Parents with kids in SOTA, would like to have your advise about SOTA students progressing to local universities. What is the trend in the school? Is it true that most of SOTA graduates goes overseas?


Is it a trend for SOTA student to go overseas? I need your advise. Please help.. Thx.

I shared some info over local uni admission in DSA2017 but kenna flame by two parent who read it in a diff way, but if u keen to noe go there read my sharing. Not keen to repost here else get flamed for nothing. Too tiring to PM everyone individually. So funny when applying for TA everyone so keen then after gotten the results the WLs parents are toking bad about SOTA dunno the real intentions is ????? Anyway, go read if you want to know about local uni admission. I have enquired first hand thru my nephew so very reliable info as I am DSAing my dd into another sch's IB track.

[Rivervalekid]

To those SOTA DSA parents, it was great sharing info and stuff in the Whatapp grp chat for dance, I am exiting since my DD did not get into SOTA regrettably. All de best to all your DCs in SOTA. I have heard it would be an awesome 6 yrs with fun teachers and fun-loving friends.

[Peaceto]

Rivervalekid:

Peaceto:

taurbear wrote:Parents with kids in SOTA, would like to have your advise about SOTA students progressing to local universities. What is the trend in the school? Is it true that most of SOTA graduates goes overseas?


Is it a trend for SOTA student to go overseas? I need your advise. Please help.. Thx.

I shared some info over local uni admission in DSA2017 but kenna flame by two parent who read it in a diff way, but if u keen to noe go there read my sharing. Not keen to repost here else get flamed for nothing. Too tiring to PM everyone individually. So funny when applying for TA everyone so keen then after gotten the results the WLs parents are toking bad about SOTA dunno the real intentions is ????? Anyway, go read if you want to know about local uni admission. I have enquired first hand thru my nephew so very reliable info as I am DSAing my dd into another sch's IB track.

\"Rivervalekid n \"taurbear

Thx for the sharing.... possible to pm me on more detail what should I do as I'm determine to let my DD to stay local. Agree to you all on certain parents talking of SOTA. I always believe that once you set your goal, go all the way to the end. That how I taught my DD.

[Oldgal]

Thanks rivervalekid and taubear for sharing. Sad that people can take it so personallly. It’s always good to keep an open mind.


I DD has CO in SOTA. I have no doubt that IB is a good Programme,. But I have a nagging concern. I read from the feedback from some students in Reddit that there is a general dissatisfaction over the management of SOTA … which has caused good Teachers to leave and lowered the morale of the students and remaining Teachers. Has anyone heard anything or feedback on the current calibre of the Teachers and the environment there? Thanks.

[SOTAmusic]

Hi firstly congrats to all who received CO. Welcome to SOTA, my DS is year 2 music.

Topics:-
(1) A levels vs IB - my son’s writing skills are also average, which makes it really worth our while for him to do IB. SOTA trains them from year 1, English Language and Critical Thinking (ELCT), and especially if writing skills are not good, this is the correct track - we want to study what we are not good at, correct? A levels - my elder son is in a top boys’ school, and next year he will be sitting for A levels, which is tons of memorising
(2) SOTA IB - ACSI was the first school to implement IB (under Principal Ong Teck Chin), and of course, with years of experience, they have found the secret to produce perfect scores. SOTA is getting there, but if you talk about value add, SOTA’s PSLE cohorts are admitted solely based on Art Form talent, and PSLE scores rank lower in importance. For SOTA to produce scores of above 40 - is really value add, vs ACSI IB Track, in 2012, PSLE cut off points for this track was 255 points. So, likely, many of these >255 points boys, (and girls now too), should be able to achieve >43 points for IB
(3) SOTA teachers leaving - every school, there is a high turnover. Same for every commercial organisation. The Principal explained to parents already that this is the norm percentage
(4) SOTA environment - the school is meant for kids who love their art form, they live, breathe, eat their passion (Dance, Theatre, Music, etc). They love their teachers and schoolmates (years 1 to 6) who all speak the same language of music (etc), and have the same passion and drive. When you love your partner, you want to spend all your time with your partner/spouse, so this explains why SOTA kids stay so late in SOTA, certainly not because the teachers make them stay. But, my son in Music - his schedule ends:- Monday 5pm, Tuesday 730pm, Wednesday 430pm, Thursday 130pm, Friday 5pm. Which is the same as any other secondary school, so don’t be alarmed by SOTA hours. Of course, same like sports meets seasons with extra trainings, some weeks, there could be a day or two extra for 730pm endings, but this is 3/52 weeks

Once again, for those who have CO to SOTA, if your kids have the passion (and SOTA recognised their talents), welcome