Semi vs Quarter Finalists- Which is better?

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  • Semi vs Quarter Finalists- Which is better?

    Just curious.

  • #2
    Semi's are better. I guess that means a certain someone's was twice as good as a certain someone else's.

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    • #3
      Semi vs Quarter

      Being a Finalist is even better. That makes them three times better than the quarterfinalist. Or is it four times better?... hmm...

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      • #4
        Re: Semi vs Quarter

        Goth, you were kidding when you asked that, weren't you?

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        • #5
          Re: Semi vs Quarter

          In this business? Neither is.

          This ain't tennis. :evil

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          • #6
            Re: Semi vs Quarter

            Without additional reference, the answer to my question was not readily apparent to me.

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            • #7
              Re: Semi vs Quarter

              just for the future, semi is half, quarter is one fourth, there you go.

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              • #8
                Re: Semi vs Quarter

                I'm assuming the quarter-finalists are the top 25% in a competition. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

                If so, if you were in the top half of a contest, that wouldn't be as good as being in the top 25%.

                But I believe it's "demi," rather than "semi," that means half. I'd say semi-finalist means something more like "almost-the-finalist,"
                and it is, therefore, better than being a quarter-finalist.

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                • #9
                  Quarter Vs Semi

                  I can actually understand the logic of the question.

                  Semi often denotes half (a deritive of semi-circle? i.e. half a circle). So it only seems logical that a quarter (a smaller quantity than a half) must mean that you're in the last quarter of entrants within the competition.

                  However, looking at the semantics: "semi-finalist" means you're half the writer a finalist will be, whereas "quarter-finalist" must mean you're a quarter of a writer of a finalist.

                  Ahhh... the ambiguity of the English language

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                  • #10
                    Re: Quarter Vs Semi

                    Most Quarterfinalists in reputable contests represent top 10% at least.

                    I don't know the exact etymology of the terms, but think of a competition tree for an Athletic event. Two teams battle for 1st place in the Final. The round before, 4 teams (2 pairs of teams) compete; each pairing will contribute half of the Final (hence Semifinals). One round earlier, 8 teams (4 pairs) compete - each pairing produces one of the four that advances to the next round, or a "quarter" of the Final.

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                    • #11
                      Are you by chance referring to the Nicholl? If so, the quarterfinalist group is around the top 5%, and the semifinalist group, top 2.5%.

                      k

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                      • #12
                        I was asking in reference to Zoetrope.

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                        • #13
                          I meant top 10% or better, speaking generally.

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                          • #14
                            With Zoetrope, the quarter-finalist and up represent the top 9% of submitted scripts.

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                            • #15
                              Zoetrope quarters

                              Actually the Zoetrope quarterfinalists were the top 5%, as there were around 100 quarterfinalists and around 2000 entries.

                              I know this because I made the quarters and I counted.

                              Quarterfinalists representing the top 5% is fairly standard--it's roughly the same for the Nicholl Fellowship.

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