Talk:Westmont College

message: Re: Westmont is not that great of a school.  Then, may I ask, why is it that the factual data (entering GPA, SAT scores, professors with terminal degrees, etc.) would rank it in the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the country?;  that quite a few of its students choose it over Stanford, Harvard and other schools?; that an anonymous donor just gave it the fourth largest donation ($75 million) ever given to a college?; that it consistenly ranks at the very top of schools producing students with integrity?;  that its applicant pool is growing out of control?    Might it be that you haven't investigated the school, don't know its merits, or simply couldn't get in?
Re: Whether or not any of what you said in the last sentence above is true is completely irrelevant to my statement. 
To be honest, it does rank very last in that top 50% . :) In terms of academics (breadth of majors, degrees offered, library resources, graduation rate, professors with doctorates) Westmont does not offer as much to the student, particularly given its price, as do other liberal arts universities. TheFactsPleaseMaam 22:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rankings 

message: Our goal is not to edit this page to display Westmont as great or not that great of a school.  Regardless of your opinion on the matter, this Wikipedia page exists to present the facts.  My opinion is that Westmont is a pretty good school, but there are, of course, much more prestigious schools out there.  This opinions, however, does not belong in the article.  If it sounds like an ad then fix the tone and the bias, but don't remove the opinion just to re-insert your own.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.180.131 (talk) 08:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opinion 

message: MKBlood, I undid your revision as the article you cited was about a downturn in mexican tourism that mentioned how some of the Westmont students responded to safety concerns.  The program was hardly "high lighted,"  it was mentioned in passing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.44.170 (talk) 05:22, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: CNN Article on Mexican Tourism

message: So now it's okay to mention Westmont's honor code when it suits the purpose of essentially deridng the stand against homosexual behavior, just one of many behaviors prohibited?  I had tried to elaborate on the numerous distinctive aspects of the school's curriculum and atmosphere in November 2008 (including the honor code), but was struck every time I tried to do so.  So editors, where are you now?  Why haven't you removed the material about the honor code???  It seems if you are going to allow this, then give it bigger context - the faculty faith statements, the student faith statements, the chapel program, the required seminary level religious studies classes, the special aspects of the religious studies major (e.g., Hebrew and Greek classes, Holy Land program), etc.  The whole school is about rigorous intellectual honesty, faith struggles, and Christian devotion to God and man, but no one learns that part reading the Wikipedia entry.  So right now it reads that it is a Christian College, but no one can elaborate what's distinctive about it, but it's okay to cherry pick and mention the part about homosexual prohibition because of a LA Times article.  Yes, that's fair and neutral. Mkblood1 (talk) 01:05, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Has the rest of the honor code been mentioned in reliable secondary sources? What's unique about religious studies classes- that's common for many religious-affiliated institutions, such as BYU. The honor code is included (now) as part of encyclopedic coverage to make the article be written from a neutral point of view, not written from a booster's point of view. tedder (talk) 01:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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