Contribute to our Open Dictionary. 1  1. used for emphasizing how bad something is a monumental disaster. 2  2. very large and solid a sculpture of monumental proportions. 3  3. relating to a monument that celebrates an important person or event Synonyms and related words.
Caveats: Having a math or engineering major will generally drop the GPA standard slightly. Being a minority will drop the GPA standard to about 3.0/3.1 among the BBs, and helps much less among Lazard, Blackstone, etc.
A high GPA looks good on resumes and can be necessary when applying to graduate schools. Learn how high of a GPA you might need. slide 1 of 5. GPA stands for grade point average. A certain number of points is assigned to each grade. For instance, an A earns 4.0 points, a B earns 3.0 points, and so on.