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.
Now, Blackrock and Blackstone both of them are asset management company but the big difference between them is their clients and their Investment Strategy. Blackrock is mostly a traditional asset manager which mostly deals in mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income assets, risk management and etc.