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.
So, to find your weighted GPA, first follow the steps above to find your unweighted GPA. Now, to convert this to weighted GPA, you should do the following. 1  Multiply your unweighted GPA by the total number of classes you have taken.  Add .5 for each intermediate class and 1.0 for each AP or honors class.