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.
1 How GPAs work mathematically. A common error applicants make is to add his or her GPA the four years of undergraduate study and then divide by 4, which may be confused with an overall undergraduate GPA. In fact, this is the AVERAGE GPA, which is different from an Overall GPA.  How AACOMAS GPAs work specifically.