Getting into Swat EDII/class rank?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>Will the fact that I'm in the second decile really hurt me?
My gpa is 4.21W/3.88UW and the cutoff for first decile is 4.23W/3.89UW so I barely missed it, meaning I'm probably one of the first couple people in the second decile.</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying Early Decision II, if that helps at all.</p>

<p>I'm kind of nervous that my class rank will be what really hurts me.</p>

<p><a href="http://pr*stats*.com/display.php?user=dressupandxdance%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pr*stats*.com/display.php?user=dressupandxdance&lt;/a>
(my stats if that helps? take out the stars)</p>

<p>If my class rank is going to hurt me, is there anything I can do to improve my chances (I can't change my class rank now obviously, but is there anything else?)</p>

<p>Thanks so much.</p>

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<p>volunteer work:-)</p>

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<p>Ok thanks :-D</p>

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<p>I don't think they'll hold two hundredths of a point against you. I'm at about 13% in my class and I got in.</p>

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<p>Thanks - I was sort of freaking out about that because all I hear on here is how important ranking is. My friend has taken almost all AP and honors classes and never gotten anything lower than an A, and still only has a 4.33, so I'm wondering how many people can have a GPA in those 0.12 of a point?</p>