Got rejected from UCI. APPEAL?

<p>Is anyone appealing to UCI? If so, has anyone gotten in successfully? If you have been accepted by appeal or are planning to appeal, I would greatly appreciate if you'd give me advice on how I should go about appealing. </p>

<p>I am talking about how I had to take care of my sick grandmother while my parents were away, which hindered me from achieving my full academic potential. I had to take care of her, but all the stress caused me to acquire health problems of my own. This is all during my junior year of high school, which is the most important year to colleges.</p>

<p>Any advice?</p>

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<li>also is there a way to find out why we are rejected?</li>
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