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>> it can be stressful knowing theyre having technical problems. im sure ill get through it. >> login was unsuccessful. >> reporter: common app estimates this year about 800,000 students will submit millions of pleks to more than 500 schools. from alaska pacific university to the university of north carolina at chapel hill and even harvard. common app was supposed to make an already stressful college application process easier. >> the kids who are applying want to make sure their applications ge...

Days of applying to college. the stresses, i remember it as if it were yesterday. right now, as schools across the country wrap up their application processes, many students are panicking, wondering if their applications made it to college at all. that is because this website, very, very popular among lots of student here, its in meltdown. multiple glitches crippling this supposedly streamlined process. cnn explains. >> every time shes tried to logon to common app this week -- >> it says theres ...

Missing in this country. when students with the capacity, the drive and desire are unable to meet dreams because of money. mara, let me go to you. you have another young person. >> perfect segue. hes beginning the college application process but hes concerned about how his socioeconomic background might be a barrier to education. >> as a senior applying to different colleges, my dream school is ut and usc. ive taken full advantage much my high school over classes. ive won the distinguished honor...

We have a high school senior in the bronx, the first in her family to apply to college. she was guided in that process by the college-bound initiative of college access programs serving nearly 9,000 low-income students in more than a dozen new york city and philadelphia public high schools. the college-bound initiative places fulltime college counselors in high-need schools to guide students in the college application process. her parents came to the bronx from a small east african country short...

Has built and built and built to this moment, to this tidal wave of emotion that hits when it all comes down to the words on that piece of paper. we have a high school senior in the bronx, the first in her family to apply to college. she was guided in that process by the college-bound initiative of college access programs serving nearly 9,000 low-income students in more than a dozen new york city and philadelphia public high schools. the college-bound initiative places fulltime college counselor...

>> all right. you have to start before you get to the college application process. it comes from educating people from the early stages. >> parents as well. coming up everybody. they were partly to blame for the financial collapse and now government backed loans will help property flippers. we may all be flipping over thisem ♪ flipper. faster than lightning. no one you see. one-on-one guidance to help me choose my investments. not just with my savings plan here at work. they help me with all o...

Speech. >> all right. you have to start before you get to the college application process. it comes from educating people from the early stages. >> parents as well. coming up everybody. they were partly to blame for the financial collapse and now government backed loans will help property flippers. we may all be flipping over thisem ♪ flipper. faster than lightning. no one you see. one-on-one guidance to help me choose my investments. not just with my savings plan here at work. they help me wi...