complete and timely review of applications for all common application members. particularly those with november 1st deadlines. but at catholic university they've gone old school, retreating to the basement to scan hundreds of applications into their system. >> universities around the country rely on the common application. we're on their side. we need them to fix this. we do hope that there is a resolution and fix to this very soon. >> reporter: chris and kate, the one thing that universities are telling us is kids should not panic. they won't be penalized if their applications are delayed because they've been using common app. in fact, more than 50 schools have pushed back this friday's deadline to give students more time to get their applications filed. >> silver lining you can take out of this. there are a lot of families sweating this morning they can't get on common app right now. >> good information to have, especially about them extending the deadline. appreciate the reporting. welcome. >> thank you. >> absolutely.