Macbook pro blue screen with spinning disk, won't start up. desperate!!!

macbook pro blue screen with spinning disk, won't start up. desperate!!! i'm a student and have a paper due tomorrow.
my macbook was really sluggish so i ran a hardware test. it said NO PROBLEMS. i did restart. my current login and password were REJECTED.
then the macbook went into blue screen and it just sits there and flashes to gray and back to blue and the white lines that make up the circle icon just spin and spin. i am DESPERATE to get this running so i can print my paper. please email me directly to my cell phone because i can't access computer. using someone else's computer to request help. DIRECT EMAIL PLEASE thank you.
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my current login and password were REJECTED
Try resetting your admin password > Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password

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