College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds e-mailed students earlier today to announce the unveiling of the much delayed application for J-Term housing. You can find it here. The app is pretty short, so you might as well fill it out soon and not play chicken with the Oct. 15 deadline. A couple of things to note after the jump:

1) The application wastes no time making clear that your swipe cards will not work in Houses if you are not approved for J-Term. So if you're hoping to crash with your more J-Term eligible roommate, you'll have to live with the inconvenience of calling them every time you need to get in.

2) The language about allowing thesis writers to stay sounds very cautious, and leaves a lot of wiggle-room for rejection:

Note: Only those thesis writers who absolutely must stay on campus to conduct their research will be considered. Students must have approval from their thesis adviser and concentration to remain on campus.

If this is to be believed, the designation "absolutely must stay on campus" is only enough to get your application considered.