Hi David,
It might be worth following this students lead – follow the postings thread )…
http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2008-March/020407.html
( you can join that list here… )
http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
You’ll notice that he was asked to download the Blender source from SVN, and compile, to get some additional brownie points – I’m not sure if you’ve done this before but it’s pretty straightforward ( esp if you use scons or the off-line build make files – the only possible issue with the latest svn is that someone might have uploaded a file, but not included it as part of the project / solution )
Good luck with your application!
Mal