It is the home stretch. It refers to a cart wheeled through the studio the day formal projects were due at Beaux-arts, the first architecture school in France, during the 18th and 19th centuries. A jury is a more formal version of an architectural review, in which students gather to present and discuss their projects.
Specialists critique each undertaking.
On any evening, a collection of students can be found sitting and chatting at the third-floor exit of Campbell Hall. Architecture School students shift their priorities, and sleeping usually is shafted. I sleep on the couch. That's pretty usual. Most people who hear birds chirp think it's a good thing, but to an A-Schooler, you want to shoot them, because it means you've been up all night.