Next time try to go through the Op of a thread to see if there are rules guiding that thread. For now you can't apply to this thread because you still need 4 more merits to meet the required merit which is from 5 - 9 merits for member rank application.
Below is the quote from Op stating the required merit before applying.
If you have the following amount of merit on the meter, then you can safely apply:
- 0
- 5 - 9
- 85 - 99
- 230 - 249
- 475 - 499
- 970 - 999