I wanted to award you with few merits for this post but as you know I don't have any. I Try to figure it out how this works because sometimes I see shitty post merited and very long useful guide not. I have written few posts and still earned no merits so I can not merit anybody and if unlucky I will stay newbie for a very long time or even never rank up. I think if you don't speak English you can forget to rank up.
You can rank up to Jr. Member without Merit, you just need to actively posting 30 constructive post to earn at least 30 Activity point after that you just need to wait for the 3 period of 14 days which about 1.5 months to have your account promoted to Jr. Member