As per OP, you should at least have 5 merits in the last 120 days, so it should not be 1124 as that is your total merits.
you actually have not earned a single merit in the last 120 days, but if OP finds you are a good poster then you'll be accepted. just correct the merit into 0.
In the information about how the application should look, it is not precised that they are to be Merits collected in the last 120 days.
I think that the OP should specify that it was clear to everyone. I see that many users give the total number of Merits, not just those collected over the last 120 days.