The reason you are still a Jr. is that you don't read the forum although you joined more than a year ago. You aren't spending your time here to learn and contribute. Rank and merit are related to each other, on the other hand, merit and contribution are related to each others. So spend more time here, learn and contribute. Then your rank would upgrade automatically.
I once said that I wasn't a very active user in the first year of signing up for an account. I spent a lot of time off the forum learning the trade and a few other things, but the days got better once I got back into the forum and started studying hard. Consistency and willingness to contribute has brought me to this point and I'm glad that today I learned so much about forum, bitcoin and more.
I admit that investing more time in studying will never be wasted. That's a good start for everyone who is successful now because I believe we are basically not educated people about bitcoin and everything on this forum. So the conclusion is, study harder and don't complain.