If you want to study in Wuhan, you have to ask clearly whether you can leave for half a year, because many schools studying at West Point generally pay a one-time fee for one year. Since you are correcting your teeth, you don't have to rush for a while. You can learn theory first, and then you can go to Beijing to reunite with your parents and enroll in West Point in a down-to-earth manner. Because I think it must be more beneficial for you to study in a better school all the time, so that you can avoid running around and save unnecessary investment in studying. Apprenticeship is not recommended. Nowadays, in many places, the recruitment of apprentices is actually the use of free and low-cost labor. I hope it will help you, and I wish you an early success.