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@meimei0602 , per your post  you are exempt  ( from counting days present ) till the end of 2019.  I am assuming here that your  F-1 is still valid and you are on OPT and thus still a Non-Resident Alien.

The first year choice requires amongst other things  that you will be a resident alien during next year and you cannot make the first year choice till you meet that  Substantial Presence Test.  Your  situation  makes it  kind of questionable  because  (a) there is no certainty that your OPT will last till  July of  2020,  and (b) that your  visa will not expire  ( assuming that F-1 was for five years) .   Can you still do it -- yes; but  why would you want to do it -- just to file a 1040  instead of 1040-NR  or what. Perhaps  you need to answer that and then we can work on how to achieve that.

Note that  W-2 by itself does not change your  status -- it just allows  taxes to be withheld.

Which country are you from ?  ( not that some countries have  special assertions  for students with local income while on training and education ).