Time to solo
Yep, rushing students to solo early to benifit their and their instructors egos is not a good thing.
Personally, speaking as someone who flew into cloud on my third solo, I think it is crazy that students are sent solo without even an introduction to instrument flying, especially the AH. I was fortunate enough to drop out of the cloud with only about 15deg bank, but it could have been very different.......
I am not sure who s**t himself more, me or the spectating instructor.....