I don't know if this has been mentioned before but there does appear to be some stigma attached to 'hours to solo' but once he/she has their license, it's look how many hours I have!
I am 36yrs old with 31hours. The 31hours are spread over 10years! (19 in the last 12months).
I could have gone solo in the last 8hours but I put my medical off because of my weight - I passed the medical last year but then my job took me abroad. Only 2hrs flown since my medical.
Time off later this year to get my license. I plan to solo by 40 and complete my license by 65 (that is hours and not age btw!!).
Does 65 hours bother me? No it's 65hours experience - okay it's cost me more money, but that's all.