Hossa!
I soloed right from the start. Mind you, I started with sailplanes here in the Alps. We were standing on a mountain slope @ about 2000m a.s.l. and my "instructor" just grinned at me and said "no risk no fun!". got the hang of it very quickly and after about 15 Flights with the Glider I switched to a .40 Trainer. Soloed right from the begining again and I except for being brought down by the dog of a fly-mate (the dog actually jumped and bit the wheel AFTER Take-off) last weekend I haven't had any problems.

Be confident!

Rev