I have a while yet before I solo....but it is interesting, because my club (AMA chartered) doesnt seem to have any structure to the lesson planning. Everytime I go out there, I fly with someone new, and he basically gets it up there and lets me do what I want to do. They'll point out pointers here and there and keep me out of trouble, which is great. But, I feel that if I wanted to solo, I'd just do it. I don't know of any tests or checkride type things that are involved. Perhaps I just havent found out if there is yet.