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Lamont took Fundies with 20 dives. I don't remember if he passed it, but he doesn't regret having done it.
I was one of his dive buddies. I had over 900 dives at the time. Neither of us passed ... all six people in that class got provisionals. To my concern, Lamont did better than me ... he had fewer bad habits to unlearn. Both of us got subsequent passes from a different instructor ...
It's really going to depend on the student. A fair number of my AOW grads go on to take Fundies fairly soon after the AOW class. Some do better than others. Several have expressed an interest and I've encouraged them to get in more diving first. Some students learn faster than others, for quite a variety of reasons. You really can't know without seeing them in the water whether they'll benefit from the class yet, or whether they should get more dives in before attempting it.I would not recommend the OP run out and jump into a class, but GUE Primer would be totally appropriate, and probably a very good way to jumpstart her diving skills.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)