Should you stay as a Novice?

As a Novice you have to get 6 signatures on your license before upgrading to a full license.
The first signature is the ARKS test, therefore you need 5 more from races.
There seems to be 2 differing thoughts on whether you should get rid of your novice license as soon as possible or whether you should continue to race as a novice for, say, the entire first year.

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