# Trial Period Graduation **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips & Tricks\ **Created:** [April 28, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/trial-period-graduation/30695 "2018-04-28T22:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/trial-period-graduation/30695/6 "2018-04-28T22:38:58Z")
> [@benh05](#): > > the average rate I’ve been able to digest these courses is one level per month (including all vocab). I feel like my pacing may be a little slow. I know some of you guys are averaging a level a week, so I don’t feel so great about that, but, honestly, I’m doing what time allows The short answer is that whatever pace you can manage is fine. The slightly longer answer is that there is a benefit to going faster. The faster you go, the more similar looking kanji you’ll encounter (before previous kanji are burned). This will force you to really look at and remember the differences between those kanji. So I think one month per level is the absolute slowest you should go, if possible. For reference, I did about 8 days per level until around level 25, and since then I’ve been doing around 15 days per level. If you ever want to do more than one batch of lessons a day, or want to easily get the right balance of lesson types, you can use the [Lesson Filter script](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wanikani-lesson-filter/19023). > [@benh05](#): > > What membership type do you have and why? I did annual for a year and then switched to lifetime despite already being level 35 at the time. I did this because I wanted to slow down and focus on studying other aspects of Japanese. At your pace you’d be best off getting the lifetime membership, if you can afford it and are confident you’ll continue using WaniKani. With that in mind, there is usually a $100 discount off the lifetime subscription at the end of each year. Additionally, unused subscription amounts will prorate additional membership purchases. So if you get annual now and then get the $200 lifetime this December, it’ll actually cost you less (about $260 instead of $300). Plus, this will give you 8 months to use WaniKani before the lifetime discount, which will give you plenty of time to decide if you want to continue with lifetime. This is all based on the assumption that there will be another discount this year, which is of course not guaranteed. > [@benh05](#): > > What did you do during your various phases? I don’t do as much as I should, but I am participating in the beginner’s bookclub. The book currently in the lead for our next selection has furigana above all kanji. So if it actually ends up winning, it should be reasonable for people with less kanji knowledge to read along. > [@benh05](#): > > What do you use to keep your pronunciation in check? An important aspect of pronunciation is pitch accent. I use [this script](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wanikani-pitch-info/18745) and make sure I always pay attention to pitch accent when learning new words. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wanikani.com/t/trial-period-graduation/30695)._