Is it strange for an ambitious student to not take an AP class freshman or sophomore year?

<p>Okay, thanks for your insight. Most of my peers are not taking AP classes; however, my best friend attends a different school, and it’s basically a rite of passage for all “smart” sophomores there to take AP Human Geography (if they haven’t taken it freshman year). Also, she’s taking AP Environmental Science (which they never would allow a sophomore to do at my school) and Pre-AP English (which she insists is different from English 2 Honors).</p>

<p>I would say my school offers around 18 AP classes (so most of them, I believe?).</p>