<p>If you excelled academically your freshman year, then why not a single AP your sophomore year? It’s practice for junior year. If your school offers 18 of them, then you are at a fairly high caliber school. At least some admissions officers would be curious why you didn’t try one sophomore year.</p>
<p>More importantly, AP classes can broaden your mind, improve your writing and critical analysis skills. And I don’t see how you can know already that you have an avid interest in Euro, etc., until you try it. </p>