<p>AP US History at my school begins next year and is for sophomores ONLY. </p>
<p>All the others (we have four this year but will have seven next year) are for juniors and seniors, mostly seniors. </p>
<p>“sophomores and freshmen do not have the academic maturity to handle AP classes.”</p>
<p>This isn’t true, but I would argue that it should be…I mean, they’re supposed to be college-level classes. If lots of high school freshmen of average intelligence can succeed in them, they’re probably not challenging enough.</p>