<p>I know that many medicine schools do not accept any AP scores or test-outs. Therefore, applicants for medicine schools have to take the introductory courses at college, they can't skip the stuff.</p>
<p>Is this the same case for graduate schools? I mean Engineering and Science.
How do top graduate schools view AP? You know, AP exams do not cover as much material as the introductory courses at college. Will taking a lot of AP/test-out (which do not have grade at all) affect grad school admission?</p>
<p>No, receiving a lot of credit via APs will not affect grad school admissions.</p>
<p>Grad schools could give two turds about your AP classes and scores. However, you can get out of courses based on undergrad courses sometimes and courses from other grad degrees can also be transferred. Every school is different though and has their own policies towards that.</p>
<p>Absolutely not. Grad school is a different animal.</p>
<p>Grad schools will only care about your preparation in college, and, if applicable, immediately after. But I see why you might be concerned if you are applying in the sciences. Program A may require a year of physics, but you got a 5 on the physics AP test. So do you take physics again? The answer is that, yes, you probably have to take physics, but not necessarily introductory physics. Instead, you take the second part of the sequence to show that you’ve mastered it. The same is true of math. You may have taken AP Calc and AP Statistics, but if the last time you took math was in high school, you’re going to have a tough time making a case for any program that requires quantitative skills. </p>
<p>The same is true of the humanities, especially for those that require foreign languages. If you tested out of French through the AP exam, you may still need to prove that you have mastered it by taking an upper level course.</p>
<p>“Grad schools will only care about your preparation in college, and, if applicable, immediately after.”
What do you mean by immediately after? </p>
<p>What about engineering? If I test-out Physics and I don’t need any second/third part of the sequence of Physics for my major, and then jump directly into Engineering subjects, would this be a concern?</p>
<p>Another reason I ask this is that many top engineering schools do not endorse the use of AP exam in their own undergrad…They have to take the courses at college level.</p>
<p>I mean that some people don’t go directly to graduate school. Their research and work experience come into play during the process.</p>
<p>Go to the program websites to see what they require for admission, keeping in mind that anything that is posted is a minimum. To be competitive, you may have to go beyond what you see. Make sure you’re prepared the way a student at a top undergraduate engineering school would be. HOWEVER, if you’ve taken upper level engineering course that show that you know the necessary concepts, you’ll probably be fine. Programs may not even notice that you haven’t taken college physics. 
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<p>Does your college transcript show the AP course credits? If so, that will be a big help.</p>