<p>My kids attended 3 different colleges, both public and private. AP credit and policies toward exemptions from course work and enrollment in advanced level course work was handled differently at each, but always clearly stated in written policies, easily found on the college’s web site. </p>
<p>The anecdotes described in the article all seem to be from students who did not check their particular school’s policy in advance of enrollment. </p>
<p>One thing that I did observe along the way – even if a desired college does not offer credit, advanced standing, or the opportunity to enroll in advanced level coursework based on APs – it is worth having that credit in case the student later transfers. My son’s first college, a private LAC, did not award credit for AP courses – but when he later transferred to a public U., the AP credit was particularly useful in helping fill gen ed requirements that he otherwise would have had to make up at college #2, which had a very different set of requirements than college #1.</p>