<p>It depends on your high school and your ability. If your school does offer that and you are able to take it without hurting your GPA, you should definitely go for it. It would be more useful for STEM majors. Don’t focus only on admission. If you do get great score on the AP exam, you will have a good placement and earn credits. Most engineering schools do not expect entering freshmen to have Calculus already, but having some Calculus knowledge, or even better, placement into Calculus 2 or 3 would really help the student.</p>