My daughter did not take AP art and she was applying to art schools. Her school offered it, but she did not want to take it and preferred to work on her portfolio and work using other media. She was accepted to both NYU for studio art and to Pratt. It is an extremely time consuming class and it’s deadlines would have come at a time when she was the lead in our HS’s musical. In order to take AP art, most schools require that you take art throughout high school.