No. Take what you need to take to be who you are. My boy took AP Lang his 11th grade year, but an online regular 12th grade course his senior year due to scheduling issues. At his state flagship university, the AP Lit on top of AP Lang may have gained him elective credit, but nothing more. AP Lit would have increased his high school GPA & possibly class rank due to the weighted stance, but at the expense of German and probably band - sacrificing band would have cost him his leadership roles - and his rank as-was was top 7%, so… Granted, he wasn’t gunning for Ivys or similar, but I wouldn’t have argued with his course selection even if he were.