<p>As an engineer you are going to have to take further calculus classes, and perhaps some others. One issue to consider is whether you’ll end up in off-semester scheduling. A class such as Calculus normally runs on a year-long sequence; your 1st semester you take Math 1A and the 2nd you take 1B. If you get credit thru AP for only 1/2 the year then you either take 1B your 1st semester or wait until the 2nd semester to take it. </p>
<p>If you want to take Math 1B 1st semester you’ll find out they don’t offer as many classes of it. There may be only 1 prof teaching it, while there may be several teaching the 1A class since so many more people are starting the sequence. Which has 2 implications. First, you’ll be taking the 1B class with all the other kids that came in with AP credit, so they’re probably smarter than the average 1A student and the curve could be tougher. Second, you won’t have a choice of times or profs. If it coincides with another class you want or the prof isn’t that highly regarded, you’re stuck.</p>
<p>Also, as pointed out, med schools sometimes require that you satisfy their requirements with classes taken in college, not thru AP credit. This is something you should look into to make sure you don’t end up having to take advanced versions of the classes you get AP credit for.</p>