<p>For what it's worth, my d. did both cc and 4-year college classes (66 credits worth), and took three AP exams without ever taking an AP course. None of the colleges she applied to said "boo". At the college she ended up at, they had their own placement exams for the subjects in which she had taken AP exams, so the APs were absolutely worthless, both for placement and for credit, and (relative to the college courses) were irrelevant in admissions as well. They would allow her to use the cc credits only if she was ill and needed them to graduate or in a situation similar.</p>