Some colleges give credit for AP classes. This makes it possible to graduate from college in a far shorter amount of time, ultimately saving you money!

For example, Harvard lets you apply for Advanced Standing if you've completed the equivalent of a year of college courses with AP exams. The University of Michigan, too, grants new students course credit and higher class placements for AP exams.

However, some colleges use scores to help place students in higher-level classes but don't allow these credits to fulfill graduation requirements, so you can't graduate any earlier. Similarly, other schools might let you earn college credit but are limiting about which AP exams they accept.

As an example, Stanford University accepts AP credit from many science, language, and math AP courses, but not any from history or English courses.

Washington University in St. Louis will grant some credit for AP tests but doesn't allow you to use these credits to meet general education requirements:

"A maximum of 15 units of prematriculation credit may be counted toward any undergraduate degree. These units will count toward graduation, but will not meet general education requirements."

Despite all this, getting the boost into more advanced classes can help you work through a major more quickly and let you take more advanced and more interesting courses as a freshman. Even if you don't earn credit for your AP scores, AP classes can still get you ahead.

If you’re curious about a college’s AP policy, the College Board has a database you can use to look up any school's policy.

Link to u https://ap.collegeboard.org/