@Psata82: No, the GC only referred to admission to the two flagship universities and to highly selective out-of-state colleges. She is an old hand and there is little she has not seen in many decades as GC. She switched schools this year … unfortunately. One of her issues was that DE classes at school are taught by (then) community college instructors and (now) by professors of the lowest-performing university in the state. There just had been a switch by the county school board. DE classes on the flagship campus are often taught by TAs, not by professors, and thus the reluctance of the admission officers with classes from their own campus.
But I know what you mean with schools pushing APs. Our high school doesn’t but two other high schools in the city do and made it on the top 500 list. I only wonder what the passing rates are; they are not factored into the formula.