We don’t have a DE option where we live, however, I was recently talking to a mother who moved here from a place that did. Her daughter chose DE because she was worried about not getting credit for college if she did not score high enough on the AP exams. She was a strong student but not a great test taker. She finished high school with a 4.0 GPA in college courses that were all accepted by the college where she was accepted. For her, the risk of not getting high enough AP scores for the same outcome was too great.