This appears to be the preferred method, since it avoids relying on the AP credit as the only fulfillment of the subject area, and also avoids having to mark “repeat” if one takes the college course covering the same material.
However, there are two situations where the student with AP credit may not have a good option:
- AP physics 1 and 2. Most colleges consider physics-for-biology-majors to be a terminal sequence, with no upper level follow-on course, so the pre-med either has to take the "repeat", or take the more math-intensive physics-for-physics-and-engineering-majors sequence (not a problem for a physics or engineering or maybe math major, but many biology and other majors do not want to compete with physics majors for A grades in physics courses and math courses through at least calculus 3).
- Where the college does not allow the AP score to give advanced placement in the subject, so that the pre-med has to "repeat" the course before taking more advanced courses.