Check out the school profile for college AOs. It should have the info about how many students from recent classes have taken AP exams and how they have performed. For college admissions purpose only, no one has come out and said AP exams are considered, I think. I guess it depends on what type of colleges you are shooting for, whether many peers do take AP exams, and what your overall academic profile looks like. If you are applying to highly selective colleges, most of your peers applying to the same colleges do have a lot of AP exams, and/or your transcript could use a little further “validation”, then Acing a good number of AP exams might help.