BC Calc and Chem: Use an AP exemption or take the class?

My generic advice would be to start at Calc 2. I’ve heard too many stories that HS AP courses aren’t the “same as college courses” as they claim to be. Calc 1 would go going back too far, with a 4 or 5, but Calc 3/MVC/LA might be a stretch to dive right into. Unless a 5, and the actual course, was easy-peasy.

(Fwiw, I used my 4 on BC to go right into Calc 3 and was fine… But that was long ago).