As the mom of a freshman college student who graduated from one of the top early college high schools in Texas I am going to say, no. Not only did that not play into any decision they also seem to be focused on grade over substance. So if you could stretch to A-B in an AP class or duel credit or play it safe in on level take the on-level class. The college most likely will not accept any duel credit earned and they are more focused on top ten than how they got there. Most of our friends who have early college students and they have lost all but 12 hours earned and because the elite class was only 80 students most of them did not get in a dream school. Instead they have an associates degree and are attending their second, third or a choice they had not really considered.