Your snark is uncalled for considering that your insights have absolutely nothing to do with the original poster’s questions, whereas I am trying to assist him/her. The OP stated that the exams s/he is looking not to take would not earn credit anyway because s/he is anticipating a score lower than the threshold or because the college does not give credit for the subject @frozencustard
Alternatively, you could have encouraged the OP to take the AP exams that s/he could potentially get credit for saying, “Hey, you might get a 5; give it a shot.” But if the college does not grant credit, the HS does not require the exam to be taken, and the college does not care (which if not mentioned in the acceptance’s Terms and Conditions, I maintain they will not care), then I stand by by statement that there are no games being played. We can certainly agree to disagree.