Pre med and AP credit

A lot of competitive colleges, especially Top-30 schools known for premed will be stingy with AP credits, especially for the sciences.

My son’s school gives graduation/general education credits for a 5 in Biology/Chemistry but students still need to take the standard sequence. Physics C/EM are the only classes that earn actual science credit with a 5 on the associated AP tests.

The school is more generous with AP credits for math (gives credit for Calc 1/2 with a 5 in BC and full credit for a 5 in Stats). Premeds are actually required to take Calculus 3/Multivariable or the advanced version of Statistics and Biology majors are under the same requirement (need to take Multivariable Calculus to graduate).

Definitely do your research. There are very few schools where premeds actually need to take more advanced math classes like Multivariable Calculus or Calculus based Statistics, but that helps demonstrate proficiency.