I’m guessing at most schools - submitting for admissions and then taking credit (where offered) or placement (where offered) - will be voluntary.
Kids like to take the credit for saving money and schooling but then many are told, repeat core classes.
It’s school by school - but i would use what benefits you for admission - as it’s a benefit and those are high level schools - and then go from there once you decide to attend. I would keep the admission and how it impacts me once attending separate.
One step at a time - and you need to get in first.
MIT says this - most don’t get credit but these can and can impact placement - doesn’t mean it has to - and they have an email to ask questions on the last line - i suspect most/all schools will too - so use that.
A score of 5 on the Calculus BC exam will grant you credit for 18.01.
A score of 5 on the Calculus AB exam allows you to enroll in the accelerated Calculus sequence of 18.01A/18.02A.
A score of 5 on both Physics C exams—Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism—will grant you credit for 8.01. No credit will be given for the Physics 1 and 2 exams separately.
A score of 5 on any AP exams listed in the College Board’s categories of Arts, English, History & Social Sciences, and World Languages & Cultures earn 9 units each of unrestricted elective credit**.
A score of 5 on both of the Capstone exams – AP Seminar and AP Research, earns a total of 9 units of unrestricted elective credit**. No credit is given for AP Environmental Science or Statistics exams.
Advanced Placement credit cannot be used to satisfy any part of the HASS Requirement.
In addition to earning 9 units of unrestricted elective credit**, a score of 5 on either
the English Language and Composition or English Literature and Composition exam places you in the “CI-H/CI-HW Required” category without taking the First Year Essay Evaluation (FEE).
You are still required to take a Communication-Intensive subject (CI-HW or CI-H) your first year as part of the Communication Requirement. Students with scores lower than 5 on either exam should take the FEE or plan to complete a CI-HW subject.
Address questions not answered here regarding MIT’s policies and procedures on credit for Advanced Placement scores to ap@mit.edu.