Sometimes you need to be careful with this, especially if the AP score places you into the more advanced class. My older kid’s college’s parents FB page is currently lit up by two threads about what a disaster of the advanced chem and math classes are for freshmen. It turns out that at least some of the kids who aced the AP tests do not actually have the knowledge the kids who took the intro class at college do, and so they struggle mightily in the higher level class they placed into. And if you think you want to go to med school getting a C (or even B?) in a chem class is a kiss of death apparently. Similar situation with math, getting 5 on the BC calc exam does not necessarily prepare you for the college level math the engineering program requires.