My comment to you stands. The discussion was about colleges recalculating GPA. Your post made it sound like the colleges that recalculate GPA all take AP courses into consideration…and weigh them. My point…this is not true.
As @sybbie719 pointed out…tjese selective schools have tons of competitive applicants…tons. They are looking for students who took a challenging courseload in HS. So IF your school offers a lot of AP courses and you don’t take them…that would not work in your favor. OTOH…if your school doesn’t offer AP courses…you will not be penalized in the application process.
But really…this has nothing at all to do with colleges recalculating GPA…nothing.