<p>Schools of a lower ranking don’t generally care about AP scores. However, top colleges will really take anything they can get to best get to know their applicants.</p>
<p>As for advanced standing, Yale allows students to skip out of intro classes, but does not allow students to graduate early. (You can skip intro biology, for example, but that doesn’t mean you’ll need less than the 30-something credits necessary for graduation.)</p>
<p>Yale’s AP credit policy: [Table</a> of Acceleration Credit | Acceleration | Academic Information | Yale College | Class of 2013](<a href=“Yale College”>Yale College)</p>
<p>For future reference, googling “[college name] AP credit policy” is very helpful. ;)</p>