AP exams can earn you like 8 credits, like for example, if you geta 5 on calc bc, you can get out of 2 calc classes. for like college course you would have to take that class to get the credit.

also i think AP classes are easier because they are slower and you have 8 months for the exam. in a college course, the pace will be faster andyou will have probably only midterm and finals to make your grade and no homework.

thats just what i think. just take both.

I took AP history years ago, got a 4 on the exam which gave me six credit hours. I don’t remember how much the test cost, but it was around 100 dollars, I think.

6 credit hours at my university would cost about 800 dollars.