Many colleges have told us admissions doesn't care about the AP exam scores.
The "competitive kids" mentioned in the post before yours by cricket3 think AP exam scores do matter for admissions. I'm not sure what to think. Probably the marginal effect of good AP exam scores is decreasing in the quantity. Three fives is much better than zero, and 6 fives is a bit better than 3 fives, but I doubt that 9 fives confers much edge over 6 fives. Once a student has 5 or 6 fives on AP exams by junior year, marginal effort may be better expended on extracurriculars.
