Community college classes vs high school classes

Hey guys, I wanted to take calc BC through a community college. My problem is, that since taking it at CC already gives you college credit, my counselor said that there was no need at all to take the AP exam since it would be a waste of money(bc i would've already gotten college credit). However, I'm worried that if i do that, it'll look incomplete on a college app, or that some colleges will assume i did poorly or that i wasn't confident enough to take it even if i explicitly say i took it through community college. Is my counselor right or wrong? If he's wrong, why is he telling me to not take the AP exam if it wouldn't look good?

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