But the tricky part of the Calc AB vs. BC class is they are both "honors" classes and get the plus one GPA point. The public universities in my area GPA is THE most critical factor for entrance into the university. AP and honors classes affect this because of their extra point. The only one to care if AB vs. BC were take would be entrance to a departments like engineering.

In my son's H.S. there is no official parent override at our school. If you don't get the grades you aren't in the class. I say officialy because at this point DS already doesn't have the grades to get into AP Chemistry next year, but if his grades continue as top A's in his Chemistry class his counselor can probably ask for an exception. He messed up the first 1/4 of first semester in Chemistry, and she knows the reasons.