The two primary reasons for the recommendation are to ensure that the mathematics and English skills of associate degree holders are above the comparable skills of high school graduates.

I personally don't need a spring break. However, it makes more sense to have it in the middle. I think having spring break at the end hurts students more than it helps.

A college degree should have a higher requirement for completion than a high school diploma.

The mathematics faculty were encouraging me to shift into mathematics as my major and explaining to me that it was not almost impossible to make a good career in America as a mathematician. So I... became officially a student of mathematics. And in the end I had learned and progressed so much in mathematics that they gave me an M.S. in addition to my B.S. when I graduated.

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.