The rules are different for international students, as US colleges know that the ‘typical’ expectations vary across systems. The recommendations are designed for domestic students, not international students. A student from the UK, for example, would not be able to fulfill the ‘recommended’ table above- but they are regularly accepted to US unis. S
As @hippobirdy there are a few limits, but they tend to be obvious: a student applying for, say, CS who hasn’t taken maths in the final year could be problematic.