The skeleton, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and other components of joints make up the musculoskeletal system. The skeleton provides strength, stability, and a frame for muscles to work against in producing movement. Bones also serve as shields to protect delicate internal organs.
Stanford University, which has a nonbinding early-action process, accepted 10.2% of its early applicants, or 743 students, according to the Stanford Daily. That's a 0.6% decrease from last year's early-admission rate. MIT accepted 625 of its 6519 early-decision applicants for a 9.6% acceptance rate.
Last year, Harvard University had a double-digit percentage increase in its early-admissions acceptance numbers. The Ivy League school accepted just over 21% of the 4692 early-action applicants to the Class of 2018, the Crimson reported at the time â an 11% increase in early applicants from the class of 2017.