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.
Stanford remains the most selective MBA program in the U.S., with an acceptance rate of just 7.1%, slightly above the 6.8% admit rate a year earlier. Harvard is next, having accepted 11.0% of its applicants last year, a tad below the 11.3% in 2013.