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.
During the regular decision period, 27,822 students applied to attend Vanderbilt in fall 2015. That's up from 11,798 in 2007, when the acceptance rate was 31 percent. Those numbers do not include early decision applicants, who apply earlier in the year and agree to go to Vanderbilt if they are accepted.