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.
Out of all the Ivy League universities, Yale was the only one that saw a decrease in the number of applications received from the previous year. For the Class of 2013, while Yale experienced an increase in Early Action applications (5,557), this was not the case in the Regular Decision round when Yale received 23,088.