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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Dear Course 7, 7A, and Course 6-7 Majors:</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">The <b><span style="color:#121AF7">mid-term advising period</span></b> is now upon us<b>, </b>running until<b> Wednesday, November 23rd </b>(<a href="http://mit.edu/registrar/calendar/index.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#386EFF">Drop
Date</span></a><b>).</b> Please make an appointment with your faculty advisor for some time within this period. You can refer to the faculty profiles page on the <a href="https://biology.mit.edu/people"><span style="color:#386EFF">Biology Department website</span></a> to
find their office contact information. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Even if Biology is your secondary major or you are a Course 6-7 student, it is still important to regularly check in with your Course 7 advisor. Please
take advantage of this time to meet with them. </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Also, we ask that you bear in mind any changes <a href="http://mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html#drop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#386EFF">(</span></a><a href="http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#386EFF">i.e.,
changing status of registration or other items</span></a>) that need to be approved by your advisor should be taken care of at this meeting, as it is leading up to Drop Date.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">All best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Josh</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Joshua Stone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Undergraduate Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Biology Education Office 68-120<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">31 Ames Street <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cambridge, MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">stonej@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">P: 617-253-4718<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">F: 617-258-9329</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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