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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Course 7, 5-7, and 6-7 Majors:</span></strong><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The <b>mid-term advising<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>period</b> is<b> Wednesday, November 9 </b>through<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Wednesday, November 23 </span></strong>(<a href="http://mit.edu/registrar/calendar/index.html" title="http://mit.edu/registrar/calendar/index.html"><span style="color:#954F72">Drop
Date</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">).</span></strong> 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" title="https://biology.mit.edu/people"><span style="color:#954F72">Biology
Department website</span></a> to find their office contact information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Even if Biology is your secondary major or you are a Course 5-7 or 6-7 student, please check in with your Course 7 advisor and take advantage of
this time to speak with them.</span></strong><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Also, we ask that you bear in mind any changes <a href="http://mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html#drop" title="http://mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html#drop"><span style="color:#954F72">(</span></a><a href="http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html" title="http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html"><span style="color:#954F72">i.e.,
changing status of registration or other items</span></a>) that need to be approved by your advisor can be taken care of at this meeting, as it is leading up to Drop Date. For course 5-7 and 6-7 majors either advisor can approve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Joshua Stone</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Undergraduate Program</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Biology Education Office 68-120</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">31 Ames Street </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:stonej@mit.edu">stonej@mit.edu</a><span style="color:#212121">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">P: 617-253-4718
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">F: 617-258-9329<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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