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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Dear Course 7, 5-7, and 6-7 Majors:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The
<b>mid-term advising period</b> is<b> Wednesday, November 5 </b>through<b> Wednesday, November 19
</b>(</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="http://mit.edu/registrar/calendar/index.html" title="http://mit.edu/registrar/calendar/index.html" data-outlook-id="7d042ae8-5a6d-4089-8425-465ffbc58a69" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Drop
Date</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><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
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://biology.mit.edu/people" title="https://biology.mit.edu/people" data-outlook-id="cdf47c92-9ac6-42f1-9db3-22f5c73dc177" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Biology
Department website</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> to find their office contact information. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>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.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Also, we ask that you bear in mind any changes
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="http://mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html#drop" title="http://mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html#drop" data-outlook-id="75e88a6e-b2bd-495a-8abc-7c0dd1acbb26" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">(</a><a href="http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html" title="http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/add-drop.html" data-outlook-id="b862004d-b836-40fe-931e-5100979e0e01" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">i.e.,
changing status of registration or other items</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">) 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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" data-outlook-id="981ab770-2abc-4fa9-acf1-2dfe43a2cab5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">-- </a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Joshua Stone</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Biology Education Office 68-120</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">31 Ames Street </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Cambridge, MA 02139</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:stonej@mit.edu" data-outlook-id="b0b37fd9-30a2-489a-b804-9d73b54bc698" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">stonej@mit.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">P: 617-253-4718 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><i>Have a Blessed day.</i></span></p>
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