Keep it secret so that others will not have access to your academic record. Subsequent changes must be made in person at the Admissions, Recruitment and Registrar's Office, James Administration Building. You must take with you your McGill student ID card and one other piece of identification. If you lose or forget your PIN you should go in person to the Cashier's and Records Office or the Admissions, Recruitment and Registrar's Office, with your McGill student card and one other piece of identification. Please note that your PIN cannot be given to you over the telephone.
Students retain full control as to who has access to their records or accounts.
Student verification forms, statements of account and all other correspondence are sent directly to them. In accordance with provincial legislation, personal information, including transcripts of academic records, may be released to relatives, sponsors or any other parties only with the signed authorization of the student. If all addresses on file are invalid or incomplete a student's mail will be held. Once the addresses are updated the address hold is automatically removed and future mail will be sent. Students who do not have access to the Internet may make the necessary changes by writing to their department.