So I want to go in to physio at Queens or Dalhousie.
I have nothing impressive right now other than a degree. I need to get an academic reference letter first of all. I took a course this past winter semester with a prof and I got an A+. It was a small seminar course so the prof saw me often and I went to office hours too. However, I feel like if I ask him for a reference letter, it won't be as good as if I volunteered in his lab first. That's why I'm considering volunteering in his lab so I can later get a reference letter from him and hopefully it would be a better reference letter and I would have the research assistant experience to add on to my application. His lab is about sport psychology, not related to physio.
Should I ask him for a reference letter? or should I volunteer in his lab to get experience as well and then get the reference letter later?