u/One-Consideration-96

so i’m in going into my 4th year and plan to try and apply for a masters program in MEd psyc. i realized we needed 3 letters of reference however i never had the guts to go talk to profs or build a connection with them or get into a research lab yet so i feel like im so screwed (ik it’s my fault for not getting the courage to talk to these profs). i currently would only be able to get 2 references, 1 from my part time job at a restaurant and 1 at my current child psychology internship (which would be my saving grace) but i don’t think 2 of the 3 references being a professional working experience is good enough since they’d prefer 2 academic ones.

Does anyone have any advice on what I could possibly do in this case? I’m still gonna try rlly hard to get into some research labs for the fall and pray even after just a month or 2 of being a lab helper the supervisor is nice enough to write a letter since deadlines are Dec 1. But this is only even if i get in a lab… I’m also taking 1 psyc online course for summer but its all asynchronous and i don’t think there’s even office hours so I’m wondering how I can build a strong enough connection to earn and ask a reference letter from that course. am i screwed or can someone give me some advice on what i should do next😭

now that we have the whole canvas hacked thing and most of the online courses have delayed the starting date and most haven’t even sent out the syllabus yet, does anyone know if the deadline to drop classes are still May 15th or will it be extended?

I'm going into my 4th year and was checking how many credits I need remaining, and I'm a bit confused. Currently, I have 90 total credits, but I calculated that if I complete 1 upper-level elective course and 1 upper-level PSYC course during the summer, I would only need 6 upper-level PSYC credits and 3 regular upper-level credits in my 4th year to fulfill all the requirements, since the credits for those 2 requirements would overlap.

However, this would mean I only have 105 credits overall, so I would still need another 15 credits to graduate. Does this mean I would need to take some other electives or any courses I want to reach the remaining credits to fulfill 120 credits, even though I've already fulfilled all the requirements?