{"id":370125,"date":"2024-11-01T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T19:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/?p=370125"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:32:34","slug":"psychology-student-wins-free-tuition-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2024\/11\/01\/psychology-student-wins-free-tuition-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology student wins free tuition contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Faculty of Health student Lucas Quevedo<\/strong> sat down for a videotaped interview<\/a> with the 快播视频 marketing team after finding out he had been randomly selected out of 5,400 entrants to win free first-year tuition.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Quevedo, a first-year psychology student minoring in kinesiology, thought he was being filmed for the 快播视频 Ambassador Program. But in the middle of a lecture, while being filmed, a surprise awaited him. \u201cI saw \u2026 a giant cheque saying, 'free tuition,' and my mind was just blown for a good 10 seconds,\u201d Quevedo says. \u201cI was speechless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea to study psychology came from Quevedo\u2019s father, who had observed his son\u2019s natural ability to talk to people, an innate curiosity to learn more about them. When the two were looking for potential areas of study, his father told Quevedo he\u2019d be an incredible psychologist. \u201cI agreed with him, because I loved the idea of studying what goes on in our minds,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quevedo chose 快播视频 because of the high national ranking of its psychology program, as well as its proximity to his home and two jobs. At York, Quevedo has already honed in on an academic focus: developmental psychology. \u201cI really love learning about kids and how, when they grow up, their brain develops,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning about trauma in his classes, and how even the smallest amount of trauma can impact a young person or student, has already instilled in him a desire to create immediate positive change in his life and career. \u201cI work as a swim instructor, so I work to create a positive experience in the water. We have a couple of instructors who couldn\u2019t do that and who kind of created traumatic experiences with children. And it's very important to me that these kids grow up learning in an inclusive and productive environment, as opposed to working in a negative and destructive environment,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Quevedo sets his sights this year on pushing his grade point average to the fullest, he says the free tuition is a big help. \u201cIt\u2019s just going to encourage me to work harder [and] it completely alleviates the financial stress on my parents and on me,\u201d he says. \u201cIt means everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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