27. an engineer & an actress go to college

by Cassandra Mendez · Published August 10, 2021 · Updated July 29, 2023

hi hello hey, and let’s go to school!

Since it’s August and students are starting to go back to college, possibly for the first time, we wanted to talk about the “rare” and the “flair” of our college experiences. From requesting accommodations and using note takers to our majors and extracurriculars, college involves a lot of decisions and independence.

We also enjoyed comparing and contrasting our experiences together. Case studied musical theater and Cass majored in computer science engineering, so there was plenty to contrast, but the struggle of college is nearly universal to every student. We hope you enjoy, and good luck to any incoming freshmen! You got this!

side by side collage of casey (left) and cassandra (right). casey onstage dressed as a classic "geek" wearing large, red glasses, a multicolored knit hat, and braids. she is in character and grabs a prop mic with both hands and curls her lips. cassandra sits in a rolling office chair in an empty classroom with arms crossed, looking at multiple chalkboards covered in math proofs. she wears headphones around her neck and romana lays next to her — an actress onstage and an engineer studying for finals, 2011/2018

show notes

Hear our first episode where we ask for 100 reviews, and also leave us an Apple podcasts review! Case plugs our last episode on our year in podcasting
Casey also references our school episode last year where we talk briefly about college towards the end
Cass references our favorite things episode that shows how similar and how different we are!
Case and Cass mention a CCTV, a closed-circuit television, as a visual tool for test taking
Cassandra references our recent travel episode when mentioning paratransit on her campus
Cass talks about her physical health struggles pre-college which you can hear on episode 6