A free mentorship network
Meet a mentor who's already been there.
Weave is a free mentorship network of students and professionals. Everyone gives advice and everyone receives it — make a profile, find the person whose path matches yours, and have one 30-minute call.
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How it works
Three steps. No learning curve.
Make a profile
A few quick questions build it for you — your path, and the kind of mentor you want to meet.
Find your person
Everyone is ranked by how well they fit what you're looking for.
Have one call
They accept, you both pick times, we send the invite and video link.
Who it's for
Every side of the same conversation.
High school students
Ask the student who was you last year.
- What a course load, dorm or campus actually feels like — not the brochure version.
- How they built their application: activities, essays, tests, what they'd redo.
- Whether the school you're set on is really the school for you.
Free. One call. No coaching contract, no upsell.
Professionals
Mentor someone starting where you started.
- Talk about your industry, your role and how you actually got in — degree, first job, switches.
- One 30-minute call, on your terms. No ongoing commitment.
- Meet students and juniors who care about the path you took.
Free. Cap your intros, approve every request.
University students
Share what you know. Meet people worth knowing.
- Answer the questions you wish someone had answered for you — in 30 minutes, once.
- Get matched with students and peers who overlap with your path, major or industry.
- You set your own cap on intros, and you approve every single one.
Free. You choose how many conversations you take.
Why people use Weave
The stuff brochures and job ads can't say.
What it's actually like
A degree, a major, an industry or a job — described by someone living it.
How they got there
Applications, grades, internships, first jobs, career switches — the real version.
Free, always
No subscriptions, no coaching contracts, no upsells.
A growing network
Mentors from places that matter to you.
No public profile. No broadcasting. No data sold. Just two people, one honest conversation.
Good to know
What Weave is, in plain words.
What actually happens when I join?
You answer a short set of questions about your school, your subjects and what you want to figure out. That builds your profile. You then browse students, each ranked by how closely their path lines up with yours, and request one introduction. If they accept, you both share availability and we send a calendar invite with a video link. The whole thing takes a few minutes to set up and one 30-minute call to complete.
Who am I talking to?
University students, recent graduates and working professionals who volunteered to answer questions about their school, their course, their industry or their job. They are not consultants, tutors or paid coaches — they are people a few steps ahead of you on the path you are considering.
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no subscription, no per-call fee, no coaching package waiting at the end. Weave exists because most honest advice about university is locked behind expensive consultants, and the people best placed to give it — students who just went through it — are usually happy to talk for half an hour.
Is this mentorship?
Yes — mentorship in its simplest form: one honest conversation with someone further along your path. It is not an ongoing coaching relationship. Nobody is committing to check in on you for months or manage your applications. If you both want to stay in touch afterwards, that is up to you, but the default is a single call and a clean ending.
What should I ask on the call?
The things a prospectus will never tell you: how the workload actually feels in week six, whether people make friends outside their halls, how much the city costs to live in, what they would have changed about their application. Our guides include a long list of questions worth borrowing if you want a starting point.
What if I'm the one giving advice?
University students set their own cap on how many introductions they take, and approve every single request before any contact is shared. You can pause at any point. Most people answer the questions they wish someone had answered for them, once, in thirty minutes, and that is enough.
Still deciding where to apply? Read our guides on choosing a university, choosing a major, and questions to ask current students.
Curious who is already here? Preview some of the mentors on Weave before you sign up.
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Ready when you are.
Create your profile in a few minutes. Free, always.
Questions? tjong.willem@gmail.com