About Us
What Is Pathways?
Pathways is a no-nonsense guidance-first platform where learners and families get personalized, real-world academic and career guidance, directly from peer and professional advisors.
Whether you're a student preparing for college, a parent navigating the high-stakes world of admissions, or a working professional ready to share your expertise, Pathways makes meaningful advising accessible, affordable, and tailored to individual needs.
We connect students with:
Peer advisors High-achieving students and recent admits who’ve just gone through the same journey.
Professional advisors : Trusted educational consultants, test prep coaches, and college planning experts.
The Problem We’re Solving
Access to quality academic and career guidance is broken:
Most families can’t afford upfront consulting retainers.
Students are overwhelmed by forums, opinions, and outdated advice.
Proven professionals struggle to get discovered without middlemen.
There’s no trusted platform to tap into a network of credible professionals where one can engage, try, and build your own success team.
Pathways solves this by giving students flexible access to real advice, without lock-ins or high-pressure sales. You can ask a question, book a session, or start planning for what’s next, with guidance you trust from members of the Pathways Advising Network.
Why Pathways?
For Students & Families:
Get Answers, Not Ads Ask public questions for free or post a bounty for in-depth help.
Book 1:1 Consults Choose from peer and pro advisors. Pay per session.
No Lock-ins No contracts, subscriptions, or prepayment required to get started.
Build Your Success Team Get SAT help from one advisor, essay support from another, and career insight from a third, your choice.
Fit Guarantee If a paid consult doesn’t feel right, we’ll credit you to try someone else.
For Advisors (Peer or Pro):
Be Discovered Get found by students actively seeking your guidance.
Keep Your Earnings You keep 100% of your direct consulting fees.
Choose How You WorK Set your own rates, schedule, and services.
Grow Your Brand Answer questions, build your following, and get rated.
Fair & Transparent We don’t gate your visibility, take hidden cuts, or force exclusivity.
Who Is Pathways For?
Pathways works because it’s grounded in trust, choice, and accessibility.
You don’t need to pay a retainer or buy a package to speak with someone credible.
You don’t need to gamble on a single advisor. Build your own team.
You get to learn from people who’ve walked the road you're on, and choose who helps you at every stage.
Whether you need college application help, SAT/ACT coaching, MCAT planning, or simply want to know, "What should I do next?", Pathways puts clarity within reach.
Our approach encourages students to start preparing early, sometimes as early as Middle School. Look at whats ahead, speak to those who've been there. Take an annual preparedness checkup, and shape your journey. Why wait until Junior year to "talk to someone who knows"?
Ready to Start?
Students & Parents:
Peer & Pro Advisors:
Email us: [email protected]
Let’s make better career journeys the default, not the exception.
Tap into the Pathways Advising Network, Where Guidance Meets Access.