diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index ddaabeb42..10cbb8b85 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   after_save  :subscribe_to_mailchimp_newsletter
   after_save  :conditionally_resave_articles
   after_create :estimate_default_language!
+  before_update :mentor_status_update
+  before_update :mentee_status_update
   before_validation :set_username
   before_validation :downcase_email
   before_validation :check_for_username_change
@@ -497,4 +499,16 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     follower_relationships.destroy_all
     follows.destroy_all
   end
+
+  def mentor_status_update
+    if mentor_description_changed? || offering_mentorship_changed?
+      self.mentor_form_updated_at = Time.now
+    end
+  end
+
+  def mentee_status_update
+    if mentee_description_changed? || seeking_mentorship_changed?
+      self.mentee_form_updated_at = Time.now
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/policies/user_policy.rb b/app/policies/user_policy.rb
index 8fbffecda..ecf011284 100644
--- a/app/policies/user_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/user_policy.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ class UserPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
        looking_for_work_publicly
        medium_url
        mentee_description
+       mentee_form_updated_at
        mentor_description
+       mentor_form_updated_at
        mostly_work_with
        name
        offering_mentorship
diff --git a/app/views/users/_mentorship.html.erb b/app/views/users/_mentorship.html.erb
index b5a33510b..2f01d53dd 100644
--- a/app/views/users/_mentorship.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/_mentorship.html.erb
@@ -2,23 +2,27 @@
 <p>If you're interested in participating as a mentor, mentee, or both, please indicate below and we will be in contact via email.</p>
 
 <%= form_for(@user) do |f| %>
-  <h3>Offering Help:</h3>
+  <h3>Offering Help</h3>
+  <p><em><% if @user.mentor_form_updated_at? %>Last Updated: <%= @user.mentor_form_updated_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %><% end %></em></p>
   <div class="field checkbox-label-first">
     <%= f.label :offering_mentorship, "I'd like to be a mentor!"%>
     <%= f.check_box :offering_mentorship %>
   </div>
   <div class="field">
-    <%= f.label :mentor_description, "How can you help?" %>
-    <%= f.text_area :mentor_description, placeholder: "Languages, subject preference, career advice, etc.", maxlength: 500 %>
+    <p>Please share the top 3 technologies/concepts you'd be comfortable working on with your mentee, how much experience you currently have (0-10, 10 being super duper expert), and anything else you'd like us to know.</p>
+    <%= f.text_area :mentor_description, placeholder: "For example:\n\n1. Vim - 6, I love teaching people how to use vim because I really believe it increases productivity.\n\nI don't think I'd be comfortable teaching a total beginner. ", maxlength: 500 %>
   </div>
-  <h3>Seeking Help:</h3>
+  <h3>Seeking Help</h3>
+  <p><em><% if @user.mentee_form_updated_at? %>Last Updated:
+  <%= @user.mentor_form_updated_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %><% end %></em></p>
   <div class="field checkbox-label-first">
     <%= f.label :seeking_mentorship, "I'm looking for a mentor!"%>
     <%= f.check_box :seeking_mentorship %>
   </div>
   <div class="field">
     <%= f.label :mentee_description, "How can we help?" %>
-    <%= f.text_area :mentee_description, placeholder: "Languages, subject preference, career advice, etc.", maxlength: 500 %>
+    <p>Please share the top 3 technologies/concepts you'd like to work on with your mentor, how much experience you currently have (0-10, 0 being no experience at all), and why you're interested in learning more. Please also share your general technical background and career goals.</p>
+    <%= f.text_area :mentee_description, placeholder: "For example:\n\n1. React - 1, I walked through the tutorial on the React website, but I'm feeling lost. I see React listed in lots of job descriptions so I'd like to learn how to utilize the framework.\n\nI graduated from a coding bootcamp 3 months ago and my goal is to land my first developer role. I learned jQuery in the program.", maxlength: 500 %>
   </div>
   <div class="field">
     <label></label>
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180728201801_add_updated_timestamps_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20180728201801_add_updated_timestamps_to_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bbee2211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180728201801_add_updated_timestamps_to_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddUpdatedTimestampsToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :mentee_form_updated_at, :timestamp
+    add_column :users, :mentor_form_updated_at, :timestamp
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 08d00898b..6643f8feb 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -669,7 +669,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180806142338) do
     t.boolean "looking_for_work_publicly", default: false
     t.datetime "membership_started_at"
     t.text "mentee_description"
+    t.datetime "mentee_form_updated_at"
     t.text "mentor_description"
+    t.datetime "mentor_form_updated_at"
     t.integer "monthly_dues", default: 0
     t.string "mostly_work_with"
     t.string "name"
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 234acb541..226ad8c13 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -145,6 +145,18 @@ RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
       expect(user.old_old_username).to eq(old_username)
     end
 
+    it "updates mentor_form_updated_at at appropriate time" do
+      user.mentor_description = "hello"
+      user.save
+      expect(user.mentor_form_updated_at).to_not eq(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "updates mentee_form_updated_at at appropriate time" do
+      user.mentee_description = "hello"
+      user.save
+      expect(user.mentee_form_updated_at).to_not eq(nil)
+    end
+
     it "does not allow too short or too long name" do
       user.name = ""
       expect(user).not_to be_valid