Who is Meg?
Meg is SolversBoard's built-in AI tutor. She lives inside every session, watches every piece of work you submit, and responds with feedback that is specific to your reasoning - not a generic model solution.
She is not a chatbot. She is not a search engine. She is a coach - and like any great coach, her job is to make you think harder, not to think for you.
The problem with most AI tutors
When most students use AI for homework help, the interaction goes like this:
- Type the question.
- Get the answer.
- Copy it down.
- Learn nothing.
This is the pattern we set out to break. The problem isn't AI - it's how AI is used in education. A tool that hands you answers doesn't teach you to think. It teaches you to outsource thinking.
Meg was designed from the ground up to do the opposite.
How Meg reads your work
When you write your solution on the SolversBoard canvas and tap Check My Work, Meg doesn't just look at your final answer. She reads your entire working - every line, every step, every crossed-out calculation - and analyses your reasoning process.
She can see:
- Whether your method is correct even if your arithmetic slipped
- Where in your working the error first appeared
- Whether you understood the concept but made a procedural mistake
- Whether your answer is right but your method is wrong (that matters)
This is why the canvas exists. A typed answer gives Meg almost nothing to work with. A written solution gives her your full thought process.
What Meg tells you
Meg's feedback follows a consistent pattern:
If you're correct - she confirms it, names the method you used, and may highlight a particularly elegant step or note where you could be more efficient next time.
If you're wrong - she does not tell you the answer. She identifies the specific step where your reasoning broke down, explains why it's wrong, and gives you a nudge that points you toward the right direction. She may ask you a question back: "What does the formula give you when you substitute those values?"
If you're partially right - she acknowledges what you got right before addressing what needs work. She never demolishes. She redirects.
If you haven't shown working - she asks for it. For anything beyond trivial arithmetic, showing your reasoning is non-negotiable. Meg enforces this, gently.
Meg's personality
We gave Meg a name and a voice because we believe the relationship between a student and their tutor matters. Meg is warm, direct, and occasionally dry. She celebrates effort as much as correctness. She doesn't lecture.
You can configure Meg's personality in settings - from "encouraging coach" to "strict examiner" - so she matches the learning style that works best for you.
Concept explanations
Before you attempt a question, you can ask Meg to explain the underlying concept first. She'll give you a structured mini-lesson:
- Know it - a clear explanation of the concept in plain language
- Key formula - the relevant equation in LaTeX, properly typeset
- Intuition - a mental model or analogy that makes the concept click
- Common trap - the mistake most students make, so you can avoid it
This turns every question into a learning opportunity even before you pick up your pen.
Worked examples
Stuck even after Meg's feedback? You can ask for a worked example - a different but structurally similar problem, solved step by step. Meg walks through the example completely, then sends you back to the original question with fresh eyes.
The idea is borrowed from how the best human tutors teach: show a parallel example, not the answer to the specific question in front of you.
Meg in exam prep mode
In Exam Prep mode, Meg knows which exam you're preparing for. Her questions are styled to match the format, language, and difficulty of your chosen exam - whether that's the SAT, WAEC, JEE, or MCAT. She'll point out phrasing patterns specific to that exam, warn you about common traps examiners set, and adjust her feedback to match the marking criteria of that paper.
Why this approach works
Research in educational psychology consistently shows that retrieval practice - the act of trying to recall and apply knowledge, struggling with it, and receiving targeted feedback - produces far stronger long-term retention than simply reading or watching explanations.
Meg is built around this principle. The struggle is the point. The feedback makes the struggle productive. And the fact that she never just hands you the answer means you genuinely earn every correct solution you reach.
Meg is available on every plan, across every subject, at every level from Pre-K to College. Start your 7-day free trial and meet her for yourself.