About Us

Our Mission Statement:

Revision MBA holds at its core the wish to make applicants better writers, and Dr. McEntire earnestly upholds the ethical standards set by the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants, a society that demands honesty and integrity in the admissions process. Dr. McEntire teaches clients about the genre of the personal essay, while providing lessons in powerful writing, a skill transferable to any career. Dr. McEntire cares about her clients deeply and challenges them to create the strongest, liveliest essays they are capable of.

The Company:

Revision MBA is a division of Revision Editing, a San Francisco Bay Area-based company providing individualized editing of personal essays for graduate school applications. The service-based company operates out of Redwood City, California, near Stanford University, and can be found on the web at www.revisionediting.com. Revision Editing is owned and managed by Joann Kleinneiur-McEntire, Ph.D. Founded in February 2009, Revision arose from the collaboration between Ken DeLeon, J.D. and Joann Kleinneiur-McEntire, Ph.D. on the website Top-Law-Schools.com. What began as a series of articles offering in-depth advice on writing personal essays became a co-authored book on this topic in 2009. Writing this book, Dr. McEntire discovered that she loved the personal essay genre, and she wanted to learn more about this genre in relation to business school. Having a keen, deep interest in business herself, Dr. McEntire realized that she would love to use her comprehensive knowledge of the personal essay genre in relation to her business knowledge to help future leaders gain acceptance to business school. Hence, Revision MBA was born.

Joann Kleinneiur-McEntire, Ph.D.
The owner and sole editor, Joann received her bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 1999, and her Ph.D. in English literature from Stanford University in 2007. Joann is an expert in rhetorical analysis and composition, as well as in the personal essay genre. She has taught in the nationally-acclaimed Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University. She has also taught in the intense writing and critical thinking seminars in the Introduction to Humanities (IHUM) Program at Stanford University. Joann is the co-author of Top-Law-Schools.com Guide to Personal Statements. She is currently working on a book-length guide to business school application essays.