Josef Silny & Assoc Inc

Do NOT use Silny to review your foreign degree! Their reviewers clearly don't understand foreign transcripts and awarded completely arbitrary credits for classes that should have been counted as equivalent to a US course. Spend the extra 80 bucks and save yourself months of heartache to get your degree evaluated by NCEES as they are nationally recognized and have a superior understanding of foreign transcripts. more

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! I just had my foreign bachelor degree translated and 15 years of schooling in one of the most advanced school systems in the world including a bachelor degree came as a high school diploma evaluation back. This after spending over $300 with this so called specialist. All they do is collect money, complete rip off! more

Where do I start. PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY. This is a mafia operated uneducated people. You want to know where illegal immigrants work ? at J Silney. No offense to them, they wanted a better opportunity for their famillies. Well, this company get the cheap labor while barely speaking english, they evaluate and translate degrees. PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY. They will charge a lot for useless work. IF you are European, PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY. I would rather evaluate my degree with a gas station than use these people. They love money and love to reject so you go back again and again. Policy of Mafia. more

Run away...they are horrible. I thought I was dealing with a company located in Mexico or some other third world country.\r It took more than 5 weeks to finally receive all my original document and the evaluation where it was suppose to only take up to 10 business days, as they say on their website.\r Key points: \r * Customer service sucks. Most of the time no one answers the phone and I got prompted to voicemail\r * Evaluation was not accurate.\r * Translation fees are very high.\r \r I am getting frustrated just thinking about my experience wit them...I do not wish for anyone to give your business to Josef & Silny....take you biz somewhere else where they appreciate you and do a good job. more

They lost my Documents, and the responsible person is not even able to respond my calls, telling through the call center operator that he (Gustavo Mendez) is buzy to take my calls. Horrible customer service!, un-professionals!\r more

En el mes de octubre del 2011, contrate los servicios de la empresa JOSEF SILNY & ASOCIATES, INC ubicada en 7101 SW 102 Ave Miami Florida , 33173 para traducir mis documentos de grado de bachiller y de universitario (notas, diplomas, certificados emitidos por el Ministerio de Educacion y su registro pertinente en el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) para ser utilizados en US. Me atendio el Sr. Luis Garibaldi, empleado permanente de dicha empresa quien se encargo de realizar las mismas, con mucha dificultad .. No obstante que el Sr. Garibaldi se tomo mas del el tiempo estipulados por ellos y un sobreprecio fuera de lo presupuesto...EXTRAVIO MIS DOCUMENTOS y hoy 23 de Enero del 2012 ...aun no hay respuesta en donde se encuentran y tampoco una propuesta de reposicion de los mismos. A mediados de Diciembre me acerque con mi esposo a las oficinas de dicha empresa, pues todo el tramite se realiza via correo pre-pagado, y nos atendio el Sr. en cuestion el que no supo que decir ni que hacer y su supervisor el Sr. Gustavo Mendez quien en ese momento nos atendio cordialmente ofreciendose a encargarse de la situacion personalmente. Mientras esperabamos que nos atendieran, fuimos testigos del MALTRATO que desde la recepcion, ofrecen a las personas que llevan sus documentos para ser traducidos legalmente. Estas personas como yo o como cualquier otro inmigrante, que requiere de estos servicios para poder estudiar o trabajar legalmente en este pais; se consiguen con este personal que no tan solo no es cordial sino que ademas, no son diligentes en las funciones para las que estan contratadas... Asi pues luego de las promesas del Sr. Mendez, le di unos dias para que pudiera ofrecer una salida a tan terrible situacion...Propuesta que JAMAS LLEGO y que ademas de no devolver mis llamadas, sus emails son groseros y faltos de etica y por supuesto..de palabra! Hoy 23 de Enero del 2012, me he enterado que los DIPLOMAS tanto de bachiller como de grado...SON UNICOS E IRREMPLAZABLES..las instituciones los emiten una vez en la vida y no mas. Entonces...sin documentos y sin diplomas...en un pais que para ser ""LEGAL"" debes no tan solo demostrarlo sino que ademas ...sufrirlos!!! CONSEJO: SI TIENES ALGO QUE TRADUCIR Y NO ESTAS EN TU PAIS,NO PIERDAS TUS DOCUMENTOS, NO TE DEJES MALTRATAR... EL SER INMIGRANTE NO LES DA DERECHO A QUE TE ATROPELLEN.... NO CONTRATES A : JOSEF SILNY & ASSOCIATES, INC...Aunque la recomendacion te la haya dado el college, universidad u otra institucion...! Si no tienes nada que perder, puede ser que alguien que tu conozcas si..pegalo en tu muro y corre la voz...!! more

Hi everybody! I want to share my great experience in evaluation my transcripts. Just recently I had my transcripts evaluated at Joseph Silny and I am so happy that I chose this organization. I got credits for the first two years at my university!!! They didn't loose any document and they didn't require original documents, they charged much cheaper than WES, they did very fast evaluation and they accepted my translation. You can call them or send them e-mail or ask question online, I mean you have a communication with employees!!! Several months I was reading reviews online to choose the right evaluation service and I am very happy that I chose Joseph Silny. Don't waste time and money on other services. Use J. Silny Service, good luck!!! more

Josef Silney is one of the worst companies that I had to deal with!!!! Not only they take forever (much longer than the promised 10 business days) but it also almost impossible to reach them. Be prepared to be on hold with them FOREVER and also most likely your question will not be answered. They just really don more

THIS COMPANY IS A RIP OFF DO NOT USE more

university confirmed a 2:2 was the equivalent of a US B, which is a min 3.0.....wasted my time and money and still refused to adjust it correctly. In fact, upon complaining and 2 months later following exhaustive phone calls and e mails to the UK institution they reduced the gpa even further from a 2.79, to a 2.71 down to a 2.63......to make matters worse, they equated a post graduate degree i did, to one years undergraduate study, because it was in a different field to my first degree...seriously! You have to have a degree to qualify for to study for a post graduate, hence the name.....i suppose the 30 years experience wasn't in foreign credentials!! Use these people at your own risk.....i am now down $500, and 2 months of pointless complaints. These people have no integrity,dislike been questioned, will not change their subjective opinions despite all evidence to the contary. My advice, based on experience of dealing with them is to stay well away.....i suppose i had better inform my university that they should issue me a new degree in line with J silny's expertise, and accordingly, any us institution should now tell their students that a B is actually worth only a 2.63 GPA more

Que pesimo servicio!!! Y ademas te tratan como si te estuvieran haciendo un favor??????!!!!!!! Es un robooo te cobran carisimo y encima te tratan como si no estuvieras pagando!! Como si lo hicieran gratis!!! Que rinonesss tienen...!! more

Have you ever dreamed of making money by offering the worst possible service on earth? If you have that dream, just try to hire Josef Silny & Assoc and then, just copy exactly what they do. This company hires the most unprofessional, unhelpful people who do not understand today success is about client service and client's reviews. So here you go... one more review for you. more

I can honestly say that the customer service was so helpful and so friendly, I looked for different services and the ones that were cheaper took longer and are not accepted by many universities. The customer service was wonderful, they took ten business days, and the price is not bad at all. The only reason that person said HIDDEN FEES is because they did not read the application properly because i had NO problems with them what so ever. I totally recommend this company. more

Everything is wrong with this organization - it is expensive, the service is slow, the receptionist does not care about anyone. Use another evaluation service if possible, this business needs to know that they are not the only one in town and that customers have the option to chose! So, chose another one! Cons: Expensive, delay service, horrible customer service more

Reading the latest reviews I just wanna ask ""what the duck you guys talking about?"" You probably never used WES (world educational service) instead. This is a scam!!!! That's when you are put on hold for 2(!!!!!!) hours at least!!!!\r \r Josef and Silny are just AWESOME!!!! They do everything soooo professional, I called at least 6 times and never waited more than 2 minutes. They did everything by the time they promised and even wrote a nice judgement on my evaluation! \r All the details of your evaluation can be tracked online with a name of a person and his contact who doe this evaluation for you. \r \r I definitely reccomend this company to anybody who doesn't want to pay a lot and want the professional service. Pros: best evaluation company more

Unprofessional and no customer service \r Please Stay away \r Fast to collect money but does not deliver in their services\r After 4 months since collected their money, I am still waiting for Service from them \r You spend almost 30 minutes on hold and they always have an excuse I will not recommend it Cons: slow, no customer service, too many excuses more

This is the most unprofessional organization who hires the rudest and irresponsible employees.\r \r 1)No one will ever return you call\r 2)No one will ever respond to your email\r 3)Operator will refuse to connect you with the appropriate party\r 4)It took for my request 3 months to be processed and I only requested 2 additional copies of the evaluation report \r 5) By the way I was charged $70 upfront for this servise\r 6) Hidden fees\r 7)Lady who is responsible for the customer service relationship, hang up the phone on me. Cons: rude irresponsible expensive more

I used the services in the past and they worked well. However, this time has been a nightmare. They notified me about a problem with my transcripts and when I tried to contact them, the person who answered refused to give more information, neither let me speak with the analyst assigned to my case.\r I have sent several emails without any response. \r By the way, the cost of services is the same as any other agency when the course description analysis hidden fee is taken into account. \r Cons: No costumer service more

I have used this provider's services many times before. For the most part, I was getting a good service. However, my experience in the past year has not been good at all. The staff is lacking customer service experience. When I requested a copy of my transcripts to be mailed to a specific school, the money was taken out of my account right away, and after a month of delay, I contacted them. They claimed that they had sent it, and my school never received it although the transcript I requested from them was one of 4 transcripts, which all made it to my school except the JSilny one. I keep calling them, every time I call, they would put me on hold for 30 minutes, and after that long of a wait, I get hung up at. I am a customer service Manager myself, and I definitely do not call this a Quality Customer Service. Please do not use their services because I do not want you to be a victim of their carelessness like I was. more