She was terrible at explaining things and wasn't good at answering questions. She was rude when approached outside of class and her lectures were EXTREMELY dry. Also, the tests were way harder than any questions or examples that were done in class. I highly recommend not taking her class if at all possible.

The lectures for this class are very dry and hard to stay tuned in to, and there is a ton of homework. On top of the pre and post labs, there are around four assignments a week, and the reading assignments are on the material we haven't even learned yet which gets really frustrating. Would not recommend this class.

This class was awful. There is a ton of homework all the time, everyday. You have to study hard for tests or you wont do well. Lectures are long and boring.

The tests are impossible to get a decent grade on. No matter how hard I studied or what different methods I used, I never got past a C- on a test. Even the smartest people in the class were hanging on for dear life trying to get through her tests. Averages were always in the 50s so prepare to feel like a failure along with everyone else. Get out.

Nishida is probably the worst teacher I have ever had. She blamed the students for failing even though she teaches stuff that is unimportant and barely touches on the important things. She doesnt care about what she is teaching, and doesnt care what score you get (even if it is an unfair grade). She doesnt take attendance but class is important.

Worst professor have had at WSU. SO rude and her grading criteria makes no sense.

VERY rude and uncompromising! Doesn't care about students mental health and consistently refuses to answer emails. Her exams cover very little lecture material and she will degrade you in front of the class if you ask any questions. I was stuck taking her for 105 as well. RUN!

For some reason this professor feels like she is above answering student's questions if they are not important enough or she feels as if the student should be able to find the answer elsewhere. I like chem and did not mind having to take this class but she makes it unbearable.

I almost don't have words for my experience. She was rude, uncaring, and berated students and the class for asking questions or struggling. Her tests are nothing like what she teaches you and when my class got a 50 something average on the exam she berated us about how lazy our generation is and how we just don't know how to study.

If you can find a different chem professor, DO IT. There is so much homework and reading that is completely irrelevant to the exams and they are incredibly difficult. Chem is a hard class as is and with school being online it makes it that much harder. She makes you feel really dumb for asking questions and calls you out in front of the class.

Will not accommodate to you at all. Does not understand that were in a pandemic (were all struggling still and she doesnt get that) She gives out tons of homework especially during exam week and no study guides. I havent even finished this semester and this has been one of the worst teachers Ive had. WSU hire better chem professors.

Professor Nishida was NOT organized. Lectures were frequently off-topic, and she often taught topics incorrectly. That's right, she told us things that were wrong and then said "Oh, just forget about that." Bad class, worse with zoom. Uses ALEKS too, which everyone hates. Why do so many people fail this class? You have to teach yourself the topics.

So many things due, about 4 deadlines a week and no late passes whatsoever. Classes very boring and difficult to learn anything. Exams get progressively harder; I suggest you make friends with people good at chem if you want to pass.

Ive taken a basic chem course that didnt transfer to WSU and got an A and it was fun. Her teaching, lectures, and exams are lazy and pathetic. Shes horrible at teaching and achieves nothing within the first 30 min of class. She has changed the syllabus 5 times and vital information will be missing on her canvas. Chem is not hard but she makes it

So for context I have taken chem 105 previously at another college and my credit didnt transfer so I already know the majority of the material. Th class averages for the exams and all the other chem exams for the other classes were about 55% and lower. I have As in all my other chem and science classes. Dont take nishida if you want a good GPA

I dont even know how this woman still has a job. Our class averages for our exams were all barley passing or failing. She is a lazy and pathetic teacher. We have to learn everything by ourselves with homework and through our text book which clearly doesnt work. She never responds to emails and if she does youre lucky to get a 2 word answer.

Dr. Nishida's exams are extremely hard and not at all relevant to what was learned in class. Take this class if you like teaching yourself and you're willing to see your GPA get destroyed.

If you like staying up until 12 am most days doing homework, like seeing your hard earned Gpa drop like a bowling ball, like receiving 50% on your exams because some material on the test wasnt even covered, and have photographic memory for the 200 different equations that might be on the exam, then this class is for you.

Just got our Exam 2 scores back and the class average was a 48. Dr. Nishida said said it was the worst exam 2 score that she has ever seen while teaching, but she refused to curve it. She wondered "what we were all doing" instead of looking at the way she teaches. Avoid this class at all costs

Dr. Nishida assigns A LOT of Aleks & NO late work, curves, or extensions. She makes you feel stupid for asking questions, doesn't answer emails, and is so passive aggressive. I honestly don't know how she has a job because everyone I know has said this in course evaluations. I managed to get an A but was up til midnight every night--don't recommend

Chem 105 is a prereq for so many other classes, so if you want to pass I HIGHLY recommend taking it with a different professor. I know several people who had to retake this class multiple times because of her tough grading and refusal to curve grades or accept any late work (even a minute late). Be prepared to use Khan academy and teach yourself

I am a first year student going into mechanical enginerering and this class single handedely takes up 80% of my workload. every tuesday there is SO MUCH HOMEWORK DUE. Theres reading before each lecture due aswell. And to top it all off you still need to go to lab every week and write a post lab report due at the end of the week. DO NOT TAKE THIS

I've attended every lecture, done all the homework, and I just feel defeated. If you can weasel your way out of this class, do it. I've taken many gen-ed college chem classes before and this is by far the worst planned course schedule I've seen, not to mention the horrible exams. Don't take this class if you don't have to.

Awful professor most exams had a way below failing average and blamed us. Rude to student and takes no advice. Multiple complaints over the years to the chem department who does nothing. Atleast 5-6 homework assignments every week and expects you to do 20+ hours of work a week on this single class. DO NOT TAKE

Worst class I have ever taken and genuinely made me want to jump off a building. You get no help, loaded with tons of homework and belittled when asking questions. TAs are just as clueless as us and even after spending 20 hours a week on homework and tutoring the highest exam grade I have gotten is a 70. Disappointing bc I need it for my major.

This class is extremely difficult for a gen chem course and Professor Nishida offers little to no help on exams, curves, and general homework questions. There is at least 5 assignments due each week along with the 4 hour labs and lab reports due each Friday. This class was very hard and if you can avoid it, you should.

I see reviews saying don't listen to the negative reviews, but please listen to them. Nishida is not a strong professor in my opinion. The entire class was structured poorly, student exam averages were in the 50s and 60s, with no curve. Some extra credit is offered, but its not a ton.

One of the worst professors I have ever taken. And I have had a LOT of bad professors, especially online. She is rude and self-centered, and most of the homework doesn't even have anything to do with tests. I cant say much here, but trust me, she is THE WORST. Take another chemistry class in highschool or community college so you don't suffer here.

This professor prepares her students to fail the class by giving no assistance whatsoever to study for exams, then she gets confused and blames the students for getting an average test score of 45%. The amount of work she assigns outside of class is outrageous. She does not have any sympathy for students, even when they try their best in the class.

She waited until after WSU's deadline to announce that she would be heavily rounding up everyone's grades. I'm talking like from a C- to an A. A lot of people dropped including me because you need to pass with at least a C+ to take any higher level chemistry. Now I have to not only retake the entire class, but pay for it too. Thank you Krista!!

Credit wise Im a senior and Ive taken a couple college level chem classes previously so I have had alot of proffesors. Hands down the worst one not only was it impossible to score a passing grade on the exams she is rude and talks down to her students and blames them for everything. If you have the choice DO NOT TAKE HER. She does give out EC

Dr. Nishida turned a 100 level class into a 300 level. Her exams were so difficult it was as if she wanted you to fail. The average on the second exam was about a 40% and she saw no problem with that. I got an A in the class but in order to do so I had to sacrifice to all of my mental and physical health. She ruined my first semester of college.

Intro level chem course with a test average of 48 on the second exam, and she then told the whole class (half of which studied 6+ hours) it was their own fault and they should be spending 20 hours per week (including lab stuff) on this class and shouldn't expect an A unless they aren't. Also her lectures were impossible to pay attention to.

This course wasn't very good. She constantly blames her students whenever they didn't understand material and blamed us for poor test averages. She made chemistry extremely difficult do not take her!!

Professor sucks. I only found I learned from her after doing the homework, reading the text, and doing the RA's before lecture and seeing how she works some problems out I was confused on. With that said, don't slack on all the assignments as it saved me in the end. Point based class so even if you do bad on tests you can still pass.

Nishida manages to make the lectures way more difficult than it really is and makes snarky comments.

This is the worst chemistry class I have ever taken, everything is taught in the most over-complicated, out of order way possible. A general chemistry class should not be this difficult. It feels like nothing connects and everything is explained poorly. This is unfortunately a required class for many people, so best of luck.

I learned nothing and taught myself. Many of the lectures did not cover topics on the homework.

Made me never consider any chemical majors after taking their course.

She breezed through topics without thoroughly going over them. I taught myself most of this course by using outside sources like YouTube and Chegg/Brainly.

Very difficult class and she is very unwilling to help students.

If you want to know your actual grade you have to plug your grades into an excel sheet. When students ask questions, she responds in a condescending manner rather than actually helping. Doesn't go over commonly missed questions on exams, blames students for ridiculously low class averages (32% on exam 2) Overall, rude and a waste of time.

I took this class fall 2021 but forgot to rate until I remembered how she gave me a 0 for all my homework because I used the wrong email for alex. She was rude and unprofessional, in my opinion. I still passed the class because the school stepped in and bumped everyones grades.

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS! She teaches as though she expects you to be fluent in chemistry before you even start the class. She rushes through material and doesn't explain things thoroughly at all. When someone asks a question about a topic, she says "that's the way it is, so deal with it" instead of explaining what things mean and its relevance.

I had to retake this class, but that was mostly because the old homework system was so soul crushingly awful that it took me three hours to do one assignment. Nishida herself makes fun of students that do poorly and straight up tells us to give up hope right before the test. She also gets annoyed if you ask questions in class.

This professor was awful, you do NOT want a professor like this. She must think very big of her self to treat students the way she does. I do not think she is well respected by students or other profs. Stay away.