Murphy's Laws on Applied Terror

When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important will be illegible.
—First Law of Applied Terror

The more studying you did for the exam, the less sure you are as to which answer they want.
—Second Law of Applied Terror

Eighty percent of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn’t read.
—Third Law of Applied Terror

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.
—Fourth Law of Applied Terror

The night before the English history midterm, your biology instructor will assign 200 pages on planaria.
—Corollary to the Fourth Law of Applied Terror

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.
—Fifth Law of Applied Terror

If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget where you live.
—Corollary to the Fifth Law of Applied Terror