From my experience (pure maths/usyd):
1. I've never come across a lecturer who's clearer than their course notes, especially at 8 in the morning. YMMV but I generally marks were inversely corollated with lecture attendance, because I only really attended lectures for subjects I was struggling...
The maths degree alone is probably a better in with the business itself, though HR will erroneously look for finance qualifications when choosing people for the financial markets part of a bank. Probably better off going with a software (or comp sci)/maths combo such that you have a solid skill...
We had some first year BITs at my work this year that went from early July to early December. You should probably speak to the placement co-ordinator about this.
A combined degree is not a heavier load. You're still doing the same number of subjects as you would be for a single degree.
I did Engineering/Science and towards the end of my degree managed to work is such that I only had 2-3 days of uni a week (though I've been told this may be more...
Re: What do you think of the current revolution in Egypt?
The difference in margin of error between those two samples is almost insignificant, it's 3.1% for both within a 95% confidence interval. 1,000 people allows you to make valid inference about just about any population, if it's...