<p>you will be paid no matter what. it is almost always possible to get something – it may not be big, but if you work for ten weeks, you will have an interesting insight about something, maybe something small. it so happens that a majority of math SURFs don’t end up in the annals of mathematics, but that’s okay. you’ll have fun, you’ll learn a lot, and you’ll be compensated in sufficient quantities to supply yourself with a surfeit of bling.</p>