HEC Paris Sept 2011 - Intake

I am currently a student at HEC, Paris from Sept 2010 intake so I will try to explain the difference between the two intakes. The dynamics of the two intakes is very different.
1. The Sept intake this time was 186 and Jan intake is approx 60.
2. In general Jan intake is always smaller, they complete their core phase and then do their personalized phase 1 in electives and both intakes finish their time on campus at the same time in Dec. Sept intake finishes their core phase 2 in April and then does internship till august and then pursues a track with electives from sept-dec. Sept and Jan intake take electives together from Sept-Dec.(more information on core and personalized phases can be found in school brochure)
3. Sept intake students internship cycle is in sync with the normal company recruitment while jan intake looks for internships from jan next year and hence not necessarily synched with the standard company recruitment cycles. On the other hand, jan intake has already finished their MBA classes and track so they are free to look for job opportunities rightaway instead of internships if they want.
4. Jan intake is smaller and hence much closer together.
5. Sept intake manages the clubs etc in their core phase 2 while jan intake manages the clubs during their personalized phase 1.

There is a thread on HEC, Paris on pagalguy forum which also gives detailed information on the difference between these 2 intakes.

If you have any specific questions, then feel free to ask.