Lots of choral groups at Exeter–and when I was visiting once, so were the Whiffenpoofs, for both assembly and a packed evening concert. I also once saw a video of a prom proposal done via an Exeter a cappella group at assembly. 
Here’s the club listing that includes a cappella groups.http://www.exeter.edu/student_life/7944_8227.aspx
If people have specific questions, they can PM me. I’m a current student.
Anyone familiar with (the ones with the stars I’m really interested in)
the Fencing Club
the Surfing Club
the Outgoing Club
Mock Trial
Model UN
Being a Tour Guide
International Society
GSA
Eastern European Exonians
DRAMAT***
Exeteras***
Peadquacs
Current Events & International Relations Club
Exeter Political Union
Republican Club***
Student Council
PEAN (Yearbook)
WPEA 90.5fm
Morning Meditation
Muggles in Denial***
these clubs?
I’ll be entering as a new upper this fall. Is there an integration program of sorts that can help new uppers get accustomed to the rigor of the Harkness method, and Exeter in general? I’m extremely excited, but I also feel quite anxious. Also, how do fundraising and charity stuff work? I work with a literacy organization, and I’d like to continue my endeavors at Exeter. Are book and fund drives common? Also, do most students take calculus or statistics their upper year? Thanks.
@GryffinHunter
Here are some of the clubs I’m more familiar with:
Model UN: This club meets once a week, for 30-40 minutes. There are training sessions early on in the year, but as delegates become more and more experienced the guidance drops off. We go to 3-4 main conferences a year, and even more novice conferences. Exeter also hosts an in-house, called PEAMUNC
Being a Tour Guide: It’s really fun. There’s a website where you can sign up to be a tour guide, based on your own free periods/when you want to tour.
Republican Club isn’t purely for Republicans: in fact, the club aims to draw political discussion from the student body, and is open to those from both main parties (and of course, those in between or unassociated).
Student Council: Meets on Tuesday nights, from 8:00 onwards for maybe half an hour? Not sure about the length of meetings. There are class reps, dorm reps, and senior class reps as well as a president, secretary and co-president (I think).
Don’t worry about clubs within the first few weeks of arriving on campus! Get used to the school and the people! Club night is held about a month in; tons of people will be there, all the clubs have their own booths, and you can sign up for the email lists and get involved.
@alooshy142
Sorry about my lacking answer here, but I’ll give you as much information as I can.
To my knowledge, the new upper orientation isn’t much different from the new prep or new lower; you will arrive on-campus a day before all the returning students (me!). Getting used to Exeter won’t be hard-- you’ll have the seniors proctors there with you on that first day where you can ask as many questions as you’d like.
Don’t worry too much about the rigor of the academics here. Teachers will be aware of new students, and give you at least a week or two to sink in before the tests and hard work start to bombard 
The school doesn’t really fundraise as a whole, and instead leaves it up to student-run clubs to raise money. You’ll see them selling things in the student center. As for book drives: in my two years there, I have yet to see one.
A lot of the uppers I know right now are transitioning from the 300 levels (pre-calc) to the 400 levels (calc) this spring, but there’s a pretty dang large difference across the entire class.
@GryffinHunter
Muggles in Denial is not active. There is an ESSO club for quidditch in which you play quidditch with local kids in the fall in spring.
DRAMAT is pretty popular and great to watch. I’m not actually part of it, but many of my friends are. I think you have to audition for each play (someone help me out here)
Exeteras is also pretty popular, but competitive to get into so just try out in the fall.
@theidoit Thank you, this was extremely helpful! Can’t wait till next fall.
Is fall term pass/fail only for preps? What about new lowers?
Are there any hard courses that I should take fall term so that I get a pass instead of a not-so-hot grade?
We encouraged our kids to take an elective that might be more challenging for them- such as history or religion vs something like theater, computers or art prep fall.
For Dramat, you go to Dramat auditions at the beginning of each term, and you audition for all the shows going up that term at once.
Fall term is pass/fail only for preps.
Congratulations! This is in the wrong thread. It should be in the prep school thread.
There are Juniors, Middles, and Seniors.
The Juniors are called Preps (9th).
Then there are Lower Middles (10th), called Lowers.
Next comes Upper Middles (11th), called Uppers.
Then Seniors (12th).
There are also post-graduates, called PGs.
1.) No. You may meet future classmates and get some orientation and excitement if you go.
2.) They are assigned later
3.) Up to you. Subjective question.
4.) Search on the Exeter website for the “E-Book”. It is the student handbook/rulebook.
I received large envelopes from all schools that accepted my son with enrollment instructions but only an email with a link for enrollment to Exeter. Is there any kind of “welcome package” that we can expect?
To Exeter Students - What is the effect of EC’s interfering with academics? My son is interested in the following ECs (in no particular order): 1) Football, 2) Baseball, 3) Robotics, 4) Trombone, 5) Digital Art, 6) Film making, 7) ping-pong, 8) Snowboarding, 9) Math/Science (“Odyssey of the Mind” type clubs), 10) Computers/Programming
Obviously, he can’t do everything. What are the time commitments for each activity he is interested in. I am sure that there are clubs for each of these.
@heartburner
I got my welcome package about a week after I got an email. It will have all the information you need. I’ll answer the EC question based on information I know, and skip over the EC’s I’m not familiar with.
For 1 & 2 – sports take place during two scheduled blocks during the day, so there won’t be any interference with class. Games take place either Wednesday afternoons or Saturday afternoons (depending on JV or V), and the only real trouble will be time management.
For 4 – music ensembles usually take place at night, twice a week from 6:45-8:00. Other than that, it’s up to him to find time to practice.
For 7 – Ping-pong club meets on Friday nights, no committment
Thank you very much @theidoit – this helps. I think that he will explore and find the things that interest him the most.
Another question - He likes this game called “Magic the Gathering.” It appears to be very nerdy to me (like dungeons and dragons from my time). Is there a club for this?
Attending Exeter can be an abundance of options problem. The ECs are great, but there are about 200 options, and prioritizing time becomes really important.
Choosing a sport has implications for college recruiting, which is beginning earlier and earlier. The sports often involve travel, so the time is not just practice but driving on wed and sat. Helmeted sports are particularly good for colleges, and most teams have several levels. Also, check out crew, a great college sport Exeter excels at. Lacrosse is also strong.
Math and science is more class than club oriented - the classes are determined by interest and time commitment as well as background. Science types often start with intro physics in 9, often get tracked into enriched physics in winter prep year, and from there into more advanced bio and/or AP chem in 10, often double up sciences, and many more advanced science courses are options which are astounding, ranging from a NASA observatory astronomy to molecular genetics research in collaboration with Stanford.
Math is tracked and the math Dept. is VERY helpful and flexible, but usually calls initial placement based on test scores and prior courses and teachers recommendations pretty accurately. Kids move up or down in math within as well as between terms very fluidly.
New preps may want to visit a few clubs, then pick two to pursue seriously. Some, like Exonian or MUN or debate
require a lot of time but most meet once a week.
Thanks 2prepMom. He loves football and is committed to playing this every fall on the defensive line. He is open to other sports, but he is a really large boy for age 13 (5’ 10’’, 180#) so this might limit some participation in crew - I don’t know for sure though. He is a good first baseman, but if big guys can do crew, he might be into that because of his strength. He mentioned that he might like squash as a winter sport because he likes and is good at ping-pong and it reminded him a little bit of this.
I love how there is almost a science “track” that you describe. He would be into that.
Math - he scored well in his tests, but I have a feeling that there will be some math superstars at Exeter.