Feb 3Hardware Heaven: What Hackers Get to Build Their DreamsAt TreeHacks, we’re committed to giving our hackers access to opportunities of all kinds. With hundreds of mentors and judges on-site to help out and a dedicated tech team putting together workshops and webkits, we want to invite hackers into a world where you can build your dreams. …Hardware3 min readHardware3 min read
Feb 1What does it take to attend the best hackathon in the world?Welcome to TreeHacks! This year, our first in person since the pandemic, we’re going all out: dozens of sponsors, awesome workshops, incredible speakers, mentors, and judges, and over $130k in prizes. But our most important asset is you: the hackers. This year we’ve admitted 1696 hackers to our event, 830…Treehacks3 min readTreehacks3 min read
Jan 13, 2020Choosing Our Hackers for TreeHacks 2020By this time, non-Stanford applicants from both out-of-state and in-state have been notified of the final decision of their applications. Not only did TreeHacks receive a record number of applications, but the applications we received spanned all across the globe, extending from the US to countries such as France and…Hackathons5 min readHackathons5 min read
Dec 10, 2018How We Choose Our Hackers: TreeHacks Admissions 2019All out-of-state applicants have received decisions at this point on apply.treehacks.com. In-state decisions will be released in the coming weeks. This year, TreeHacks received a record number of applications. While we are honored by the number of students interested in attending, we also had our most challenging admissions season. Over…Hackathons5 min readHackathons5 min read
Nov 2, 2016TreeHacks III: Build, Learn, ConnectIt’s fall again, which means another school year, another hackathon season, and the wheels turning for another action-packed TreeHacks. Each year, the organizing team gets together and discusses a little bit of philosophy: Why do we work on TreeHacks? What’s the point of a hackathon? …Hackathons5 min readHackathons5 min read
Feb 6, 2016Hacker Spotlight: Stephanie ZeidanSenior electrical engineering student from Ontario, Canada; one of the international students coming to TreeHacks this year! — In these three weeks leading up to TreeHacks, we’ll be doing a series of hacker spotlights, or deep dives into the stories of a few members of the ever-growing hackathon community. …Hackathons3 min readHackathons3 min read
Feb 2, 2016Hacker Spotlight: Ari WeinsteinSurvived being struck by lightning, co-founded Workflow — In these three weeks leading up to TreeHacks, we’ll be doing a series of hacker spotlights, or deep dives into the stories of a few members of the ever-growing hackathon community. …Hackathons3 min readHackathons3 min read
Jan 26, 2016Hacker Spotlight: Angie PalmAlmond milk && music lover, Georgia Tech junior, TreeHacks veteran — In these three weeks leading up to TreeHacks, we’ll be doing a series of hacker spotlights, or deep dives into the stories of a few members of the ever-growing hackathon community. …Hackathons3 min readHackathons3 min read
Dec 19, 2015TreeHacks Admissions: Our Goals and ProcessTonight, we're releasing our decisions for out-of-state applicants - check your inboxes, and let us know (support@treehacks.com) if you don’t get an email in the next 24 hours. Over the past few weeks, we've read thousands of applications and were truly blown away. We were inspired by your stories, amazed…Hackathons5 min readHackathons5 min read
Dec 8, 2015Diversity at TreeHacks: How It HappensThis is a follow-up to our post “Diversity at TreeHacks”, which outlines the framework the TreeHacks organizing team uses to orient our diversity actions and goals. The purpose of publishing this action plan is to be transparent and build accountability about our work to make TreeHacks inclusive. …Hackathons5 min readHackathons5 min read
