We got into Harvard.
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Two best friends. One incredible exchange year. Send Bruno & Gui to Harvard!
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“Sensacional! Boa sorte, garotada!”
- Júlio“Meus parabéns pela aprovação! Arrebentem!”
- Gabriel“These guys are fanatic! I would bet on them.”
- LucasSame two nerds, 10 years later
Bruno Azambuja (20) and Guilherme Ávila (21). We've been friends since we were 10 years old - and inseparable competitors ever since. Together, we joined the school robotics team and won the gold medal at the Olimpíada Brasileira de Robótica. We competed in math, astronomy and science olympiads, and served on the student council. We even competed over grades - and, of course, tied for the top grade of our last year of high school. Today we study Computer Engineering at PUC-Rio (7th semester). We were part of the Baja team and the Apple Developer Academy together, and now work together at Fanatic Capital. The next challenge we want to take on together? Harvard.
Giving back to the world
Guilherme volunteers at Hemocione, an NGO that organizes blood donations, and has spoken at UNESCO advocating for the cause.
Bruno teaches guitar at Fazendo Arte, an NGO running workshops in Morro do Turano, a favela in Rio de Janeiro.
A full year at Harvard
The Visiting Undergraduate Students program lets us study at Harvard for a full year - real classes, real campus - starting end of August 2026. It's the dream we've been chasing since the robotics-team days, and we get to do it together.
Why ask for help?
We come from a privileged background - and we know it. But a year at Harvard costs about US$100,000 per person - US$200,000 for the two of us. That's simply more than our families can take on. So we're doing the most nerd-duo thing imaginable: vibecoding a crowdfunding page.