EC’s are definitely an important part of your application. In most cases school grades and standardized testing are the most important components followed by EC’s, LOR’s and essays, however, if your achievements are at the global level then that c...

While you cannot go wrong with MIT, Stanford, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley etc. I would also advise looking at colleges in Germany if you’re sure that automotive design and engineering is what you want to study and...