<p>^ Most definitely agree with flowerhead. If you’re aiming for YLS or Stanford, sans 180/4.3 you will almost surely need strong soft factors. </p>
<p>However, it seems as though the OP has the best undergraduate name you can think of, so that’s already a strong soft factor in itself. </p>
<p>To your specific question about what helps other than LSAT and GPA, here are a list of things I feel help that are in no particular order and are definitely not the only things:
- Work experience (either during the summer or after Undergrad)
- Fellowships (Goldwater, Rhodes Scholar, etc)
- Undergraduate Research
- Leadership in clubs
- Varsity Athletics at the collegiate level
- Serious international experience (meaning not just studying abroad but working or something else along those lines) </p>
<p>Again, there are obviously more things but these are the first that come to mind.</p>