About me -
White male....

I'm an Econ/Philosophy double major from a good flagship state university.... I have a solid upward trend with my grades... the only semester I got anything below a 3.7 was first semester freshman year with a 3.0, so I guess that helps. Remove that first semester and I have a 3.8.
I'm in the honors program at my school and am in the process of completing an undergraduate thesis, so that goes above and beyond the usual undergraduate coursework I guess.
Last spring I lived in Shanghai for four months to study and practice my Mandarin which I have been studying for the past 4 semesters.
That's basically it... I was the president of my fraternity but from what I've read that's a relatively minor soft that won't be taken much into account next to LSAT/GPA...
I'm not worried about Columbia and up, but what about HYS? Does study abroad experience, particularly mine, help with admissions? Will my knowledge of a critical language impact my admissions chances?