<p>I think by "horse trading" he meant the advocates of applicants do a little quid pro quo. "If you take willywonka out of the admit pile, we'll let you have LAgal instead. But only one."</p>
<p>"Fine, I'll take LAgal instead, but you have to take reject ivyleaguechamp if you want to keep Harpingchic."</p>
<p>And so forth.</p>