| From the introduction, three girls--Hannah, Jenny, Kristen--and three
boys--Andy, Brian, Edward--rank 1st-6th academically in the Summerset
High School senior class. By clue 1, Ms. Rusk ranks 1st and the one
going to Duke ranks 2nd; while by clue 6, Mr. Vance ranks 5th and the
Princeton admittee ranks 6th. Since Ms. Rusk isn't going to attend
Stanford (clue 8), by clues 1 and 4, the Stanford admittee ranks 3rd
or 4th in the class; since Hannah can't be 5th-ranking Mr. Vance (6),
the Stanford admittee must rank 3rd, with Hannah then 4th and Stone
6th (4, 6). By clue 5, Mr. Worth must be the 2nd ranked student going
to Duke, and Andy the 3rd-ranked Stanford admittee. With the three
boys now accounted for, Stone must be one of the female students. By
clue 7, therefore, Jenny is Ms. Rusk and Brian Mr. Worth. Then Edward
is Mr. Vance and Kristen Stone. Ms. Young (3) is Hannah, so Andy's
last name is Trent. Neither Hannah Young (3) nor Jenny (7) will attend
MIT, so Edward will. By clue 2, Jenny is going to Harvard and Hannah
to Rice. The six students (listed in class rank order 1st-6th) will
attend college as follows:
- Jenny Rusk, Harvard
- Brian Worth, Duke
- Andy Trent, Stanford
- Hannah Young, Rice
- Edward Vance, MIT
- Kristen Stone, Princeton
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