Below are five facts about the ages of five students, Adyant, Bernice, Cici, Dara, and Ellis.

- Adyant is older than Bernice.
- Dara is the youngest.
- Bernice is older than Ellis.
- Bernice is younger than Cici.
- Cici is not the oldest.

Determine which of the five students is the third oldest.
Since Dara is the youngest, we can order the students by age by ordering the other four students. Adyant is older than Bernice and Bernice is older than Ellis, so neither Bernice nor Ellis is the oldest.

It is given that Cici is not the oldest, so Adyant must be the oldest.

Since Cici is older than Bernice and Bernice is older than Ellis, the students in order from oldest to youngest are Adyant, Cici, Bernice, Ellis, and Dara.

Therefore, Bernice is the third oldest.

ANSWER: Bernice