<p>I would encourage her to explore two options in the San Francisco Bay Area, where nerdy and unconventional passes for normal and ordinary in most cases. While neither of these are Oberlin or Wesleyan type schools, she might find interest in them because of what the surrounding area and region offer culturally and academically:</p>
<p>Mills College–excellent women’s college in Oakland hills
University of San Francisco–Jesuit-run school, in the middle of San Francisco, many non-Catholics attend there</p>