I’m sorry that it’s such a bummer as I am trying to be realistic because it’s better that she hears it here and now, rather than be excited about the admission, and then realize she has no money to pay. If she receives the Purple and Gold, then she would be in good shape for UW.
We could afford to pay for our daughter’s UW full costs, but when we told her that paying full undergrad (out of state) fees, at UW, would diminish her future funds, she decided to go to a UC for her undergrad. She would have had to take out loans for med school. When she was admitted to UW’s School of Medicine, she decided, instead, to go to UCSF’s School of Med. We have been able to pay her fees because she saved us money going instate.
OP’s Mom would be in complete debt later, and an MPH degree wont pay the bills, for those kinds of loans.