If CA is the goal, then I vote to at least consider a try for it. Apply as a freshman, if you don’t get in, go to Cuesta Community college, live in a private student dorm right next to Cal Poly (like https://www.theacademychorro.com/). Apply the following year to Cal Poly, UCSB, Arizona and others. There won’t be as much hand holding as a traditional path and success probably depends on the classes she has taken already.
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