You all were so much help. Final results (she did not apply to UK after all):
Applied to and admitted at all six, still undecided where to go:
Berkeley
UC Santa Cruz
Willamette (35 K merit/year )
Mount Holyoke (15K merit/year plus first year 2k)
UNM (Amigo scholarship and first year 2K, makes it the cheapest)
Colorado School of Mines (12 K merit/year)
No decision yet other than cost ruling out CSOM and MHC (which I floated due to this thread and she fell in love with but thankfully never visited, so hopefully she can get over it)