Since Columbia University is your daughter’s first choice, she might want to consider also applying to their Barnard College. This way, your daughter has two independent possibilities to be accepted into Columbia University, reviewed by different admission officers using different admission criteria!
And, if Engineering does remain her passion after the first year or two, she can enter Barnard’s 4+1 Engineering program to finish her Masters at SEAS:
https://barnard.edu/4plus1-pathway-engineering