<p>FWIW, next year's August APA meeting is, in fact, scheduled for Boston.</p>
<p>I agree with the posters above that the best source of advice is the psych. prof. at the OP's daughter's school. Assuming she is interested in clinical psych. and given the difficulty of getting into pretty much any program, the two factors which will give her application a boost beyond those of similarly qualified applicants are having some research experience/publications and personal connections between her faculty advocate(s) and faculty in the schools of interest to her. (Having some quasi-clinical experience would also be helpful, but to a much lesser extent.) Maintaining the relationship with the prof. with whom she's doing research now will be very beneficial.</p>