cal state schools with good college life

A 3.6 HS GPA appears likely for UCR and UCM, and a decent chance for UCSC. If that is unweighted 10th-11th, but she has plenty of UC-listed honors and AP courses, then her UC-weighted-capped GPA will probably be higher, with decent chances for UCI, UCD, and UCSB.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1903428-faq-uc-historical-frosh-admit-rates-by-hs-gpa.html

Only a few CSUs are mostly residential: San Luis Obispo, Sonoma, Humboldt, Monterey Bay, San Diego, Chico, Channel Islands. Most of them are in less densely populated areas; whether the surrounding area is “interesting” to a college student varies. For example, Monterey Bay is in a former military base with not that much around except for beaches with cold ocean water; Monterey touristy areas are nearby, but not really in walking distance.

Fullerton has only 28% of frosh living in the dorms, according to http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg05_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1685 , so it is presumably mostly commuter. For other colleges, you can check the percentage of frosh living in the dorms under Campus Life in the college’s entry on http://www.collegedata.com .