She (you can help but it is her show) needs to look at the student stats for various schools. State flagships may be out of reach but every state has several other choices. She needs to figure out her major because she will be jumping right into it. She needs to figure out which state, school sizes and locations and all of the considerations new freshmen are evaluating. Some schools are easier to get into than others within a state, have different demographics (eg commuter, mostly instate locals…), school cultures, majors offered, costs of attendance (don’t forget transportation and dorm/apt costs) et al.
Depending on the school she could be in for a culture shock. Plus weather. So many options she will need to narrow the list of hundreds by focusing on what is most important to her. She should use her HS test scores and gpa as a rough guideline for where she will be at her academic level. It is fine to be in the lower quartile (1/4 of students are) but she should figure out if she would need to work harder than she is comfortable doing.
She needs to look at her probable major and see requirements and available courses compared to other choices. She also needs to find out how many of her credits will transfer.