@MYOS1634 true, switching jobs isn’t ideal. Unfortunately, my job is not portable. It is a small company, the only other branch is in Northern California. I work in accounting so at least there are usually jobs available most places.
She needs close supervision by someone with great knowledge of her condition and effective treatment, it’s too important and unrealistic to put in the hands of the college health system. Actually unfair to put this responsibility on them. If I am not personally near her, she will not be allowed (by her current medical team) to attend. Finding employment will be an additional determining factor that will certainly be huge in the ultimate decision.
How well does she know about her medical care needs, in terms of whether she knows enough to give accurate information to physicians and seek appropriate medical care when needed? Eventually, she will have to be able to do this on her own.
Right now, it does seem that qkenyon is her only affordable choice. It istuwntkey, wn excellent choice for what she wants to do but it does place w burden on you. Being an accountant will help - there will be accounting jobs in Columbus and around. Or perhaps reach out to Kenyon - for all you know THEY need an accountant. 
In all seriousness, perhaps you can delay the choice for a month, see if she can do an overnight, you go with her and while she’s in campus you’re figuring things out wrt a job?
@ucbalumnus she knows a lot about her medical care and needs. At this time it is not appropriate to leave in her hands, but she is gradually taking responsibility for her care.
@MYOS1634 Yeah, it goes without saying that Kenyon is without a doubt the most affordable choice. I’m not sure what the secret code word is in the second sentence of your reply, but it seems like it’s something positive. 
I could make it work to cover the cost of UCSD, or any of the other schools that all came close to the same net cost, if I had to. She got a lot of great offers. I have no idea at this point if she will still want to attend grad school when it comes time for that, but I have learned from (mostly) lurking on these forums for the last few years to save the $$ for grad school if possible. Gonna have to get busy working on seeing if we can make this work!!
Intending to go for an overnight so both of us can get more info regarding all aspects of the situation.
Going back to one of my original questions…is there a website or something that I can refer to that shows the psych majors admitted to grad school from various colleges/universities? One of the reasons I started this thread is because one of my daughter’s doctors told her that she “has” to attend a top tier university (UCSD) to have any hope of getting into grad school. My daughter has great respect for this doctor so she’s hesitant to just take my word for it that she’s better off at an LAC. I learned from cc essentially what all of you told me…a student is better off at a small LAC due to research opportunities and more personal relationships with professors. I needed unbiased opinions from all of you to show her, but a reliable source that shows the facts would be helpful as well. She’s a facts sort of girl.
What kind of “grad school”?
PhD programs’ sensitivity to school prestige (in major) appears to vary by subject.
Law school is mostly about college GPA and LSAT score. See http://lawschoolnumbers.com .
Medical schools tend to first screen by college GPA and MCAT score, then holistic review considers many factors, including pre-med extracurriculars, interview, etc… You may want to ask more in the pre-med forum section.
Unfortunately, UCSD’s career survey is not very informative: https://career.ucsd.edu/alumni/alumni-survey/index.html
Kenyon has some information at http://www.kenyon.edu/after-kenyon/graduate-schools-and-preprofessional-programs/ .
@ucbalumnus assuming she doesn’t change her mind, she would continue in Psychology. Whether she would want to go so far as a PsyD is unknown at this point. Thanks for the links
I’d stay in California with a sure thing job. It is a lot of stress on both of you to move, start new jobs, new school, new climate, all in a short amount of time (May to Sept).
PhD should be funded (tuition waiver, living expense stipend, typically in exchange for teaching assistant or research assistant work).
PsyD will be expensive.
With the description of a medical team, I’d be worried about good doctors, hospitals, and health insurance plans. If there isn’t an appropriate practice in town, how far of a drive from Kenyon is the nearest specialist?
@twoinanddone it is stressful, but to be honest I’ve wanted to get out of California since my daughter was very young. I decided if it didn’t happen before she started school I wouldn’t move. It didn’t happen and here we are. At least going under these circumstances I won’t have to worry about her since all her costs will be covered except for personal items. Having said that, it is a big decision not to be taken lightly
@AroundHere There are specialists in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati; possibly some closer, but certainly in the larger cities. It’s about an hour to Columbus from Kenyon. She wouldn’t have to see specialists regularly unless she starts to go downhill. She can be followed by a Family Doctor.
You don’t need to say what she has, but if this is a mental illness or eating disorder I wonder if a gap year would be wise to assess how she’s doing and give her time to be stronger and healthier when she starts school.
If the medical issues could cause a need for emergency care, would emergency rooms in the area have access to specialists who may be needed in such a case?
@crttrlvr
perhaps your DD should ask for deferred enrollment [ aka a gap year] from Kenyon to get her[ and your] situation stabilized.
Given your concerns about her health issues, it cant hurt to ask.
Full ride at Kenyon? Wow! That’s amazing. I almost can’t believe you even asked, but I mean that in a nice way. There is no questions that she should go to Kenyon. Princeton Review’s list of Best Professors, as rated by colleagues, has Kenyon with 8 professors. Harvard has fewer. She will be well prepared for grad school or a PhD. I am sure she can defer if needed. Congratulations to her!
@menloparkmom’s suggestion of deferring her enrollment in order to get her – and your – situations stabilized is a good one, and, to echo @Lindagaf, Kenyon is a wonderful option.
Some of the intro level classs at UCSD are very large (think 400 students). This can be quite overwhelming for a new freshman, and these type of classes are still often taken in sophomore year so definitely something to think about.
FWIW I went to Kenyon years ago and knew many psych majors, all of whom went on to get their doctorates from excellent universities.