If she can get a place in Park Slope, life will be good. It is a very nice place, easy subway to Manhattan, its own culture and night life and lots of young people/families.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope,_Brooklyn
Just took another look at the posting, my niece just graduated from Hamilton ... I checked the honors list for 2008 I they did in gradute together.
I assume yours is K.E. Myers ... small worlds. Congrats on Magna ( thats some hard work) my niece only made Rite but she was Captain of the Field Hockey team.