Upside
1) it offers a good network. The question is how much your daughter can benefit from it?
2) peer competition, normally these peers are good and competitive
3) small class
4) she may find good internship in good companies, which help her land on a good job after college
Down side
1) high cost
2) peer competition, which may challenge her to have good grades.
3) big class
Strategies:
1) if she plan to do post graduate studies, UF and FSU are good enough,
she may graduate with excellent grades, then enter an elite Graduate school,
US companies eye only on her performance of last college
2) If she has no plan for post graduate studies, she may consider enter 藤school.
Finance:
Loan is free interest during her staying in college, it is always wise to such advantage.