http://www.fox.com/audiencestrategy/foxwritersresidency/ no degree needed. You don't want to pack her off to California-but look at the programs on the list. Writer's boot camp is one that looks perfect. Also-sure it does sound like being on the verge of a dissociative episode, but it also sounds like a lot of other things, like a dip in blood sugar.
The one school is being rather strict with the transcript, but at this point they are preventing her from enrolling elsewhere? Hmm. So in essence, the federal gov. is blocking her education? There HAS to be a solution! Maybe the in-taking school can be more lenient about transcript req.?
Ambien is the one that worries me. Why not just use Tylenol PM? Or Benadryl? Or even Melatonin? Seriously, the side-effects from Ambien are not worth the risk.