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Man, grebote, do I feel for you. I WAS that girl in college, and sometimes still am. (I can hear ratbastid, my long-suffering and long-loving husband typing a reply to this behind me on his computer...)
I'm afraid the only thing you can do is to continue loving her exactly as she is. She'll resist you, and continue to believe that she is unworthy, but the only thing you can do is hang on to her good qualities until she figures it out for herself. Being in the midst of self-loathing provides a lot of stuff for her - drama, attention, a good excuse not to try and therefore not to fail. Encourage her to get back in school, encourage her to do the things she's good at and enjoys, tell her you love her no matter what. I'm not usually the "go buy this book" type, but you might suggest that she check out "Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach. It's about accepting yourself as you are and not hating yourself, basically.
I wish you lots of luck, and I hope that ratbastid can offer you some good advice on what's worked with me, and what's made it worth sticking around.
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- Anatole France
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