Some kids can handle it, some can't. Tell her that her friends brains are not her brains. Everyone has different strengths and passions.
My DS was saying the other day that everyone was warning him off of AP Physics C because it is "so hard." I asked if he knew their grade in honors physics? No. I pointed out that he hasn't lost a point yet in honors physics and has talked about how easy it is, so why would he believe someone else, whose physics abilities he does not know, over his knowledge of his own abilities and enjoyment of physics?
That made sense to him.