<p>^Tell her that there are thousands of students just like her. When the college application process comes around, she will have to realize that there are so many people as smart as and even smarter than her. In truth, 210 on the PSAT is not impressive nor great; I would call it good, but with lots of room to improve. If she can bump that score up to around 225 in her junior year, that’s when she should be proud because she will get all the National Merit Semi-Finalist (and thus, probably Finalist as well) stuff and that’s what counts - she can get full-rides to no-name colleges and a small boost to all colleges by listing it as an award.</p>
<p>Plus, she’ll get a certificate. Everybody loves shiny certificates!</p>