Objective To investigate the poor college students’ mental health problems and make effective response strategies.Method MMPI-2

SCL-90 and HTP were used for 64 poor students which were randomly selected and statistical analysis were made for the results.Results The results of MMPI-2 show that the differences of D

Hy

Hs

Pd

Pt and Sc factors were statistically significant（p<0.01） between the poor students and the overall adult norm.The results of HTP test show that the more emotional stability

the fewer clinical symptoms

while emotional instability of low levels of mental health.The SCL-90 score difference was significant between emotional stability poor students and instability ones（p<0.01）.Conclusion The performance of poor students were too much attention for the body

emotional anxiety

depression and suspiciousness.The personality characteristics of the poor students and their mental health were closely related.Building harmonious Zhukun financing system could raise the mental health level of poor students.