The author presents a new modification of a method of revealing one's attitude to personally important events (previous publication see "Voprosy Psychologii", 1994, 1). The method is applied to Tartu University students estimation of their future career and family life. Estonians are much more optimistic as to their future than Russians. The differences in estimations are found between boys and girls; students of different faculties; students with different degrees of academic achievement.