Substantially analyzed the social and psychological risks of professional self-determination of senior pupils. The results of empirical research carried out on a sample of students of classes 9 and 11 secondary school № 41, Saratov (N = 65). The methods used: questionnaire «Orientation» (V. E. Sigacheva, M. N. Rossohach); method for determination of the main motives of choice of profession (E. M. Pavlyutenkova); questionnaire «The motives of choice of profession» (R. V. Ovcharova); questionnaire «Types imposed on the choice of profession» (A. A. Kibireva).