The What I Am Like (WIAL) student self-report scale was developed to identify students' motive patterns on a need/achievement to need/affiliation continuum. This instrument was developed from a previous teacher-rating inventory, the Motivational Needs Inventory (MNI). twenty-eight items obtained from descriptions of need/achievers and need/affiliates were administered to approximately 490 seventh through twelfth grade students. Raw score response were used to obtain a six-factor oblique primary solution that yielded factors very similar to the ones obtained for the MNI. The WIAL reflects the MNI and both identify students as need/achievers or need/affiliates. (Author/BW)