A study examined the individual, demographic, and significant vocational trait-factors associated with curriculum selection by students enrolled in vocational courses in Louisiana high schools. The study was intended to result in model information (in the form of baseline profiles of individuals by curriculum and geographic area) that vocational teachers could use to strengthen vocational programs. The Vocational Interest Checklist and the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension, Minnesota Clerical, and Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire tests were used to gather data for the profiles. The study sample consisted of students (mostly between 15 and 18 years old) enrolled in business, home economics, agriculture, industrial arts, and drafting programs. Almost 20 percent of the sample indicated modeling as their preferred occupation, with performing dancer being the second most popular choice (in three of the four geographical locations examined). Students enrolled in an agriculture program were the most consistent in identifying choices closely related to their field of study. Students living in the southeastern part of the state scored significantly higher on the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test than did those in other parts of the state, and students from the southwestern portion of the state outscored their counterparts on the verbal section of the Minnesota Clerical Test, whereas students from the northwestern part of the state scored highest on the numerical section. In both cases students in business courses received the highest scores. Ethnic background and socioeconomic status did not appear significant. Only tentative conclusions could be drawn from the scores on the personality test. (MN)