Abstract: At present, the economic assistance for poor students is very comprehensive, but the economic assistance is only the basic work, and the ultimate goal is to make poor students grow up in an all-round way through the assistance. It is the requirement of the times to help the poor college students to get better development. In the past, the aid work in Colleges and universities has achieved good results, but it also has some defects, such as "helping the poor is not helpful to their aspirations" and "helping the poor is difficult to help the weak". This paper uses the perspective of positive psychology to analyze the common psychological characteristics of poor college students, and explores the path of "supporting ambition" of poor college students, in order to make up for the defects of the previous college support work.

Key words: Positive psychology, Impoverished college students, “Supporting ambition”