THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFECTIONISM AND COPING STRATEGIES WITH ACADEMIC MOTIVATION IN STUDENTS WITH HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. THE SAMPLE WAS COMPRISED OF 175 (138, FEMALE AND 37 MALE) STUDENTS WITH HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. THEREFORE, FOR CHOOSING STUDENTS WITH HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, THE ACQUIRED AVERAGES OF STUDENTS WAS CONVERTED TO (Z) SCORE AND THE STUDENTS WITH 1 STANDARD DEVIATION HIGHER THAN THE CALCULATED AVERAGE WERE SELECTED AS SAMPLE. WHO COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES: MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFECTIONISM SCALE (HEWITT AND FLETT, 1991), COPING STRATEGIES (ENDLER & PARKER, 1990) AND ACADEMIC MOTIVATION SCALE (VALLERAND, 1989). DATA WAS ANALYZED USING PIERSON CORRELATION AND STEP WISE REGRESSION ANALYSIES. RESULTS SHOWED THAT, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN "OTHER-ORIENTED PERFECTIONISM" WITH "EXTERNA' L AND ' INTERNAL' MOTIVATION"., ALSO THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "EMOTIONAL" AND "AVOIDANCE COPING" WITH "EXTERNAL MOTIVATION" AND THERE IS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "PROBLEM-FOCUSED STRATEGIES" WITH "INTRINSIC MOTIVATIONN" AND NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH "AMOTIVATION". FINALLY, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF AND "OTHER-ORIENTED PERFECTIONISM" WITH "EMOTIONAL COPING STRATEGIES."THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS FOR EDUCATION AND WELL-BIENG OF STUDENTS IS DISCUSSED.