This study aimed to analyze the effect of control, origin & ownership, reach, and endurance on the entrepreneurial intention. The population and sample in this study were students in The Faculty of Economics and Business University of North Sumatera batch 2013 and 2014 majoring in entrepreneurship up to 90 respondents. Data is analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis. Results showed that partially control and endurance have significant influence on entrepreneurial intention. Meanwhile, origin & ownership as well as reach variable have insignificant effect on entrepreneurial intention. However control, origin & ownership, reach, and endurance simultaneously have significant effect on entrepreneurial intention. The coefficient of determination is 0.304. It means that adversity quotient contributed 30.4% in explaining the entrepreneurial intention on students in The Faculty of Economics and Business University of North Sumatera, while the rest 69.6% is explained by others.