1/3 of the total group of participating teams progress to the hunt.
== Notable people ==
Northeastern University has more than 275,000 living alumni based in over 180 countries around the world.
=== Alumni ===
=== Faculty ===
Ruth Aguilera, Distinguished Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor in Global Business at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Michael Dukakis, Former governor of Massachusetts, Democratic Presidential Nominee in 1988, Professor of Political Science
Matthias Felleisen, Author of How to Design Programs, Professor of Computer Science
Mary Florentine, psychoacoustician, Matthews Distinguished Professor
Professor Lyrical, Rapper and Public Speaker, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Pran Nath, co-developer of the theory of supergravity
Nada Sanders, Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business
Ena Vazquez-Nuttall (1937–2011), psychologist and former dean of Bouve College of Health Sciences
Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, professor of psychology, …
