When my daughter applied to Virginia tech she had to write down her first choice major which was engineering.
I think for engineering students BIT is an excellent second choice major if they don’t get into engineering school.
A lot of engineering graduates do a minor in business or look into getting an MBA after working several years.
Eventually engineers do go into management positions so that’s where the business courses will be helpful.
In the BIT program there is a lot of flexibility and you can look at opportunities to study abroad and balance academics while participating in social activities in school.
Lots of BIT graduates end up in consulting because you have to have understand the needs of the business and be able to make the technical team understand what those business requirements are so that they develop a system that meets the customer’s needs.
One student that I know will be a senior this year. She received a scholarship from the School of Business, was part of the honors program, and spent a semester in Switzerland. This summer she has a wonderful internship.
Lots of companies come to VT to hire BIT graduates and offer them nice salaries too.