>>12006567From experience, this is still a longshot. I flunked out of college (big, well regarded state school), kicked around for a few years and then got readmitted - they had a rehabilitation program that restarted my GPA, so I essentially had a clean slate.
A few years later I graduated with top honors, I was basically the poster child for that rehabilitation program. Applied to a bunch of grad schools, got into a bunch of good ones... but still not enough for MIT.
So I did a masters elsewhere, applied again. Got into several other top schools, including one in the top 5. MIT rejected me in the first round. It remains the only grad program that rejected me.
I can't complain. I'm getting a great education and MIT can easily fill their quota with people who never stumbled.
