Low GPA...What are my chances? What should I do?

Yeah I got a D in Organic 1. The only D I got in my upper level science classes. I took it again the next semester, and got an F. I also joined the class 3 weeks late, and was totally somewhere else during that semester (not focused). Nonetheless, no excuse, I should've done better. I'll be re-taking it as a post bacc. Since you're only in your 2nd year, you're going to have to take re-take it in order to graduate assuming you're doing a science major.

At this point you need to think about extending your undergraduate stay. It sounds like studying is the issue for you. I think you should go to some seminar/tutoring workshops that goes over how to study. Don't take them from granted. Even the smallest, most obvious points make a difference. I would honestly go up to your organic professor and ask him/her how to study for this subject. Then bring all your old tests, and go over them with him/her. Especially, if you're retaking the class with that professor then this would be really helpful, and probably get you on their good side. If you feel like you dedicated that much time with Orgo, and still got an F then you're not understanding the material. Go to orgo tutoring session, become friends with people who did really well in the class (ask them for their notes/help), and go to the professors office everyday with at least two questions about the material you went over that day to re-confirm/just show them your notes. It might seem pointless, but it will make a difference. You don't want to just pass Organic, you want to at least get a C or higher, because remember some of that information is needed to at least pass Organic 2 (which is death).

Whatever you do, do NOT retake organic 1 with another jammed packed schedule full of hard classes. You're probably mentally exhausted from this past semester, and retaking this class that you probably hate right away is not going to do you any favors. For some people, taking organic alone will help them (maybe during the summer) and that's probably what you need to do too. Don't destroy the rest of your GPA just to PASS one class. I learned the hard way. You want to learn the material because you need it for the MCAT and Orgo 2.

What would change if you changed your degree? Most if not all science majors need Orgo, that's not going to change and that's your real issue.

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Low GPA...What are my chances? What should I do?