Next Step?

US DO student here. So, I failed to match and then I failed to SOAP. At the rate things are going I doubt I'll get anything in the scramble either.

Don't know what happened exactly, my Step 2 was 257, COMLEX level 2 was a similarly good score. Had letters of recommendation from pathologists, had three pathology rotations (one of which at a program which interviewed me and gave me a perfect evaluation for the rotation.) Only got 6 interviews, but I felt like they went well overall.

Now I'm just kind of lost. Need to take a gap year, I suppose. My school isn't letting me delay graduation. Guess I'll need to search for a research opportunity? Will any program I applied to last year even consider taking me, though?

A lot of people are telling me I should pivot and give up on path, but nothing else seemed interesting to me at all. If anyone has any advice or guidance I'd be happy to hear it.