Changing uni in second year without starting from the beginning

I'm sorry to hear you haven't enjoyed your first year at uni! I'm looking at Herts because the course I'm looking at is definitely the best,,, but I went for an open day and walked through the 'town centre' by Asda and everything was,,,, kinda terrible? Charity shops, nail bars and run-down shops everywhere. Litter blew around in the wind and men were drinking vodka at 12 in the afternoon in the middle of the highstreet with kids and families walking past. I felt very unsafe and the place is full of housing estates.

My other options are Bournemouth and Portsmouth and I'm wondering if i should just go for one of those...

I sincerely hope you get to transfer and really love your next university and course!

That sounds awful... I would definitely swap to Bournemouth if I was you, the town centre is actually pretty nice there. Remember that you have to spend 3 years in these places and it sounds like you would be unhappy at Herts

Honestly I LOVE Bournemouth, I visited 3 times all times for interviews and fell in love with the beach, the tropical gardens, the high street etc.

The course offered there only lets me study half of what I want and I hate the structure of it, but then the Herts course is SUPER intensive to the point you can't really get a part-time job either (and I'd need one to get by else have to move back home!).

I just have to decide between course, reputation and location I think.

A lot of student reps for Herts say 'Oh you can get the bus to St Albans or Watford or there are student trips to London',,, I'm looking for more than just places to get drunk and London is too expensive. Bournemouth seems to offer much more interesting things to do than just get smashed!