You don’t have to - but can you name the two schools - even if in DM - it would help me understand better.
In general, and I read my other post, I’d always (myself) choose direct admit over non-direct admit. It’s simply an anxiety that most youth today, already overstressed, don’t need.
I’d also ask this and I’m not saying you didn’t give it a chance - but did you give your current school a chance? Most big schools will socially be similar although you never know when you’ll come across your crew. But if you were forced into a school you didn’t want to go to to begin with - is it possible, you inadvertantly torpedoed yourself because you decided up front you didn’t want to be here?
Good luck.